Triple

T15192183
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject These Things Too E363043 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Stephan Pastis
Stephan Pastis is an American cartoonist and former lawyer best known as the creator of the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine."
E1142081 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: Stephan Pastis | Statement: [These Things Too, author, Stephan Pastis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephan Pastis
Context triple: [These Things Too, author, Stephan Pastis]
  • A. Keith Szarabajka
    Keith Szarabajka is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, as well as extensive voice work in video games and animation.
  • B. Johnny Hart
    Johnny Hart was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the popular comic strips "B.C." and co-creator of "The Wizard of Id."
  • C. Dav Pilkey
    Dav Pilkey is an American author and illustrator best known for creating the popular children's book series "Captain Underpants" and "Dog Man."
  • D. Steve Bissette
    Steve Bissette is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his influential horror work on DC’s Swamp Thing and his collaborations with Alan Moore.
  • E. Steve Gerber
    Steve Gerber was an American comic book writer best known for his innovative, satirical work at Marvel Comics, including creating the cult-favorite character Howard the Duck.
  • 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: Stephan Pastis
Triple: [These Things Too, author, Stephan Pastis]
Generated description
Stephan Pastis is an American cartoonist and former lawyer best known as the creator of the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephan Pastis
Target entity description: Stephan Pastis is an American cartoonist and former lawyer best known as the creator of the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine."
  • A. Keith Szarabajka
    Keith Szarabajka is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, as well as extensive voice work in video games and animation.
  • B. Johnny Hart
    Johnny Hart was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the popular comic strips "B.C." and co-creator of "The Wizard of Id."
  • C. Dav Pilkey
    Dav Pilkey is an American author and illustrator best known for creating the popular children's book series "Captain Underpants" and "Dog Man."
  • D. Steve Bissette
    Steve Bissette is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his influential horror work on DC’s Swamp Thing and his collaborations with Alan Moore.
  • E. Steve Gerber
    Steve Gerber was an American comic book writer best known for his innovative, satirical work at Marvel Comics, including creating the cult-favorite character Howard the Duck.
  • 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_69d85a09a39c81908759f23268e2d408 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0067d55ac8190b7a7fce36e6ddf3c completed April 15, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fec8995bb08190bd7f0be0a0fcf1e7 completed May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69feca98251081909c07f7ba4a863ad8 completed May 9, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fecb1cc7d08190a77e8a444334b688 completed May 9, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:10 a.m.