Triple

T13054851
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ghost (Marvel Comics) E327543 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Bob Layton
Bob Layton is an American comic book writer, artist, and editor best known for his influential work on Marvel's Iron Man and co-creating several notable characters.
 E1018923 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: Bob Layton | Statement: [Ghost (Marvel Comics), creator, Bob Layton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Layton
Context triple: [Ghost (Marvel Comics), creator, Bob Layton]
  • A. Allen Potter
    Allen Potter was a television producer and writer best known for co-creating the long-running American soap opera "Another World."
  • B. Walt Garrison
    Walt Garrison was an American football fullback for the Dallas Cowboys and a celebrated rodeo cowboy known for his toughness and dual-sport career.
  • C. John Grandy
    John Grandy was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become a leading commander of British fighter forces during and after the Second World War.
  • D. Phil Johnston
    Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
  • E. Tom Rothrock
    Tom Rothrock is an American record producer and musician known for his work with artists such as James Blunt, Beck, and Elliott Smith.
  • 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: Bob Layton
Triple: [Ghost (Marvel Comics), creator, Bob Layton]
Generated description
Bob Layton is an American comic book writer, artist, and editor best known for his influential work on Marvel's Iron Man and co-creating several notable characters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Layton
Target entity description: Bob Layton is an American comic book writer, artist, and editor best known for his influential work on Marvel's Iron Man and co-creating several notable characters.
  • A. Allen Potter
    Allen Potter was a television producer and writer best known for co-creating the long-running American soap opera "Another World."
  • B. Walt Garrison
    Walt Garrison was an American football fullback for the Dallas Cowboys and a celebrated rodeo cowboy known for his toughness and dual-sport career.
  • C. John Grandy
    John Grandy was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become a leading commander of British fighter forces during and after the Second World War.
  • D. Phil Johnston
    Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
  • E. Tom Rothrock
    Tom Rothrock is an American record producer and musician known for his work with artists such as James Blunt, Beck, and Elliott Smith.
  • 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_69d8076e64308190904fb5c93517c901 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d980bb52d88190b5be12000e27a2c9 completed April 10, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6cbdead348190aa7aaa29c371d72a completed May 3, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6d039254881909927b58225f194de completed May 3, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6d0d218d4819080273a151a0890d3 completed May 3, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:58 p.m.