Triple

T9340446
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Watchmen E224751 entity
Predicate colorist P36862 FINISHED
Object John Higgins
John Higgins is a British comic book artist and colorist best known for his influential work on landmark graphic novels such as Watchmen.
 E792656 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: John Higgins | Statement: [Watchmen, colorist, John Higgins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Higgins
Context triple: [Watchmen, colorist, John Higgins]
  • A. John C. Higgins
    John C. Higgins was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century films, particularly in the crime and thriller genres.
  • B. Jimmy White
    Jimmy White was an English aristocrat and businessman best known as the second husband of British actress Dawn Addams.
  • C. Neil Robertson
    Neil Robertson is an Australian professional snooker player and former world champion known for his prolific century breaks and status as one of the sport’s leading competitors.
  • D. Shaun Murphy
    Shaun Murphy is an English professional snooker player known for his powerful break-building, tactical skill, and victory at the 2005 World Snooker Championship.
  • E. Paul Hunter
    Paul Hunter is an acclaimed American music video director known for his visually innovative work with major artists across hip-hop, R&B, and pop.
  • 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: John Higgins
Triple: [Watchmen, colorist, John Higgins]
Generated description
John Higgins is a British comic book artist and colorist best known for his influential work on landmark graphic novels such as Watchmen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Higgins
Target entity description: John Higgins is a British comic book artist and colorist best known for his influential work on landmark graphic novels such as Watchmen.
  • A. John C. Higgins
    John C. Higgins was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century films, particularly in the crime and thriller genres.
  • B. Jimmy White
    Jimmy White was an English aristocrat and businessman best known as the second husband of British actress Dawn Addams.
  • C. Neil Robertson
    Neil Robertson is an Australian professional snooker player and former world champion known for his prolific century breaks and status as one of the sport’s leading competitors.
  • D. Shaun Murphy
    Shaun Murphy is an English professional snooker player known for his powerful break-building, tactical skill, and victory at the 2005 World Snooker Championship.
  • E. Paul Hunter
    Paul Hunter is an acclaimed American music video director known for his visually innovative work with major artists across hip-hop, R&B, and pop.
  • 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_69ca84286fcc81909f6e7fd7a7e862a2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd4bae2e2481909effc2dc89a642c5 completed April 1, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0e3f94ab88190a4c5a9129bd2ca14 completed April 4, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0e573af788190be4baaa3afb87ca2 completed April 4, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0e607944c81909a421828595cd793 completed April 4, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:40 p.m.