Triple

T20733818
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bernie Madoff E509638 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Madoff
Madoff is the surname most infamously associated with Bernie Madoff, the American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
 E509638 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: Madoff | Statement: [Bernie Madoff, familyName, Madoff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Madoff
Context triple: [Bernie Madoff, familyName, Madoff]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Andrew Madoff
    Andrew Madoff was the younger son of infamous financier Bernie Madoff, known for his involvement in his father's investment firm and his public efforts to distance himself from the Ponzi scheme scandal.
  • C. Mark Madoff
    Mark Madoff was the elder son of infamous financier Bernie Madoff, whose life and tragic death drew widespread attention in the aftermath of his father's massive Ponzi scheme.
  • D. United States v. Bernard L. Madoff
    United States v. Bernard L. Madoff is the landmark federal criminal case in which financier Bernard Madoff was prosecuted and sentenced for orchestrating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
  • E. Madoff (miniseries)
    Madoff (miniseries) is a television drama that chronicles the rise and fall of infamous financier Bernie Madoff and his massive Ponzi scheme.
  • 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: Madoff
Triple: [Bernie Madoff, familyName, Madoff]
Generated description
Madoff is the surname most infamously associated with Bernie Madoff, the American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Madoff
Target entity description: Madoff is the surname most infamously associated with Bernie Madoff, the American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
  • A. Bernie Madoff chosen
    Bernie Madoff was an American financier who orchestrated one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, defrauding thousands of investors of billions of dollars.
  • B. Andrew Madoff
    Andrew Madoff was the younger son of infamous financier Bernie Madoff, known for his involvement in his father's investment firm and his public efforts to distance himself from the Ponzi scheme scandal.
  • C. Mark Madoff
    Mark Madoff was the elder son of infamous financier Bernie Madoff, whose life and tragic death drew widespread attention in the aftermath of his father's massive Ponzi scheme.
  • D. United States v. Bernard L. Madoff
    United States v. Bernard L. Madoff is the landmark federal criminal case in which financier Bernard Madoff was prosecuted and sentenced for orchestrating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
  • E. Madoff (miniseries)
    Madoff (miniseries) is a television drama that chronicles the rise and fall of infamous financier Bernie Madoff and his massive Ponzi scheme.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c1ef3040819085c8056e75571104 completed April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e06307408190b69d60e62b47d4c3 completed May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e15d93ec8190bbe859fb42a4a5ac completed May 16, 2026, 9:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e25d8cb08190ba75b792aac192ab completed May 16, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:31 p.m.