Triple
T15082932
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hellboy: Seed of Destruction |
E360194
|
entity |
| Predicate | lettersBy |
P36863
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Workman
John Workman is an American comic book letterer and artist known for his distinctive work on numerous titles for major publishers.
|
E1137032
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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 Workman | Statement: [Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, lettersBy, John Workman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Workman Context triple: [Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, lettersBy, John Workman]
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A.
John Requa
John Requa is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing films such as "Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," and "Jungle Cruise."
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B.
Sean S. Cunningham
Sean S. Cunningham is an American film director and producer best known for creating and directing the influential horror classic "Friday the 13th."
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C.
Roger Woodard
Roger Woodard is a scholar best known for his work in classical studies and Indo-European linguistics, particularly on ancient Greek language and writing systems.
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D.
Robert Whitehill
Robert Whitehill was a prominent Pennsylvania Anti-Federalist leader and legislator known for his strong opposition to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights.
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E.
Ian Hultquist
Ian Hultquist is an American composer and musician best known for his film and television scores and as a founding member and former keyboardist of the indie pop band Passion Pit.
- 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 Workman Triple: [Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, lettersBy, John Workman]
Generated description
John Workman is an American comic book letterer and artist known for his distinctive work on numerous titles for major publishers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Workman Target entity description: John Workman is an American comic book letterer and artist known for his distinctive work on numerous titles for major publishers.
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A.
John Requa
John Requa is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing films such as "Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," and "Jungle Cruise."
-
B.
Sean S. Cunningham
Sean S. Cunningham is an American film director and producer best known for creating and directing the influential horror classic "Friday the 13th."
-
C.
Roger Woodard
Roger Woodard is a scholar best known for his work in classical studies and Indo-European linguistics, particularly on ancient Greek language and writing systems.
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D.
Robert Whitehill
Robert Whitehill was a prominent Pennsylvania Anti-Federalist leader and legislator known for his strong opposition to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights.
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E.
Ian Hultquist
Ian Hultquist is an American composer and musician best known for his film and television scores and as a founding member and former keyboardist of the indie pop band Passion Pit.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: lettersBy Context triple: [Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, lettersBy, John Workman]
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A.
hasLetterBy
Indicates that an entity possesses or is associated with a letter authored or sent by another entity.
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B.
letters
Indicates that one entity is composed of, represented by, or associated with specific alphabetic characters or written symbols.
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C.
letterer
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the letterer of another, typically responsible for drawing or designing the lettering (such as text or captions) in that work.
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D.
letter3
Indicates that one entity is the third letter (or character) of another entity, typically a string or word.
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E.
letterSequence
Indicates that one sequence of letters directly follows or is ordered in relation to another within a larger string or alphabetic arrangement.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69d85a035aa88190b52a139d3a1b7b6d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0027450a48190a84588b6aaf84ebf |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69feae179a24819097019976707c93e1 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 3:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69feb074bc9c8190a080bb57bb1844be |
completed | May 9, 2026, 3:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69feb0c2af8081909e845bb8c9f9cdc7 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69deb9645b9c8190a5712456dbd78029 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 10:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:03 a.m.