Triple

T5086643
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mad magazine E114653 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object William M. Gaines
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.
E571864 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: William M. Gaines | Statement: [Mad magazine, founder, William M. Gaines]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William M. Gaines
Context triple: [Mad magazine, founder, William M. Gaines]
  • A. L. C. Greenwood
    L. C. Greenwood was a standout defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers, renowned for his pass-rushing prowess and key role in their 1970s Super Bowl dynasty.
  • B. W. O. Gant
    W. O. Gant is a passionate, larger-than-life stonecutter and the domineering, often volatile father figure in Thomas Wolfe’s autobiographical novel "Look Homeward, Angel."
  • C. John Gilleland
    John Gilleland was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating the experimental Civil War-era Double-Barreled Cannon in Athens, Georgia.
  • D. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • E. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • 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: William M. Gaines
Triple: [Mad magazine, founder, William M. Gaines]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William M. Gaines
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. L. C. Greenwood
    L. C. Greenwood was a standout defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers, renowned for his pass-rushing prowess and key role in their 1970s Super Bowl dynasty.
  • B. W. O. Gant
    W. O. Gant is a passionate, larger-than-life stonecutter and the domineering, often volatile father figure in Thomas Wolfe’s autobiographical novel "Look Homeward, Angel."
  • C. John Gilleland
    John Gilleland was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating the experimental Civil War-era Double-Barreled Cannon in Athens, Georgia.
  • D. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • E. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • 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_69bd443e941881908eb4e8c685b6f656 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd751fb6dc8190be674c92a17e8c0e completed March 20, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c1351018b48190910c3dad6c0f9850 completed March 23, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c1381233b081908af8982dce6a1db1 completed March 23, 2026, 12:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c1387a38788190b8cf2b04e5eeb5e3 completed March 23, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.