Triple

T1636916
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Back to the Future E35377 entity
Predicate featuresVehicle P16722 FINISHED
Object DeLorean time machine
The DeLorean time machine is the iconic, gull-winged car modified with a flux capacitor that enables time travel in the "Back to the Future" film series.
E184373 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: DeLorean time machine | Statement: [Back to the Future, featuresVehicle, DeLorean time machine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeLorean time machine
Context triple: [Back to the Future, featuresVehicle, DeLorean time machine]
  • A. TARDIS
    The TARDIS is the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spacecraft and time machine, famous for its blue British police box exterior and vast, advanced interior.
  • B. Infinite Improbability Drive
    The Infinite Improbability Drive is a fictional propulsion system from *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* that allows a spaceship to instantaneously traverse vast interstellar distances by exploiting extremely improbable events.
  • C. Time-Turner
    The Time-Turner is a magical hourglass device in the Harry Potter series that allows its user to travel back in time for a limited period.
  • D. Back to the Future
    Back to the Future is a 1985 science-fiction comedy film about a teenager who accidentally travels back in time and must ensure his parents fall in love to preserve his own existence.
  • E. Man Vehicle Laboratory
    Man Vehicle Laboratory is an MIT research lab focused on human factors, human–machine interaction, and human performance in aerospace and other complex vehicle systems.
  • 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: DeLorean time machine
Triple: [Back to the Future, featuresVehicle, DeLorean time machine]
Generated description
The DeLorean time machine is the iconic, gull-winged car modified with a flux capacitor that enables time travel in the "Back to the Future" film series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeLorean time machine
Target entity description: The DeLorean time machine is the iconic, gull-winged car modified with a flux capacitor that enables time travel in the "Back to the Future" film series.
  • A. TARDIS
    The TARDIS is the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spacecraft and time machine, famous for its blue British police box exterior and vast, advanced interior.
  • B. Infinite Improbability Drive
    The Infinite Improbability Drive is a fictional propulsion system from *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* that allows a spaceship to instantaneously traverse vast interstellar distances by exploiting extremely improbable events.
  • C. Time-Turner
    The Time-Turner is a magical hourglass device in the Harry Potter series that allows its user to travel back in time for a limited period.
  • D. Back to the Future
    Back to the Future is a 1985 science-fiction comedy film about a teenager who accidentally travels back in time and must ensure his parents fall in love to preserve his own existence.
  • E. Man Vehicle Laboratory
    Man Vehicle Laboratory is an MIT research lab focused on human factors, human–machine interaction, and human performance in aerospace and other complex vehicle systems.
  • 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_69ad58dbd0608190be207ab2bcdc9eef completed March 8, 2026, 11:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad5a625d088190bbacbb69a0569d49 completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad5ae605f88190b5e42d7cf923e9bb completed March 8, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.