Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mad magazine E114653 entity
Predicate notableEditor P1932 FINISHED
Object Nick Meglin
Nick Meglin was a longtime editor and key creative force behind Mad magazine, known for shaping its satirical voice and humor for decades.
E491411 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: Nick Meglin | Statement: [Mad magazine, notableEditor, Nick Meglin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Meglin
Context triple: [Mad magazine, notableEditor, Nick Meglin]
  • A. Michael Kube-McDowell
    Michael Kube-McDowell is an American science fiction author known for his novels, short stories, and contributions to major franchises such as Star Wars.
  • B. Daniel Kraus
    Daniel Kraus is an American author and screenwriter known for his dark fantasy and horror works, including collaborations with Guillermo del Toro such as the novelization of The Shape of Water and the source material for Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia.
  • C. M. J. Curtis
    M. J. Curtis was an architect known for designing the Nevada State Capitol building in Carson City.
  • D. Eric Erlandson
    Eric Erlandson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band Hole.
  • E. Max Thieriot
    Max Thieriot is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Catch That Kid" and "House at the End of the Street," as well as television series such as "SEAL Team" and "Fire Country," which he also co-created.
  • 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: Nick Meglin
Triple: [Mad magazine, notableEditor, Nick Meglin]
Generated description
Nick Meglin was a longtime editor and key creative force behind Mad magazine, known for shaping its satirical voice and humor for decades.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Meglin
Target entity description: Nick Meglin was a longtime editor and key creative force behind Mad magazine, known for shaping its satirical voice and humor for decades.
  • A. Michael Kube-McDowell
    Michael Kube-McDowell is an American science fiction author known for his novels, short stories, and contributions to major franchises such as Star Wars.
  • B. Daniel Kraus
    Daniel Kraus is an American author and screenwriter known for his dark fantasy and horror works, including collaborations with Guillermo del Toro such as the novelization of The Shape of Water and the source material for Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia.
  • C. M. J. Curtis
    M. J. Curtis was an architect known for designing the Nevada State Capitol building in Carson City.
  • D. Eric Erlandson
    Eric Erlandson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band Hole.
  • E. Max Thieriot
    Max Thieriot is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Catch That Kid" and "House at the End of the Street," as well as television series such as "SEAL Team" and "Fire Country," which he also co-created.
  • 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_69beb13fd3a88190b5a665ba56fdd455 completed March 21, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69beb1c184248190b99067d257564ad8 completed March 21, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69beb22dff6c8190896f65d659a32b28 completed March 21, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.