Triple

T8891469
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen E211686 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tannen
Tannen is the surname of the antagonistic outlaw family featured in the Back to the Future film series, most notably characters like Biff and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen.
 E763777 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: Tannen | Statement: [Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, familyName, Tannen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tannen
Context triple: [Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, familyName, Tannen]
  • A. Tannenbaum
    Tannenbaum is a surname of German origin borne by various individuals, including the mobster Allie "Tick Tock" Tannenbaum.
  • B. Birch
    Birch is a masculine given name most notably borne by American politician Birch Bayh, a long-serving U.S. senator from Indiana.
  • C. Tanne
    Tanne is a small village in the Harz region of central Germany, now part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken.
  • D. Plumeret
    Plumeret was an architect known for designing the iconic Parisian music hall Folies Bergère.
  • E. Pinetree
    Pinetree is the famous nickname of New Zealand rugby legend Colin Meads, widely regarded as one of the greatest All Blacks of all time.
  • 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: Tannen
Triple: [Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, familyName, Tannen]
Generated description
Tannen is the surname of the antagonistic outlaw family featured in the Back to the Future film series, most notably characters like Biff and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tannen
Target entity description: Tannen is the surname of the antagonistic outlaw family featured in the Back to the Future film series, most notably characters like Biff and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen.
  • A. Tannenbaum
    Tannenbaum is a surname of German origin borne by various individuals, including the mobster Allie "Tick Tock" Tannenbaum.
  • B. Birch
    Birch is a masculine given name most notably borne by American politician Birch Bayh, a long-serving U.S. senator from Indiana.
  • C. Tanne
    Tanne is a small village in the Harz region of central Germany, now part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken.
  • D. Plumeret
    Plumeret was an architect known for designing the iconic Parisian music hall Folies Bergère.
  • E. Pinetree
    Pinetree is the famous nickname of New Zealand rugby legend Colin Meads, widely regarded as one of the greatest All Blacks of all time.
  • 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_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.