Triple
T4452813
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tom Wilson |
E97652
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr.
Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr., better known as Tom Wilson, is an American actor and comedian best known for playing the bully Biff Tannen in the "Back to the Future" film trilogy.
|
E377107
|
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: Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. | Statement: [Tom Wilson, birthName, Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. Context triple: [Tom Wilson, birthName, Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr.]
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A.
Thomas F. Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson is an American actor and comedian best known for playing bully Biff Tannen and his relatives across the Back to the Future film trilogy.
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B.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through World War I and advocating for the League of Nations and progressive domestic reforms.
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C.
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
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D.
Thomas Luther Bryan
Thomas Luther Bryan is the birth name of Luke Bryan, a popular American country music singer and songwriter known for numerous chart-topping hits.
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E.
William Warren Bradley
William Warren Bradley is an American former professional basketball player, U.S. senator from New Jersey, and Democratic presidential candidate known for his work on tax reform and campaign finance.
- 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: Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. Triple: [Tom Wilson, birthName, Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr.]
Generated description
Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr., better known as Tom Wilson, is an American actor and comedian best known for playing the bully Biff Tannen in the "Back to the Future" film trilogy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. Target entity description: Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr., better known as Tom Wilson, is an American actor and comedian best known for playing the bully Biff Tannen in the "Back to the Future" film trilogy.
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A.
Thomas F. Wilson
chosen
Thomas F. Wilson is an American actor and comedian best known for playing bully Biff Tannen and his relatives across the Back to the Future film trilogy.
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B.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through World War I and advocating for the League of Nations and progressive domestic reforms.
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C.
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
-
D.
Thomas Luther Bryan
Thomas Luther Bryan is the birth name of Luke Bryan, a popular American country music singer and songwriter known for numerous chart-topping hits.
-
E.
William Warren Bradley
William Warren Bradley is an American former professional basketball player, U.S. senator from New Jersey, and Democratic presidential candidate known for his work on tax reform and campaign finance.
- F. None of above.
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_69b3454777808190b78aa9047ba1f018 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b355f49dc081908727af81b886c08d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6138ea77881908381e9ea8ad2b7fe |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b61465bb4081908a638a908c31c489 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b6156db4a081909054f7db172315e9 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:33 p.m.