Triple

T5086663
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mad magazine E114653 entity
Predicate notableEditor P1932 FINISHED
Object Al Feldstein
Al Feldstein was an American writer, artist, and editor best known for transforming Mad magazine into a hugely influential satirical publication during its peak decades.
E495193 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: Al Feldstein | Statement: [Mad magazine, notableEditor, Al Feldstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Feldstein
Context triple: [Mad magazine, notableEditor, Al Feldstein]
  • A. Dan Futterman
    Dan Futterman is an American actor and Academy Award–nominated screenwriter known for writing the film "Capote" and co-creating the TV series "In Treatment."
  • B. Shelley Berman
    Shelley Berman was an American comedian, actor, and writer renowned as a pioneering stand-up performer whose influential comedy albums helped popularize observational humor.
  • C. Steve Cahn
    Steve Cahn is the son of renowned American songwriter and lyricist Sammy Cahn.
  • D. Louis Garfinkle
    Louis Garfinkle was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed Vietnam War drama film "The Deer Hunter."
  • E. Norman I. Badler
    Norman I. Badler is an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in computer graphics, human modeling, and animation, and for his long tenure as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • 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: Al Feldstein
Triple: [Mad magazine, notableEditor, Al Feldstein]
Generated description
Al Feldstein was an American writer, artist, and editor best known for transforming Mad magazine into a hugely influential satirical publication during its peak decades.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Feldstein
Target entity description: Al Feldstein was an American writer, artist, and editor best known for transforming Mad magazine into a hugely influential satirical publication during its peak decades.
  • A. Dan Futterman
    Dan Futterman is an American actor and Academy Award–nominated screenwriter known for writing the film "Capote" and co-creating the TV series "In Treatment."
  • B. Shelley Berman
    Shelley Berman was an American comedian, actor, and writer renowned as a pioneering stand-up performer whose influential comedy albums helped popularize observational humor.
  • C. Steve Cahn
    Steve Cahn is the son of renowned American songwriter and lyricist Sammy Cahn.
  • D. Louis Garfinkle
    Louis Garfinkle was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the acclaimed Vietnam War drama film "The Deer Hunter."
  • E. Norman I. Badler
    Norman I. Badler is an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in computer graphics, human modeling, and animation, and for his long tenure as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • 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_69bec360a5848190a243da780b53559c completed March 21, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bec506d5b88190bcf6e7cb5f602c2f completed March 21, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bec5ae111c8190914e93dc1680d36e completed March 21, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.