Triple

T1636904
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Back to the Future E35377 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Biff Tannen
Biff Tannen is the main bully and recurring antagonist in the "Back to the Future" film series, known for tormenting George and Marty McFly across multiple timelines.
E187116 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: Biff Tannen | Statement: [Back to the Future, character, Biff Tannen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Biff Tannen
Context triple: [Back to the Future, character, Biff Tannen]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. David Puddy
    David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
  • 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: Biff Tannen
Triple: [Back to the Future, character, Biff Tannen]
Generated description
Biff Tannen is the main bully and recurring antagonist in the "Back to the Future" film series, known for tormenting George and Marty McFly across multiple timelines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Biff Tannen
Target entity description: Biff Tannen is the main bully and recurring antagonist in the "Back to the Future" film series, known for tormenting George and Marty McFly across multiple timelines.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. David Puddy
    David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
  • 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.