Triple
T7612048
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme |
E172262
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWhistleblower |
P49714
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harry Markopolos
Harry Markopolos is a financial analyst and fraud investigator best known for repeatedly and unsuccessfully warning regulators for years about Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme before it collapsed.
|
E676604
|
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: Harry Markopolos | Statement: [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme, notableWhistleblower, Harry Markopolos]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Markopolos Context triple: [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme, notableWhistleblower, Harry Markopolos]
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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.
Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff was an American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.
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C.
Claus Wigand
Claus Wigand is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Wigand.
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D.
Charles Keating
Charles Keating was a British actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as the sophisticated villain Carl Hutchins on the American soap opera "Another World."
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E.
Irwin Schiff
Irwin Schiff was an American tax protester and author known for promoting the false claim that most U.S. citizens are not legally required to pay federal income tax, which led to multiple convictions and prison sentences.
- 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: Harry Markopolos Triple: [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Ponzi scheme, notableWhistleblower, Harry Markopolos]
Generated description
Harry Markopolos is a financial analyst and fraud investigator best known for repeatedly and unsuccessfully warning regulators for years about Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme before it collapsed.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Markopolos Target entity description: Harry Markopolos is a financial analyst and fraud investigator best known for repeatedly and unsuccessfully warning regulators for years about Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme before it collapsed.
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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.
-
B.
Bernie Madoff
Bernie Madoff was an American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.
-
C.
Claus Wigand
Claus Wigand is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Wigand.
-
D.
Charles Keating
Charles Keating was a British actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as the sophisticated villain Carl Hutchins on the American soap opera "Another World."
-
E.
Irwin Schiff
Irwin Schiff was an American tax protester and author known for promoting the false claim that most U.S. citizens are not legally required to pay federal income tax, which led to multiple convictions and prison sentences.
- 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_69c6994f50808190ba228764bb422417 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6fa221c848190b892ba1caec8d83a |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c868645f8081909439f63df3184628 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c868edf84c8190a6fefce18fc606e1 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c869c54ad08190ba42231080d0e9f3 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m.