Triple

T17913525
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hob Gadling E447868 entity
Predicate firstAppearance P795 FINISHED
Object The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune"
The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune" is an issue of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic series The Sandman that follows Dream’s recurring encounters with the immortal Hob Gadling across several centuries.
E1294732 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: The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune" | Statement: [Hob Gadling, firstAppearance, The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune"
Context triple: [Hob Gadling, firstAppearance, The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune"]
  • A. The Sandman #32–#37
    The Sandman #32–#37 is the six-issue DC/Vertigo comic arc "A Game of You," a fantasy-horror storyline by Neil Gaiman that follows Barbie into a surreal dream realm to confront her past and identity.
  • B. The Sandman #1
    The Sandman #1 is the debut issue of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed dark fantasy comic series introducing Dream, one of the Endless, and setting the tone for the saga that follows.
  • C. The Sandman (DC Golden Age version)
    The Sandman (DC Golden Age version) is a classic DC Comics superhero, originally a gas-mask-wearing, trench-coated crimefighter who used a sleep-inducing gas gun and operated as one of the earliest mystery men of the Golden Age.
  • D. The Sandman: The Doll's House
    The Sandman: The Doll's House is a major early story arc in Neil Gaiman's comic series "The Sandman," focusing on a developing dream vortex and its impact on Morpheus and the waking world.
  • E. The Sandman issues #41–49
    The Sandman issues #41–49 comprise the "Brief Lives" story arc of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic series, following Dream and his sister Delirium on a journey to find their missing brother Destruction.
  • 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: The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune"
Triple: [Hob Gadling, firstAppearance, The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune"]
Generated description
The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune" is an issue of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic series The Sandman that follows Dream’s recurring encounters with the immortal Hob Gadling across several centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune"
Target entity description: The Sandman #13 "Men of Good Fortune" is an issue of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic series The Sandman that follows Dream’s recurring encounters with the immortal Hob Gadling across several centuries.
  • A. The Sandman #32–#37
    The Sandman #32–#37 is the six-issue DC/Vertigo comic arc "A Game of You," a fantasy-horror storyline by Neil Gaiman that follows Barbie into a surreal dream realm to confront her past and identity.
  • B. The Sandman #1
    The Sandman #1 is the debut issue of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed dark fantasy comic series introducing Dream, one of the Endless, and setting the tone for the saga that follows.
  • C. The Sandman (DC Golden Age version)
    The Sandman (DC Golden Age version) is a classic DC Comics superhero, originally a gas-mask-wearing, trench-coated crimefighter who used a sleep-inducing gas gun and operated as one of the earliest mystery men of the Golden Age.
  • D. The Sandman: The Doll's House
    The Sandman: The Doll's House is a major early story arc in Neil Gaiman's comic series "The Sandman," focusing on a developing dream vortex and its impact on Morpheus and the waking world.
  • E. The Sandman issues #41–49
    The Sandman issues #41–49 comprise the "Brief Lives" story arc of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic series, following Dream and his sister Delirium on a journey to find their missing brother Destruction.
  • 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_69d8b9f6d394819082a6d69fd1e23d2f completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4a30288ac8190bc633e69447709bf completed April 19, 2026, 9:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a031b3213e08190ac036d10b1323704 completed May 12, 2026, 12:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a031bb94ff08190a4e2ad9e61a9c6dc completed May 12, 2026, 12:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a031c28c4548190ad876b4d4c799e8d completed May 12, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:20 a.m.