Triple

T8430388
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Zane E199100 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a classic 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.
 E35377 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: Back to the Future | Statement: [Billy Zane, notableWork, Back to the Future]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Back to the Future
Context triple: [Billy Zane, notableWork, Back to the Future]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Back to the Future trilogy
    The Back to the Future trilogy is a series of three science-fiction adventure films following teenager Marty McFly and scientist Doc Brown as they travel through time using a DeLorean time machine.
  • C. Back to the Future Part III
    Back to the Future Part III is a 1990 science-fiction Western comedy film that concludes the Back to the Future trilogy by sending Marty McFly and Doc Brown back to the American Old West.
  • D. Back to the Future Part II
    Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 science fiction adventure film that continues the time-traveling exploits of Marty McFly and Doc Brown as they journey to the future and alternate timelines to fix the past.
  • E. Back to the Future: The Animated Series
    Back to the Future: The Animated Series is a 1990s cartoon spin-off of the Back to the Future film trilogy that follows the time-traveling adventures of Doc Brown and the McFly family.
  • 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: Back to the Future
Triple: [Billy Zane, notableWork, Back to the Future]
Generated description
Back to the Future is a classic 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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Back to the Future
Target entity description: Back to the Future is a classic 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.
  • A. Back to the Future chosen
    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.
  • B. Back to the Future trilogy
    The Back to the Future trilogy is a series of three science-fiction adventure films following teenager Marty McFly and scientist Doc Brown as they travel through time using a DeLorean time machine.
  • C. Back to the Future Part III
    Back to the Future Part III is a 1990 science-fiction Western comedy film that concludes the Back to the Future trilogy by sending Marty McFly and Doc Brown back to the American Old West.
  • D. Back to the Future Part II
    Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 science fiction adventure film that continues the time-traveling exploits of Marty McFly and Doc Brown as they journey to the future and alternate timelines to fix the past.
  • E. Back to the Future: The Animated Series
    Back to the Future: The Animated Series is a 1990s cartoon spin-off of the Back to the Future film trilogy that follows the time-traveling adventures of Doc Brown and the McFly family.
  • 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_69ca8313c99081909a5c6d83b91de5b3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbd1a2efa08190b92c75812003ffdb completed March 31, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d02f2a6ca88190b3f234447feab6e3 completed April 3, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d03133ab2081909ea8d32bd7689dec completed April 3, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d031db52d08190962c352014a99135 completed April 3, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:07 p.m.