Triple

T4620164
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject March (graphic novel trilogy) E100958 entity
Predicate illustrator P9707 FINISHED
Object Nate Powell
Nate Powell is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist best known for his award-winning work on socially and politically engaged comics, including the civil rights–focused "March" trilogy.
E459179 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: Nate Powell | Statement: [March (graphic novel trilogy), illustrator, Nate Powell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nate Powell
Context triple: [March (graphic novel trilogy), illustrator, Nate Powell]
  • A. Andrew Aydin
    Andrew Aydin is an American writer and political staffer best known as the co-writer of Congressman John Lewis’s award-winning civil rights graphic novel trilogy "March."
  • B. Dwayne McDuffie
    Dwayne McDuffie was an influential American comic book and animation writer and producer, best known for championing diversity in superhero storytelling and co-creating characters such as Static.
  • C. Ed Brubaker
    Ed Brubaker is an American comic book writer best known for his acclaimed runs on titles like Captain America, Daredevil, and Criminal, where he revitalized characters through noir-influenced, character-driven storytelling.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Ben Templesmith
    Ben Templesmith is an Australian comic book artist and writer best known for his distinctive, atmospheric horror artwork on titles such as "30 Days of Night" and "Fell."
  • 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: Nate Powell
Triple: [March (graphic novel trilogy), illustrator, Nate Powell]
Generated description
Nate Powell is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist best known for his award-winning work on socially and politically engaged comics, including the civil rights–focused "March" trilogy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nate Powell
Target entity description: Nate Powell is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist best known for his award-winning work on socially and politically engaged comics, including the civil rights–focused "March" trilogy.
  • A. Andrew Aydin
    Andrew Aydin is an American writer and political staffer best known as the co-writer of Congressman John Lewis’s award-winning civil rights graphic novel trilogy "March."
  • B. Dwayne McDuffie
    Dwayne McDuffie was an influential American comic book and animation writer and producer, best known for championing diversity in superhero storytelling and co-creating characters such as Static.
  • C. Ed Brubaker
    Ed Brubaker is an American comic book writer best known for his acclaimed runs on titles like Captain America, Daredevil, and Criminal, where he revitalized characters through noir-influenced, character-driven storytelling.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Ben Templesmith
    Ben Templesmith is an Australian comic book artist and writer best known for his distinctive, atmospheric horror artwork on titles such as "30 Days of Night" and "Fell."
  • 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_69bd43cf363c819087fd5ab441b4a3f4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd59e560f481908abb1a97b4ff5795 completed March 20, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa95bd6c8190ad33e52b338560a6 completed March 21, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb5502c48190b7679941b83e6e0c completed March 21, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdff53680c8190a62aace0f0c9f3b3 completed March 21, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:12 p.m.