Triple

T4506465
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vertigo E101341 entity
Predicate keyFigure P256 FINISHED
Object Bill Willingham
Bill Willingham is an American comic book writer and artist best known as the creator of the acclaimed fantasy series "Fables."
 E449402 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: Bill Willingham | Statement: [Vertigo, keyFigure, Bill Willingham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Willingham
Context triple: [Vertigo, keyFigure, Bill Willingham]
  • A. Steve Niles
    Steve Niles is an American comic book writer and novelist best known for his influential horror work, including co-creating the vampire series "30 Days of Night."
  • B. Warren Ellis
    Warren Ellis is an Australian musician and composer best known for his work with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and for scoring numerous acclaimed films.
  • C. Brian K. Vaughan
    Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic book and television writer best known for acclaimed series such as Saga, Y: The Last Man, and his work on shows like Lost.
  • D. John Wagner
    John Wagner is a British comics writer best known for co-creating the iconic dystopian lawman Judge Dredd for the science fiction anthology 2000 AD.
  • E. Peter Milligan
    Peter Milligan is a British comic book writer known for his influential, often surreal and character-driven work on titles for DC’s Vertigo imprint and other major publishers.
  • 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: Bill Willingham
Triple: [Vertigo, keyFigure, Bill Willingham]
Generated description
Bill Willingham is an American comic book writer and artist best known as the creator of the acclaimed fantasy series "Fables."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Willingham
Target entity description: Bill Willingham is an American comic book writer and artist best known as the creator of the acclaimed fantasy series "Fables."
  • A. Steve Niles
    Steve Niles is an American comic book writer and novelist best known for his influential horror work, including co-creating the vampire series "30 Days of Night."
  • B. Warren Ellis
    Warren Ellis is an Australian musician and composer best known for his work with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and for scoring numerous acclaimed films.
  • C. Brian K. Vaughan
    Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic book and television writer best known for acclaimed series such as Saga, Y: The Last Man, and his work on shows like Lost.
  • D. John Wagner
    John Wagner is a British comics writer best known for co-creating the iconic dystopian lawman Judge Dredd for the science fiction anthology 2000 AD.
  • E. Peter Milligan
    Peter Milligan is a British comic book writer known for his influential, often surreal and character-driven work on titles for DC’s Vertigo imprint and other major publishers.
  • 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_69bd43d175248190894dc58b5b395c26 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd56ff78748190bb667e70c69dc817 completed March 20, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bda41dd58081908b8d8779a71f3c97 completed March 20, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bda5740f888190b88c75e339ee8611 completed March 20, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bda5cf5c14819086105ffc1ef0f1eb completed March 20, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:01 p.m.