Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Invaders E57943 entity
Predicate createdBy P806 FINISHED
Object Roy Thomas
Roy Thomas is an American comic book writer and editor best known for succeeding Stan Lee at Marvel Comics and co-creating numerous characters and teams, including the World War II superhero group the Invaders.
E277331 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: Roy Thomas | Statement: [Invaders, createdBy, Roy Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roy Thomas
Context triple: [Invaders, createdBy, Roy Thomas]
  • A. Neal Adams
    Neal Adams was a highly influential American comic book artist renowned for revitalizing characters like Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow with a dynamic, realistic style.
  • B. Gerry Conway (comics writer)
    Gerry Conway is an American comic book writer best known for his influential work at Marvel and DC Comics, including co-creating The Punisher and scripting the death of Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man.
  • C. Jack Kirby
    Jack Kirby was a pioneering American comic book artist, writer, and co-creator of many iconic Marvel superheroes, renowned for his dynamic visual style and profound influence on the medium.
  • D. Joe Gilliam
    Joe Gilliam was an American football quarterback best known for breaking racial barriers as one of the first Black starting quarterbacks in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s.
  • E. Stan Lee
    Stan Lee was an iconic American comic book writer, editor, and publisher who co-created many of Marvel Comics’ most famous superheroes and helped transform the company into a cultural powerhouse.
  • 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: Roy Thomas
Triple: [Invaders, createdBy, Roy Thomas]
Generated description
Roy Thomas is an American comic book writer and editor best known for succeeding Stan Lee at Marvel Comics and co-creating numerous characters and teams, including the World War II superhero group the Invaders.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roy Thomas
Target entity description: Roy Thomas is an American comic book writer and editor best known for succeeding Stan Lee at Marvel Comics and co-creating numerous characters and teams, including the World War II superhero group the Invaders.
  • A. Neal Adams
    Neal Adams was a highly influential American comic book artist renowned for revitalizing characters like Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow with a dynamic, realistic style.
  • B. Gerry Conway (comics writer)
    Gerry Conway is an American comic book writer best known for his influential work at Marvel and DC Comics, including co-creating The Punisher and scripting the death of Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man.
  • C. Jack Kirby
    Jack Kirby was a pioneering American comic book artist, writer, and co-creator of many iconic Marvel superheroes, renowned for his dynamic visual style and profound influence on the medium.
  • D. Joe Gilliam
    Joe Gilliam was an American football quarterback best known for breaking racial barriers as one of the first Black starting quarterbacks in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s.
  • E. Stan Lee
    Stan Lee was an iconic American comic book writer, editor, and publisher who co-created many of Marvel Comics’ most famous superheroes and helped transform the company into a cultural powerhouse.
  • 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_69ab4a5212d88190b989ce129f2ad87f completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd2e672948190bb7fe9b47535a172 completed March 7, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af5d0e6e188190be190965cc02838e completed March 9, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af5d9dcf608190b580beb10619ab86 completed March 9, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af5e781360819080b4b96942beb17d completed March 9, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.