Triple

T1408091
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Walking Dead E31741 entity
Predicate executiveProducer P7225 FINISHED
Object Robert Kirkman
Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer and television producer best known as the creator of the post-apocalyptic horror series "The Walking Dead."
 E161244 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: Robert Kirkman | Statement: [The Walking Dead, executiveProducer, Robert Kirkman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Kirkman
Context triple: [The Walking Dead, executiveProducer, Robert Kirkman]
  • A. Kurt Sutter
    Kurt Sutter is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor best known for creating the FX outlaw biker drama series "Sons of Anarchy."
  • B. Richard Johns
    Richard Johns is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
  • C. David Benioff
    David Benioff is an American writer, producer, and showrunner best known as the co-creator of the television series "Game of Thrones."
  • D. D. B. Weiss
    D. B. Weiss is an American television writer, producer, and director best known as the co-creator and showrunner of the HBO fantasy series "Game of Thrones."
  • E. Richard Sale
    Richard Sale was an American screenwriter, novelist, and film director active in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
  • 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: Robert Kirkman
Triple: [The Walking Dead, executiveProducer, Robert Kirkman]
Generated description
Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer and television producer best known as the creator of the post-apocalyptic horror series "The Walking Dead."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Kirkman
Target entity description: Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer and television producer best known as the creator of the post-apocalyptic horror series "The Walking Dead."
  • A. Kurt Sutter
    Kurt Sutter is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor best known for creating the FX outlaw biker drama series "Sons of Anarchy."
  • B. Richard Johns
    Richard Johns is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
  • C. David Benioff
    David Benioff is an American writer, producer, and showrunner best known as the co-creator of the television series "Game of Thrones."
  • D. D. B. Weiss
    D. B. Weiss is an American television writer, producer, and director best known as the co-creator and showrunner of the HBO fantasy series "Game of Thrones."
  • E. Richard Sale
    Richard Sale was an American screenwriter, novelist, and film director active in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
  • 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_69a49918e1f88190ba610f9dc8114578 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3bf7f0c8190aee96818de6ff4a5 completed March 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ace5770ea08190ac91b47a4ed5bf35 completed March 8, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ace62a94e88190883d25cdb748e8c1 completed March 8, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ace68ab3788190bc3b55dd9a0fe267 completed March 8, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.