Triple
T8450998
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Beautiful Boy |
E199796
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Sheff |
E734878
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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, mainCharacter, David Sheff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Sheff Context triple: [Beautiful Boy, mainCharacter, David Sheff]
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A.
David Sheff
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Sol M. Wurtzel
Sol M. Wurtzel was an American film producer best known for his prolific work at 20th Century Fox, where he oversaw numerous B-movies and popular series films from the 1920s through the 1940s.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ce39c11a488190b7775002e419eee7 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 9:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:09 p.m.