Triple

T1586957
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United Negro College Fund E34086 entity
Predicate notableCampaign P4656 FINISHED
Object A mind is a terrible thing to waste campaign
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste" is a long-running and iconic public service advertising campaign that powerfully promoted support for African American higher education and scholarships through the United Negro College Fund.
E180495 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: A mind is a terrible thing to waste campaign | Statement: [United Negro College Fund, notableCampaign, A mind is a terrible thing to waste campaign]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A mind is a terrible thing to waste campaign
Context triple: [United Negro College Fund, notableCampaign, A mind is a terrible thing to waste campaign]
  • A. Ten Days’ Campaign
    Ten Days’ Campaign was a brief 1831 military offensive by the Netherlands aimed at crushing the nascent Belgian state during the Belgian Revolution.
  • B. Shaping Us campaign
    The Shaping Us campaign is a public awareness initiative led by Catherine, Princess of Wales, focused on highlighting the critical importance of early childhood development for long-term wellbeing.
  • C. Defiance Campaign
    The Defiance Campaign was a major 1952 mass civil disobedience movement in apartheid-era South Africa, led by the African National Congress and allied organizations, to protest unjust segregation laws through nonviolent resistance.
  • D. Make Do and Mend campaign
    The Make Do and Mend campaign was a British World War II initiative encouraging civilians, especially women, to repair, reuse, and creatively adapt clothing and household items to cope with rationing and material shortages.
  • E. Operation Impact
    Operation Impact is Canada's military mission against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, involving airstrikes, training, and support operations as part of the international coalition.
  • 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: A mind is a terrible thing to waste campaign
Triple: [United Negro College Fund, notableCampaign, A mind is a terrible thing to waste campaign]
Generated description
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste" is a long-running and iconic public service advertising campaign that powerfully promoted support for African American higher education and scholarships through the United Negro College Fund.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A mind is a terrible thing to waste campaign
Target entity description: "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" is a long-running and iconic public service advertising campaign that powerfully promoted support for African American higher education and scholarships through the United Negro College Fund.
  • A. Ten Days’ Campaign
    Ten Days’ Campaign was a brief 1831 military offensive by the Netherlands aimed at crushing the nascent Belgian state during the Belgian Revolution.
  • B. Shaping Us campaign
    The Shaping Us campaign is a public awareness initiative led by Catherine, Princess of Wales, focused on highlighting the critical importance of early childhood development for long-term wellbeing.
  • C. Defiance Campaign
    The Defiance Campaign was a major 1952 mass civil disobedience movement in apartheid-era South Africa, led by the African National Congress and allied organizations, to protest unjust segregation laws through nonviolent resistance.
  • D. Make Do and Mend campaign
    The Make Do and Mend campaign was a British World War II initiative encouraging civilians, especially women, to repair, reuse, and creatively adapt clothing and household items to cope with rationing and material shortages.
  • E. Operation Impact
    Operation Impact is Canada's military mission against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, involving airstrikes, training, and support operations as part of the international coalition.
  • 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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9090b3a20819098fdb5605ee739d7 completed March 5, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad469b36548190b2bdf2324fbea30f completed March 8, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad47189b388190acd217b2ba37533b completed March 8, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad47ffc5088190aeba84f6d92ff86f completed March 8, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.