Maclean's
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Maclean's is a long-running Canadian news magazine known for its national affairs coverage, commentary, and cultural reporting.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10505852 — 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: Maclean's Context triple: [Pierre Berton, employer, Maclean's]
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A.
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a leading Canadian national newspaper known for its comprehensive coverage of domestic and international news, business, and politics.
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B.
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is a major Canadian daily newspaper based in Toronto, known for its large circulation and progressive, investigative journalism.
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C.
The Toronto Telegram
The Toronto Telegram was a major conservative-leaning daily newspaper in Toronto, Canada, that operated from the late 19th century until its closure in 1971.
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D.
Canada Gazette
The Canada Gazette is the official newspaper of the Government of Canada, publishing laws, regulations, official notices, and honours.
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E.
Winnipeg Free Press
The Winnipeg Free Press is a major Canadian daily newspaper based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, known for its comprehensive local and national news coverage.
- 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: Maclean's Target entity description: Maclean's is a long-running Canadian news magazine known for its national affairs coverage, commentary, and cultural reporting.
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A.
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a leading Canadian national newspaper known for its comprehensive coverage of domestic and international news, business, and politics.
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B.
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is a major Canadian daily newspaper based in Toronto, known for its large circulation and progressive, investigative journalism.
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C.
The Toronto Telegram
The Toronto Telegram was a major conservative-leaning daily newspaper in Toronto, Canada, that operated from the late 19th century until its closure in 1971.
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D.
Canada Gazette
The Canada Gazette is the official newspaper of the Government of Canada, publishing laws, regulations, official notices, and honours.
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E.
Winnipeg Free Press
The Winnipeg Free Press is a major Canadian daily newspaper based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, known for its comprehensive local and national news coverage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian periodical
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magazine ⓘ news magazine ⓘ |
| circulationArea | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| coverageArea |
Canada
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international news ⓘ |
| format | glossy magazine ⓘ |
| foundedBy | John Bayne Maclean ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural reporting
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current affairs ⓘ news ⓘ political commentary ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Canadian news magazines
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Magazines established in 1905 ⓘ Magazines published in Toronto ⓘ |
| hasISSN | 0024-9262 ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence | Yes ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Culture
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Opinion ⓘ Politics ⓘ Society ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Canada
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Ontario ⓘ Toronto ⓘ |
| inception | 1905 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
online magazine
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print magazine ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Bayne Maclean ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Canadian political coverage
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annual university rankings ⓘ commentary and opinion pieces ⓘ national affairs analysis ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Busy Man's Magazine ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Rogers Communications ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | centrist to centre-right (commonly described) ⓘ |
| previousPublicationFrequency | weekly ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| publisher |
Rogers Communications
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Rogers Media ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
Canadian national affairs
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business ⓘ culture ⓘ politics ⓘ public policy ⓘ society ⓘ |
| targetAudience | Canadian general readership ⓘ |
| website | https://www.macleans.ca ⓘ |
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: Maclean's Description of subject: Maclean's is a long-running Canadian news magazine known for its national affairs coverage, commentary, and cultural reporting.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maclean's