Triple

T7910206
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Tick E183677 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Ben Edlund
Ben Edlund is an American cartoonist, writer, and producer best known for creating the satirical superhero character The Tick and working on genre TV series such as Firefly and Supernatural.
 E704387 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: Ben Edlund | Statement: [The Tick, creator, Ben Edlund]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Edlund
Context triple: [The Tick, creator, Ben Edlund]
  • A. Andy Fickman
    Andy Fickman is an American film and television director known for family-friendly comedies and energetic, commercially successful studio movies.
  • B. Bryan Englund
    Bryan Englund was the son of American film director and producer George Englund and actress Cloris Leachman.
  • C. Jonathan Poneman
    Jonathan Poneman is an American music executive best known as the co-founder of the influential independent record label Sub Pop, which helped launch the grunge movement and bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden.
  • D. Dave Keuning
    Dave Keuning is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and a founding member of the rock band The Killers.
  • E. Mark Okerstrom
    Mark Okerstrom is a Canadian business executive best known for serving as the former CEO of Expedia Group.
  • 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: Ben Edlund
Triple: [The Tick, creator, Ben Edlund]
Generated description
Ben Edlund is an American cartoonist, writer, and producer best known for creating the satirical superhero character The Tick and working on genre TV series such as Firefly and Supernatural.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Edlund
Target entity description: Ben Edlund is an American cartoonist, writer, and producer best known for creating the satirical superhero character The Tick and working on genre TV series such as Firefly and Supernatural.
  • A. Andy Fickman
    Andy Fickman is an American film and television director known for family-friendly comedies and energetic, commercially successful studio movies.
  • B. Bryan Englund
    Bryan Englund was the son of American film director and producer George Englund and actress Cloris Leachman.
  • C. Jonathan Poneman
    Jonathan Poneman is an American music executive best known as the co-founder of the influential independent record label Sub Pop, which helped launch the grunge movement and bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden.
  • D. Dave Keuning
    Dave Keuning is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and a founding member of the rock band The Killers.
  • E. Mark Okerstrom
    Mark Okerstrom is a Canadian business executive best known for serving as the former CEO of Expedia Group.
  • 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_69ca828dec0c81908b8f55a4dbbb53ff completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3a5db9508190bbe92673ef5a7861 completed March 31, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cbdff156c481909a32be8828f407ad completed March 31, 2026, 2:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cbe4383d0c819085e7c95e7b0be16e completed March 31, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc34a83cec81908aba7afbaea53449 completed March 31, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:04 p.m.