Slate
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Slate is an online magazine known for its commentary and analysis on politics, culture, and current events.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slate canonical | 3 |
| Slate (online magazine) | 1 |
| Slate Plus membership | 1 |
| https://slate.com | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1353944 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slate Context triple: [Christopher Hitchens, employer, Slate]
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A.
Papel
Papel is an indigenous language of Guinea-Bissau spoken primarily by the Papel people in the coastal regions around Bissau.
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B.
Obsidian
Obsidian is a dark, nearly black color variant commonly used as a sleek, premium finish for electronic devices such as smartphones.
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C.
The Paper
The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
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D.
Tapestry
Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
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E.
Clarion
Clarion is a small city in central Iowa, United States, serving as the county seat of Wright County.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slate Target entity description: Slate is an online magazine known for its commentary and analysis on politics, culture, and current events.
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A.
Papel
Papel is an indigenous language of Guinea-Bissau spoken primarily by the Papel people in the coastal regions around Bissau.
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B.
Obsidian
Obsidian is a dark, nearly black color variant commonly used as a sleek, premium finish for electronic devices such as smartphones.
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C.
The Paper
The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
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D.
Tapestry
Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
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E.
Clarion
Clarion is a small city in central Iowa, United States, serving as the county seat of Wright County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital media outlet
ⓘ
news website ⓘ online magazine ⓘ |
| businessModel |
advertising-supported
ⓘ
subscription-supported ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coversTopic |
arts
ⓘ
business ⓘ culture ⓘ current events ⓘ law ⓘ politics ⓘ science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
Microsoft
ⓘ
Washington Post Company ⓘ
linked to:
The Washington Post Company
|
| founder | Michael Kinsley ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural commentary
ⓘ
news analysis ⓘ opinion journalism ⓘ political commentary ⓘ |
| hasEditorInChief | Hillary Frey ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
podcast network
ⓘ
web publication ⓘ |
| hasISSN | 1091-2339 ⓘ |
| hasPaywall | yes ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notablePodcast |
Hang Up and Listen
ⓘ
Slate Political Gabfest ⓘ Slow Burn ⓘ |
| offersService |
Slate Plus membership
ⓘ
linked to:
Slate
|
| originalFormat | online-only magazine ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Microsoft ⓘ |
| owner | The Slate Group ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Graham Holdings Company
ⓘ
The Slate Group ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
liberal
ⓘ
progressive ⓘ |
| publisherOf | long-form journalism ⓘ |
| publishes |
essays
ⓘ
interviews ⓘ news articles ⓘ opinion pieces ⓘ podcasts ⓘ |
| website | https://slate.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Slate Description of subject: Slate is an online magazine known for its commentary and analysis on politics, culture, and current events.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Slate
linked to: Slate