Triple

T8891467
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen E211686 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Buford Tannen
Buford Tannen is a violent, hot-tempered outlaw and the primary antagonist in the 1885 segment of the "Back to the Future Part III" film.
E704429 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: Buford Tannen | Statement: [Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, fullName, Buford Tannen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buford Tannen
Context triple: [Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, fullName, Buford Tannen]
  • A. Ben Fankhauser
    Ben Fankhauser is an American stage actor and singer best known for originating the role of Davey in the Broadway production of the musical "Newsies."
  • B. Griff Tannen
    Griff Tannen is a fictional bully and gang leader from the "Back to the Future Part II" film, known as the aggressive grandson of Biff Tannen in the futuristic Hill Valley.
  • C. Frank Kurtz
    Frank Kurtz was a highly decorated American World War II bomber pilot and later an aviation executive, best known as the father of actress Swoosie Kurtz.
  • D. Robert Hedrock
    Robert Hedrock is a mysterious, seemingly immortal figure who secretly leads the Weapon Shops in A. E. van Vogt’s Isher universe, manipulating events across centuries to oppose authoritarian power.
  • E. Irwin Keyes
    Irwin Keyes was an American character actor best known for his imposing physique and roles in films and TV shows such as "The Jeffersons" and various horror and comedy movies.
  • 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: Buford Tannen
Triple: [Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, fullName, Buford Tannen]
Generated description
Buford Tannen is a violent, hot-tempered outlaw and the primary antagonist in the 1885 segment of the "Back to the Future Part III" film.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buford Tannen
Target entity description: Buford Tannen is a violent, hot-tempered outlaw and the primary antagonist in the 1885 segment of the "Back to the Future Part III" film.
  • A. Ben Fankhauser
    Ben Fankhauser is an American stage actor and singer best known for originating the role of Davey in the Broadway production of the musical "Newsies."
  • B. Griff Tannen chosen
    Griff Tannen is a fictional bully and gang leader from the "Back to the Future Part II" film, known as the aggressive grandson of Biff Tannen in the futuristic Hill Valley.
  • C. Frank Kurtz
    Frank Kurtz was a highly decorated American World War II bomber pilot and later an aviation executive, best known as the father of actress Swoosie Kurtz.
  • D. Robert Hedrock
    Robert Hedrock is a mysterious, seemingly immortal figure who secretly leads the Weapon Shops in A. E. van Vogt’s Isher universe, manipulating events across centuries to oppose authoritarian power.
  • E. Irwin Keyes
    Irwin Keyes was an American character actor best known for his imposing physique and roles in films and TV shows such as "The Jeffersons" and various horror and comedy movies.
  • 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_69ca83907954819096d52a245b635841 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc61ba33c48190a657fc4147a326c0 completed April 1, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfabf01d048190bed52b5b001d7ffa completed April 3, 2026, noon
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfac9d65ac8190a8234e9999d14ec1 completed April 3, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfad0a02888190a960e7b551ca2534 completed April 3, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:54 p.m.