Triple

T17178431
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vulko E416920 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Howard Purcell
Howard Purcell was an American comic book artist and writer best known for his Golden Age work at DC Comics, where he co-created characters such as Sargon the Sorcerer and the Enchantress.
E1255731 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: Howard Purcell | Statement: [Vulko, creator, Howard Purcell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Purcell
Context triple: [Vulko, creator, Howard Purcell]
  • A. Steve Purcell
    Steve Purcell is an American cartoonist, animator, and filmmaker best known as the creator of the "Sam & Max" franchise and for his work at Pixar, including co-directing the film "Brave."
  • B. Andrew Pyle
    Andrew Pyle is a British philosopher known for his work in the philosophy of science, metaphysics, and the history of early modern philosophy.
  • C. Alan Sampson
    Alan Sampson is a British music producer and songwriter known for his work in contemporary R&B and pop, including collaborations with artists such as Jay Sean.
  • D. Alan Richards
    Alan Richards is a fictional character who appears in Upton Sinclair’s novel "The Jungle," contributing to its portrayal of immigrant life and labor struggles in early 20th-century Chicago.
  • E. Michael Hewes
    Michael Hewes is a character in the television series "Damages," known primarily as the estranged son and frequent adversary of ruthless attorney Patty Hewes.
  • 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: Howard Purcell
Triple: [Vulko, creator, Howard Purcell]
Generated description
Howard Purcell was an American comic book artist and writer best known for his Golden Age work at DC Comics, where he co-created characters such as Sargon the Sorcerer and the Enchantress.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Purcell
Target entity description: Howard Purcell was an American comic book artist and writer best known for his Golden Age work at DC Comics, where he co-created characters such as Sargon the Sorcerer and the Enchantress.
  • A. Steve Purcell
    Steve Purcell is an American cartoonist, animator, and filmmaker best known as the creator of the "Sam & Max" franchise and for his work at Pixar, including co-directing the film "Brave."
  • B. Andrew Pyle
    Andrew Pyle is a British philosopher known for his work in the philosophy of science, metaphysics, and the history of early modern philosophy.
  • C. Alan Sampson
    Alan Sampson is a British music producer and songwriter known for his work in contemporary R&B and pop, including collaborations with artists such as Jay Sean.
  • D. Alan Richards
    Alan Richards is a fictional character who appears in Upton Sinclair’s novel "The Jungle," contributing to its portrayal of immigrant life and labor struggles in early 20th-century Chicago.
  • E. Michael Hewes
    Michael Hewes is a character in the television series "Damages," known primarily as the estranged son and frequent adversary of ruthless attorney Patty Hewes.
  • 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_69d886d5f34c8190b24564dfaa63f3fb completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3fc0ee5008190a73875b39841fd9f completed April 18, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a015fca04cc8190a9df230078fbe268 completed May 11, 2026, 4:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0161e5f6f0819083c57feac088f531 completed May 11, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0162785e7081908d57801eeae7cf67 completed May 11, 2026, 5 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:37 a.m.