Triple

T8412871
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mortal Kombat E198664 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Ed Boon
Ed Boon is an American video game programmer and director best known as the co-creator and long-time creative lead of the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise.
E732853 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: Ed Boon | Statement: [Mortal Kombat, creator, Ed Boon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Boon
Context triple: [Mortal Kombat, creator, Ed Boon]
  • A. Robert Crumb
    Robert Crumb is an influential American underground cartoonist and illustrator known for his distinctive cross-hatched style and countercultural comics such as "Fritz the Cat" and "Mr. Natural."
  • B. Harvey Kurtzman
    Harvey Kurtzman was an influential American cartoonist, writer, and editor best known for pioneering satirical comics and shaping modern humor through his work on Mad and other groundbreaking publications.
  • C. Eddie Campbell
    Eddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and writer best known for illustrating Alan Moore’s graphic novel "From Hell" and for his autobiographical "Alec" series.
  • D. Barry Windsor-Smith
    Barry Windsor-Smith is a British comic book artist and writer renowned for his influential work on Marvel titles such as Conan the Barbarian and for his highly detailed, expressive illustration style.
  • E. Rob Liefeld
    Rob Liefeld is an American comic book artist and writer best known as a prominent 1990s Marvel creator and Image Comics co-founder whose dynamic, exaggerated style helped define the era’s superhero aesthetics.
  • 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: Ed Boon
Triple: [Mortal Kombat, creator, Ed Boon]
Generated description
Ed Boon is an American video game programmer and director best known as the co-creator and long-time creative lead of the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Boon
Target entity description: Ed Boon is an American video game programmer and director best known as the co-creator and long-time creative lead of the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise.
  • A. Robert Crumb
    Robert Crumb is an influential American underground cartoonist and illustrator known for his distinctive cross-hatched style and countercultural comics such as "Fritz the Cat" and "Mr. Natural."
  • B. Harvey Kurtzman
    Harvey Kurtzman was an influential American cartoonist, writer, and editor best known for pioneering satirical comics and shaping modern humor through his work on Mad and other groundbreaking publications.
  • C. Eddie Campbell
    Eddie Campbell is a Scottish comics artist and writer best known for illustrating Alan Moore’s graphic novel "From Hell" and for his autobiographical "Alec" series.
  • D. Barry Windsor-Smith
    Barry Windsor-Smith is a British comic book artist and writer renowned for his influential work on Marvel titles such as Conan the Barbarian and for his highly detailed, expressive illustration style.
  • E. Rob Liefeld
    Rob Liefeld is an American comic book artist and writer best known as a prominent 1990s Marvel creator and Image Comics co-founder whose dynamic, exaggerated style helped define the era’s superhero aesthetics.
  • 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_69ca831201b481909e137936ef99ff11 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb83e18e7c8190a30b14136dee3d93 completed March 31, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce0322d1448190aceaf7486c110ff7 completed April 2, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce0781859c8190bb92f41c00af459b completed April 2, 2026, 6:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce089d09c08190ba321aed4044a862 completed April 2, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:06 p.m.