Triple
T1636903
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Back to the Future |
E35377
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
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FINISHED |
| Object |
George McFly
George McFly is a timid yet ultimately courageous character from the "Back to the Future" film series, known as Marty McFly’s father whose past is crucially altered through time travel.
|
E185483
|
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: George McFly | Statement: [Back to the Future, character, George McFly]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George McFly Context triple: [Back to the Future, character, George McFly]
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A.
Marty McFly
Marty McFly is the time-traveling teenage protagonist of the "Back to the Future" film trilogy, known for his adventurous spirit, skateboard skills, and partnership with scientist Doc Brown.
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B.
Dr. Emmett Brown
Dr. Emmett Brown is a quirky, brilliant inventor and scientist best known for creating a time-traveling DeLorean in the Back to the Future film series.
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C.
Marty
Marty is a 1955 American romantic drama film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and is renowned for its poignant portrayal of a lonely butcher’s search for love.
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D.
Jack R. Gage
Jack R. Gage was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of Wyoming in the early 1960s.
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E.
John Derek
John Derek was an American actor, director, and photographer known for his roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and later for directing and photographing his wife Bo Derek.
- 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: George McFly Triple: [Back to the Future, character, George McFly]
Generated description
George McFly is a timid yet ultimately courageous character from the "Back to the Future" film series, known as Marty McFly’s father whose past is crucially altered through time travel.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George McFly Target entity description: George McFly is a timid yet ultimately courageous character from the "Back to the Future" film series, known as Marty McFly’s father whose past is crucially altered through time travel.
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A.
Marty McFly
Marty McFly is the time-traveling teenage protagonist of the "Back to the Future" film trilogy, known for his adventurous spirit, skateboard skills, and partnership with scientist Doc Brown.
-
B.
Dr. Emmett Brown
Dr. Emmett Brown is a quirky, brilliant inventor and scientist best known for creating a time-traveling DeLorean in the Back to the Future film series.
-
C.
Marty
Marty is a 1955 American romantic drama film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and is renowned for its poignant portrayal of a lonely butcher’s search for love.
-
D.
Jack R. Gage
Jack R. Gage was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of Wyoming in the early 1960s.
-
E.
John Derek
John Derek was an American actor, director, and photographer known for his roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and later for directing and photographing his wife Bo Derek.
- 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_69ad6099979481908e2c506323d546dd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad6111fcc8819086923966b485c592 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad619f842c8190936b659b30d6aa10 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.