Triple

T3770637
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds E82788 entity
Predicate author P4 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."
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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.