Triple
T3770637
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds |
E82788
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Mackay
Charles Mackay was a 19th-century Scottish poet, journalist, and social commentator best known for his influential study of mass psychology and financial manias in "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds."
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E386359
|
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: Charles Mackay | Statement: [Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, author, Charles Mackay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Mackay Context triple: [Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, author, Charles Mackay]
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A.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
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C.
John Carlyle
John Carlyle was an 18th-century Scottish merchant and prominent early resident of Alexandria, Virginia, whose wealth and status are reflected in the grand Carlyle House built for him.
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D.
Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
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E.
Charles Grant
Charles Grant was a prominent British politician and evangelical reformer associated with the Clapham Sect, known for his influential role in the East India Company and support for social and religious reforms.
- 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: Charles Mackay Triple: [Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, author, Charles Mackay]
Generated description
Charles Mackay was a 19th-century Scottish poet, journalist, and social commentator best known for his influential study of mass psychology and financial manias in "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Mackay Target entity description: Charles Mackay was a 19th-century Scottish poet, journalist, and social commentator best known for his influential study of mass psychology and financial manias in "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds."
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A.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald was a British-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and mystery fiction and his contributions to classic Hollywood films.
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C.
John Carlyle
John Carlyle was an 18th-century Scottish merchant and prominent early resident of Alexandria, Virginia, whose wealth and status are reflected in the grand Carlyle House built for him.
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D.
Alexander Macmillan
Alexander Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher who co-founded the influential Macmillan publishing house, which became one of the leading literary and educational publishers in the English-speaking world.
-
E.
Charles Grant
Charles Grant was a prominent British politician and evangelical reformer associated with the Clapham Sect, known for his influential role in the East India Company and support for social and religious reforms.
- 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_69ad8b207b0081909d2b48843fbd8795 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adcc307cf8819090730b5e697bb197 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4e5287908819084319b8dfa407635 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b4e61c8dc881908e298528b1e42c0c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4e686bf2c8190aac01d6c1014c1d4 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:36 p.m.