Triple

T1636884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Back to the Future E35377 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Bob Gale
Bob Gale is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for co-writing the "Back to the Future" film trilogy.
 E187115 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: Bob Gale | Statement: [Back to the Future, writer, Bob Gale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Gale
Context triple: [Back to the Future, writer, Bob Gale]
  • A. Phil Tippett
    Phil Tippett is an acclaimed American visual effects supervisor and stop-motion animator renowned for his groundbreaking creature and character work on films such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and RoboCop.
  • B. Russell Carpenter
    Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
  • C. Robert Rodat
    Robert Rodat is an American screenwriter and producer best known for writing the film "Saving Private Ryan" and creating the science fiction television series "Falling Skies."
  • D. Bud Yorkin
    Bud Yorkin was an American television producer and director best known for his influential work in 1970s sitcoms that helped redefine socially conscious TV comedy.
  • E. Jerry Schatzberg
    Jerry Schatzberg is an American photographer and film director known for his influential work in 1960s music photography and for directing acclaimed films such as "Panic in Needle Park" and "Scarecrow."
  • 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: Bob Gale
Triple: [Back to the Future, writer, Bob Gale]
Generated description
Bob Gale is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for co-writing the "Back to the Future" film trilogy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Gale
Target entity description: Bob Gale is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for co-writing the "Back to the Future" film trilogy.
  • A. Phil Tippett
    Phil Tippett is an acclaimed American visual effects supervisor and stop-motion animator renowned for his groundbreaking creature and character work on films such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and RoboCop.
  • B. Russell Carpenter
    Russell Carpenter is an Academy Award–winning American cinematographer best known for his work on major films such as Titanic and other high-profile Hollywood productions.
  • C. Robert Rodat
    Robert Rodat is an American screenwriter and producer best known for writing the film "Saving Private Ryan" and creating the science fiction television series "Falling Skies."
  • D. Bud Yorkin
    Bud Yorkin was an American television producer and director best known for his influential work in 1970s sitcoms that helped redefine socially conscious TV comedy.
  • E. Jerry Schatzberg
    Jerry Schatzberg is an American photographer and film director known for his influential work in 1960s music photography and for directing acclaimed films such as "Panic in Needle Park" and "Scarecrow."
  • 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_69a886036bc081909ff5de16dbe5e8ea completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90a192d588190bbfa4693ed787c05 completed March 5, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad6815c4588190bccfbece8f22c1a1 completed March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad686f4a0c819091f99800d6618ecb completed March 8, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad68f00e8c8190b2cbf3d921dce5a8 completed March 8, 2026, 12:17 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.