Triple

T8433087
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thanos E199162 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Jim Starlin
Jim Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his influential cosmic Marvel stories, including the creation of Thanos and major arcs featuring characters like Adam Warlock and Captain Marvel.
E733996 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: Jim Starlin | Statement: [Thanos, creator, Jim Starlin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Starlin
Context triple: [Thanos, creator, Jim Starlin]
  • A. Jerome Weidman
    Jerome Weidman was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright known for his sharp social observations and contributions to mid-20th-century American literature and theater.
  • B. Barry Windsor-Smith
    Barry Windsor-Smith is a British comic book artist and writer renowned for his influential work on Marvel titles such as Conan the Barbarian and for his highly detailed, expressive illustration style.
  • C. Marv Wolfman
    Marv Wolfman is an American comic book writer best known for his influential work at DC Comics, including co-creating the New Teen Titans and characters such as Cyborg and Deathstroke.
  • D. Kurt Busiek
    Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer best known for works like "Marvels" and "Astro City," acclaimed for his character-driven storytelling and deep knowledge of superhero history.
  • E. 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."
  • 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: Jim Starlin
Triple: [Thanos, creator, Jim Starlin]
Generated description
Jim Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his influential cosmic Marvel stories, including the creation of Thanos and major arcs featuring characters like Adam Warlock and Captain Marvel.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jim Starlin
Target entity description: Jim Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his influential cosmic Marvel stories, including the creation of Thanos and major arcs featuring characters like Adam Warlock and Captain Marvel.
  • A. Jerome Weidman
    Jerome Weidman was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright known for his sharp social observations and contributions to mid-20th-century American literature and theater.
  • B. Barry Windsor-Smith
    Barry Windsor-Smith is a British comic book artist and writer renowned for his influential work on Marvel titles such as Conan the Barbarian and for his highly detailed, expressive illustration style.
  • C. Marv Wolfman
    Marv Wolfman is an American comic book writer best known for his influential work at DC Comics, including co-creating the New Teen Titans and characters such as Cyborg and Deathstroke.
  • D. Kurt Busiek
    Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer best known for works like "Marvels" and "Astro City," acclaimed for his character-driven storytelling and deep knowledge of superhero history.
  • E. 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."
  • 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_69ca8313c99081909a5c6d83b91de5b3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbd1a5d7488190842e246444fc9a4e completed March 31, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce1d673ed48190abf765c203ed2a0f completed April 2, 2026, 7:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce1e6e83008190a4c2f796928882c1 completed April 2, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce1f3d46f48190be7b494e808a70f9 completed April 2, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:07 p.m.