Triple
T20149899
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | EC Comics |
E491408
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entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William M. Gaines |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William M. Gaines | Statement: [EC Comics, foundedBy, William M. Gaines]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William M. Gaines Context triple: [EC Comics, foundedBy, William M. Gaines]
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A.
William M. Gaines
chosen
William M. Gaines was an American publisher best known for transforming Mad from a comic book into a hugely influential satirical magazine that shaped modern humor and pop culture.
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B.
John R. Gaines
John R. Gaines was an American thoroughbred horse breeder and philanthropist best known for conceiving and establishing the Breeders' Cup championship series.
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C.
Elmer F. Andrews
Elmer F. Andrews was an American labor lawyer and public official who became a prominent New York State labor administrator and later served as the first administrator of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
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D.
Frank W. Gibb
Frank W. Gibb was an American architect known for designing prominent public buildings in Arkansas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Fred G. Gurley
Fred G. Gurley was an American railroad executive who served as president and later chairman of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69da6265f8f0819080b29c752a574088 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e667a0c0e881909a4f21a5d22973d2 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:51 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:33 p.m.