Triple
T6427444
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Andrew Fastow |
E128093
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Lea Fastow
Lea Fastow is an American former Enron executive who served as the company’s assistant treasurer and was implicated in the accounting scandal that led to Enron’s collapse.
|
E594756
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Lea Fastow | Statement: [Andrew Fastow, spouse, Lea Fastow]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lea Fastow Context triple: [Andrew Fastow, spouse, Lea Fastow]
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A.
Andrew Fastow
Andrew Fastow is an American financier who served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became a central figure in the company’s massive accounting fraud and subsequent collapse.
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B.
Christine Dunbar Sarbanes
Christine Dunbar Sarbanes was the wife of longtime U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and a prominent figure in Maryland civic and community life.
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C.
Lynn Merrill
Lynn Merrill is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Merrill.
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D.
Sherron Watkins
Sherron Watkins is an American accountant and former Enron vice president best known as the whistleblower who warned company leadership about the fraudulent accounting practices that led to Enron’s collapse.
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E.
Betsy Gotbaum
Betsy Gotbaum is an American public official and politician who served as New York City's Public Advocate in the early 2000s, acting as a citywide watchdog and ombudsman.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Lea Fastow Triple: [Andrew Fastow, spouse, Lea Fastow]
Generated description
Lea Fastow is an American former Enron executive who served as the company’s assistant treasurer and was implicated in the accounting scandal that led to Enron’s collapse.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lea Fastow Target entity description: Lea Fastow is an American former Enron executive who served as the company’s assistant treasurer and was implicated in the accounting scandal that led to Enron’s collapse.
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A.
Andrew Fastow
Andrew Fastow is an American financier who served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became a central figure in the company’s massive accounting fraud and subsequent collapse.
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B.
Christine Dunbar Sarbanes
Christine Dunbar Sarbanes was the wife of longtime U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes and a prominent figure in Maryland civic and community life.
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C.
Lynn Merrill
Lynn Merrill is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Merrill.
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D.
Sherron Watkins
Sherron Watkins is an American accountant and former Enron vice president best known as the whistleblower who warned company leadership about the fraudulent accounting practices that led to Enron’s collapse.
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E.
Betsy Gotbaum
Betsy Gotbaum is an American public official and politician who served as New York City's Public Advocate in the early 2000s, acting as a citywide watchdog and ombudsman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69c00838de888190af2eec0b80495efa |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06920cef48190a884df8f12987a0d |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c64bbc865c81909bf064b9253bc263 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c64e180f948190bbe69467c47c84e3 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c64ead9b8c81908ba74c90057981a6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:32 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:44 p.m.