Triple
T23552785
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Todd McFarlane |
E578095
|
entity |
| Predicate | produced |
P490
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Todd McFarlane's Spawn (HBO animated series) |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Todd McFarlane's Spawn (HBO animated series) | Statement: [Todd McFarlane, produced, Todd McFarlane's Spawn (HBO animated series)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Todd McFarlane's Spawn (HBO animated series) Context triple: [Todd McFarlane, produced, Todd McFarlane's Spawn (HBO animated series)]
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A.
Spawn: The Movie
Spawn: The Movie is a 1997 live-action superhero film based on Todd McFarlane's comic book series, following a murdered assassin who returns from Hell as a demonic antihero.
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B.
Savage Dragon
Savage Dragon is a long-running superhero comic book series created by Erik Larsen, known for its ultra-violent action, distinctive green fin-headed protagonist, and its place as one of Image Comics’ flagship titles.
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C.
Doom Patrol
Doom Patrol is a DC Comics-based television series that follows a dysfunctional team of misfit superheroes dealing with bizarre threats and their own traumatic pasts.
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D.
Spike (IDW comic series)
Spike (IDW comic series) is a comic book spin-off from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe that follows the adventures of the vampire antihero Spike in stories published by IDW Publishing.
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E.
McCloud
McCloud is an American television crime drama series from the 1970s featuring a New Mexico lawman working with the New York City Police Department.
- 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: Todd McFarlane's Spawn (HBO animated series) Target entity description: Todd McFarlane's Spawn is a dark, adult-oriented animated television series on HBO based on the Spawn comic book, known for its mature themes, graphic violence, and noir-inspired storytelling.
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A.
Spawn: The Movie
Spawn: The Movie is a 1997 live-action superhero film based on Todd McFarlane's comic book series, following a murdered assassin who returns from Hell as a demonic antihero.
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B.
Savage Dragon
Savage Dragon is a long-running superhero comic book series created by Erik Larsen, known for its ultra-violent action, distinctive green fin-headed protagonist, and its place as one of Image Comics’ flagship titles.
-
C.
Doom Patrol
Doom Patrol is a DC Comics-based television series that follows a dysfunctional team of misfit superheroes dealing with bizarre threats and their own traumatic pasts.
-
D.
Spike (IDW comic series)
Spike (IDW comic series) is a comic book spin-off from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe that follows the adventures of the vampire antihero Spike in stories published by IDW Publishing.
-
E.
McCloud
McCloud is an American television crime drama series from the 1970s featuring a New Mexico lawman working with the New York City Police Department.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e245fa93448190919cb04534560542 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1aed096b08190a8a755eaa7663fba |
completed | April 29, 2026, 7:10 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:11 p.m.