Triple

T6230440
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Do the Evolution E139338 entity
Predicate hasMusicVideoDirector P4911 FINISHED
Object Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane is a Canadian comic book creator, artist, and entrepreneur best known for co-creating the character Venom at Marvel and for his creator-owned series Spawn and its multimedia adaptations.
 E578095 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: Todd McFarlane | Statement: [Do the Evolution, hasMusicVideoDirector, Todd McFarlane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Todd McFarlane
Context triple: [Do the Evolution, hasMusicVideoDirector, Todd McFarlane]
  • A. Don McGregor
    Don McGregor is an American comic book writer best known for his influential 1970s work at Marvel, particularly on Black Panther and Killraven, where he helped pioneer more mature, socially conscious storytelling in mainstream comics.
  • B. Jim Lee
    Jim Lee is a renowned Korean American comic book artist, writer, and publisher best known for his influential work at Marvel and DC Comics and for co-founding Image Comics and its WildStorm imprint.
  • C. Jeph Loeb
    Jeph Loeb is an American comic book writer, television producer, and screenwriter known for his work on major Marvel and DC titles as well as shows like "Smallville" and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
  • 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. Michael Cudlitz
    Michael Cudlitz is an American actor best known for his television roles in gritty police and military dramas, including Southland and The Walking Dead.
  • 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: Todd McFarlane
Triple: [Do the Evolution, hasMusicVideoDirector, Todd McFarlane]
Generated description
Todd McFarlane is a Canadian comic book creator, artist, and entrepreneur best known for co-creating the character Venom at Marvel and for his creator-owned series Spawn and its multimedia adaptations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Todd McFarlane
Target entity description: Todd McFarlane is a Canadian comic book creator, artist, and entrepreneur best known for co-creating the character Venom at Marvel and for his creator-owned series Spawn and its multimedia adaptations.
  • A. Don McGregor
    Don McGregor is an American comic book writer best known for his influential 1970s work at Marvel, particularly on Black Panther and Killraven, where he helped pioneer more mature, socially conscious storytelling in mainstream comics.
  • B. Jim Lee
    Jim Lee is a renowned Korean American comic book artist, writer, and publisher best known for his influential work at Marvel and DC Comics and for co-founding Image Comics and its WildStorm imprint.
  • C. Jeph Loeb
    Jeph Loeb is an American comic book writer, television producer, and screenwriter known for his work on major Marvel and DC titles as well as shows like "Smallville" and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
  • 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. Michael Cudlitz
    Michael Cudlitz is an American actor best known for his television roles in gritty police and military dramas, including Southland and The Walking Dead.
  • 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_69c008afd3148190b71e9eaa60420dd1 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062d9a33c8190b66dbd89e0e3bbba completed March 22, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c20de90ba08190be1e0c44b5b13f53 completed March 24, 2026, 4:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c212d46f648190b72eb440d02178b8 completed March 24, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c2138541608190a3ea346ff23974a3 completed March 24, 2026, 4:31 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.