Triple

T4506466
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vertigo E101341 entity
Predicate keyFigure P256 FINISHED
Object Brian Azzarello
Brian Azzarello is an American comic book writer best known for his gritty, noir-influenced work on series such as 100 Bullets and numerous titles for DC and its Vertigo imprint.
 E447162 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: Brian Azzarello | Statement: [Vertigo, keyFigure, Brian Azzarello]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian Azzarello
Context triple: [Vertigo, keyFigure, Brian Azzarello]
  • A. Ed Brubaker
    Ed Brubaker is an American comic book writer best known for his acclaimed runs on titles like Captain America, Daredevil, and Criminal, where he revitalized characters through noir-influenced, character-driven storytelling.
  • B. Jeph Loeb
    Jeph Loeb is an American comic book writer, television producer, and screenwriter known for his work on major Marvel and DC titles as well as shows like "Smallville" and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
  • C. Brian K. Vaughan
    Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic book and television writer best known for acclaimed series such as Saga, Y: The Last Man, and his work on shows like Lost.
  • D. Geoff Johns
    Geoff Johns is a prominent American comic book writer and producer best known for revitalizing major DC Comics characters and serving as a key architect of the modern DC Universe.
  • E. Bruce Timm
    Bruce Timm is an American animator, writer, and producer best known for co-creating the DC Animated Universe, including Batman: The Animated Series.
  • 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: Brian Azzarello
Triple: [Vertigo, keyFigure, Brian Azzarello]
Generated description
Brian Azzarello is an American comic book writer best known for his gritty, noir-influenced work on series such as 100 Bullets and numerous titles for DC and its Vertigo imprint.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian Azzarello
Target entity description: Brian Azzarello is an American comic book writer best known for his gritty, noir-influenced work on series such as 100 Bullets and numerous titles for DC and its Vertigo imprint.
  • A. Ed Brubaker
    Ed Brubaker is an American comic book writer best known for his acclaimed runs on titles like Captain America, Daredevil, and Criminal, where he revitalized characters through noir-influenced, character-driven storytelling.
  • B. Jeph Loeb
    Jeph Loeb is an American comic book writer, television producer, and screenwriter known for his work on major Marvel and DC titles as well as shows like "Smallville" and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
  • C. Brian K. Vaughan
    Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic book and television writer best known for acclaimed series such as Saga, Y: The Last Man, and his work on shows like Lost.
  • D. Geoff Johns
    Geoff Johns is a prominent American comic book writer and producer best known for revitalizing major DC Comics characters and serving as a key architect of the modern DC Universe.
  • E. Bruce Timm
    Bruce Timm is an American animator, writer, and producer best known for co-creating the DC Animated Universe, including Batman: The Animated Series.
  • 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_69bd43d175248190894dc58b5b395c26 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd56ff78748190bb667e70c69dc817 completed March 20, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bd6f9d05d08190bde36e7d614a0e2e completed March 20, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bd705f5fc481908236c3ff4e6ccb26 completed March 20, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bd70c7abd08190b2010b7baf0cb8fd completed March 20, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:01 p.m.