Triple

T19754895
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dial H E474476 entity
Predicate hasCoverArtist P5936 FINISHED
Object David Lapham
David Lapham is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his gritty creator-owned series "Stray Bullets" and work on various mainstream titles.
 E1435492 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: David Lapham | Statement: [Dial H, hasCoverArtist, David Lapham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Lapham
Context triple: [Dial H, hasCoverArtist, David Lapham]
  • A. John Latta
    John Latta was an American politician who became the inaugural lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in the late 19th century.
  • B. John Willsteed
    John Willsteed is an Australian musician best known as a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for the indie rock band The Go-Betweens.
  • C. John Kiffmeyer
    John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
  • D. John Philbin
    John Philbin is an American actor and accomplished surfer best known for his roles in surf-themed films such as "North Shore" and the action crime film "Point Break."
  • E. James Apthorp
    James Apthorp was an 18th-century Boston merchant and prominent member of the Apthorp family, known for his role in colonial New England commerce and society.
  • 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: David Lapham
Triple: [Dial H, hasCoverArtist, David Lapham]
Generated description
David Lapham is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his gritty creator-owned series "Stray Bullets" and work on various mainstream titles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Lapham
Target entity description: David Lapham is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his gritty creator-owned series "Stray Bullets" and work on various mainstream titles.
  • A. John Latta
    John Latta was an American politician who became the inaugural lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in the late 19th century.
  • B. John Willsteed
    John Willsteed is an Australian musician best known as a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for the indie rock band The Go-Betweens.
  • C. John Kiffmeyer
    John Kiffmeyer is an American drummer best known for being the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day during their early years.
  • D. John Philbin
    John Philbin is an American actor and accomplished surfer best known for his roles in surf-themed films such as "North Shore" and the action crime film "Point Break."
  • E. James Apthorp
    James Apthorp was an 18th-century Boston merchant and prominent member of the Apthorp family, known for his role in colonial New England commerce and society.
  • 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_69d8e51940a0819087bd2996f98da668 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6529dada081909c5b4d65247c6032 completed April 20, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a089d2103a481908c581faea7555df6 completed May 16, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a089db22fcc819094d595a3ce4e19a6 completed May 16, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a089e4c21d88190a6c1ddf8e0879cb1 completed May 16, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.