Triple
T8664553
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | DC Entertainment |
E205631
|
entity |
| Predicate | ownsFranchise |
P6217
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The Sandman (via DC/Vertigo rights) |
E101340
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: The Sandman (via DC/Vertigo rights) | Statement: [DC Entertainment, ownsFranchise, The Sandman (via DC/Vertigo rights)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sandman (via DC/Vertigo rights) Context triple: [DC Entertainment, ownsFranchise, The Sandman (via DC/Vertigo rights)]
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A.
The Sandman
The Sandman is a seminal Gothic short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann that explores themes of madness, perception, and the uncanny through a young man's obsession with a mysterious automaton.
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B.
Sandman
Sandman is an American rapper known for his gritty lyricism and work within the East Coast hip-hop scene.
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C.
Sandman
Sandman is a Marvel Comics supervillain and occasional antihero who can transform his body into sand, granting him powerful shapeshifting and durability abilities.
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D.
Sandman
chosen
Sandman is a critically acclaimed DC Comics series created by Neil Gaiman that blends mythology, horror, and fantasy to follow the adventures of Dream, one of the Endless.
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E.
Sandman
Sandman is a classic DC Comics superhero identity, most famously associated with Wesley Dodds, a gas-mask-wearing crimefighter who uses a sleep-inducing gas gun and prophetic dreams to battle evil.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca83516ae88190aefe034b3bc589e3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc48a0ae108190b33dadcc3cb18949 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cecd0d95ec81908669ee35f0987be7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:30 p.m.