Triple

T12232290
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Korvac E291502 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Steve Gerber
Steve Gerber was an American comic book writer best known for his innovative, satirical work at Marvel Comics, including creating the cult-favorite character Howard the Duck.
E970760 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: Steve Gerber | Statement: [Korvac, creator, Steve Gerber]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Gerber
Context triple: [Korvac, creator, Steve Gerber]
  • A. Harvey Kurtzman
    Harvey Kurtzman was an influential American cartoonist, writer, and editor best known for pioneering satirical comics and shaping modern humor through his work on Mad and other groundbreaking publications.
  • B. Alex Toth
    Alex Toth was an influential American comic book and animation artist renowned for his minimalist, highly expressive style and his work on series like Space Ghost and Super Friends.
  • C. Barry Windsor-Smith
    Barry Windsor-Smith is a British comic book artist and writer renowned for his influential work on Marvel titles such as Conan the Barbarian and for his highly detailed, expressive illustration style.
  • D. Ed Boon
    Ed Boon is an American video game programmer and director best known as the co-creator and long-time creative lead of the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise.
  • E. Dan Jurgens
    Dan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his influential work at DC Comics, including creating the villain Doomsday and writing and drawing major Superman storylines.
  • 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: Steve Gerber
Triple: [Korvac, creator, Steve Gerber]
Generated description
Steve Gerber was an American comic book writer best known for his innovative, satirical work at Marvel Comics, including creating the cult-favorite character Howard the Duck.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Gerber
Target entity description: Steve Gerber was an American comic book writer best known for his innovative, satirical work at Marvel Comics, including creating the cult-favorite character Howard the Duck.
  • A. Harvey Kurtzman
    Harvey Kurtzman was an influential American cartoonist, writer, and editor best known for pioneering satirical comics and shaping modern humor through his work on Mad and other groundbreaking publications.
  • B. Alex Toth
    Alex Toth was an influential American comic book and animation artist renowned for his minimalist, highly expressive style and his work on series like Space Ghost and Super Friends.
  • C. Barry Windsor-Smith
    Barry Windsor-Smith is a British comic book artist and writer renowned for his influential work on Marvel titles such as Conan the Barbarian and for his highly detailed, expressive illustration style.
  • D. Ed Boon
    Ed Boon is an American video game programmer and director best known as the co-creator and long-time creative lead of the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise.
  • E. Dan Jurgens
    Dan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his influential work at DC Comics, including creating the villain Doomsday and writing and drawing major Superman storylines.
  • 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_69d6ab668acc8190963ba424049d6aee completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91ca45bd48190b8b7f6b29b6bb25b completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60aad2d488190ba36588e3376ca1a completed May 2, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60bdd8d508190813178ff4c77afcf completed May 2, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60c67c680819087630d190d0a008f completed May 2, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.