Triple

T1636896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Back to the Future E35377 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd is an American actor best known for his eccentric and memorable roles in film and television, including the time-traveling scientist Doc Brown in the "Back to the Future" trilogy.
E184369 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: Christopher Lloyd | Statement: [Back to the Future, starring, Christopher Lloyd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Lloyd
Context triple: [Back to the Future, starring, Christopher Lloyd]
  • A. Wilford Brimley
    Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.
  • B. Hank Azaria
    Hank Azaria is an American actor, comedian, and voice artist best known for voicing numerous characters on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
  • C. William Cage
    William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public relations officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
  • D. Kelsey Grammer
    Kelsey Grammer is an American actor best known for his long-running, Emmy-winning portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms "Cheers" and "Frasier."
  • E. Mike Henry
    Mike Henry is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for voicing characters such as Cleveland Brown on the animated television series Family Guy and its spin-off The Cleveland Show.
  • 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: Christopher Lloyd
Triple: [Back to the Future, starring, Christopher Lloyd]
Generated description
Christopher Lloyd is an American actor best known for his eccentric and memorable roles in film and television, including the time-traveling scientist Doc Brown in the "Back to the Future" trilogy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Lloyd
Target entity description: Christopher Lloyd is an American actor best known for his eccentric and memorable roles in film and television, including the time-traveling scientist Doc Brown in the "Back to the Future" trilogy.
  • A. Wilford Brimley
    Wilford Brimley was an American character actor known for his gruff warmth and roles in films like "Cocoon," "The Natural," and "The Thing," as well as for his memorable television commercials.
  • B. Hank Azaria
    Hank Azaria is an American actor, comedian, and voice artist best known for voicing numerous characters on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
  • C. William Cage
    William Cage is the protagonist of the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow," a military public relations officer who becomes caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion.
  • D. Kelsey Grammer
    Kelsey Grammer is an American actor best known for his long-running, Emmy-winning portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane on the sitcoms "Cheers" and "Frasier."
  • E. Mike Henry
    Mike Henry is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for voicing characters such as Cleveland Brown on the animated television series Family Guy and its spin-off The Cleveland Show.
  • 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.