Triple
T8450977
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Beautiful Boy |
E199796
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOnAuthor |
P2806
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Sheff
David Sheff is an American journalist and author best known for his memoir "Beautiful Boy," which chronicles his son's struggle with methamphetamine addiction.
|
E734878
|
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: David Sheff | Statement: [Beautiful Boy, basedOnAuthor, David Sheff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Sheff Context triple: [Beautiful Boy, basedOnAuthor, David Sheff]
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A.
Matthew Salinger
Matthew Salinger is an American actor and producer, known for his role in the 1990 film "Captain America" and as the son and literary executor of author J. D. Salinger.
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B.
Nick Flynn
Nick Flynn is an American poet, memoirist, and playwright best known for his autobiographical works exploring family, addiction, and identity, including the memoir that inspired the film "Being Flynn."
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C.
Sarah Neufeld
Sarah Neufeld is a Canadian violinist and composer best known for her work with the indie rock band Arcade Fire and her experimental solo and collaborative projects.
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D.
Jonathan Unger
Jonathan Unger is a scholar known for his research and publications on contemporary Chinese society and politics.
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E.
Eyal Waldman
Eyal Waldman is an Israeli entrepreneur and engineer best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
- 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: David Sheff Triple: [Beautiful Boy, basedOnAuthor, David Sheff]
Generated description
David Sheff is an American journalist and author best known for his memoir "Beautiful Boy," which chronicles his son's struggle with methamphetamine addiction.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Sheff Target entity description: David Sheff is an American journalist and author best known for his memoir "Beautiful Boy," which chronicles his son's struggle with methamphetamine addiction.
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A.
Matthew Salinger
Matthew Salinger is an American actor and producer, known for his role in the 1990 film "Captain America" and as the son and literary executor of author J. D. Salinger.
-
B.
Nick Flynn
Nick Flynn is an American poet, memoirist, and playwright best known for his autobiographical works exploring family, addiction, and identity, including the memoir that inspired the film "Being Flynn."
-
C.
Sarah Neufeld
Sarah Neufeld is a Canadian violinist and composer best known for her work with the indie rock band Arcade Fire and her experimental solo and collaborative projects.
-
D.
Jonathan Unger
Jonathan Unger is a scholar known for his research and publications on contemporary Chinese society and politics.
-
E.
Eyal Waldman
Eyal Waldman is an Israeli entrepreneur and engineer best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
- 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_69ca8318231881908fd1bc1c4d45d286 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe44815488190a912d63512e19af0 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce1dd14484819082f0319455011a22 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce1eddb9988190a77ab59f2867ad5d |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce1fb9b03c819089976283e1c53ca5 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:09 p.m.