Nic Sheff
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Nic Sheff is an American writer and speaker best known for his memoirs about addiction and recovery, including "Tweak," which inspired the film "Beautiful Boy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nic Sheff canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8450978 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nic Sheff Context triple: [Beautiful Boy, basedOnAuthor, Nic Sheff]
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A.
Matthew Shear
Matthew Shear is an American actor best known for his supporting roles in independent films and television series, including his notable appearance in Noah Baumbach’s comedy "Mistress America."
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B.
Nico Segal
Nico Segal is an American trumpeter and producer best known for his work with Chance the Rapper and as a member of the band Kids These Days.
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C.
Nate Ruess
Nate Ruess is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the band fun. and for his hit collaborations in pop music.
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D.
Sam McMurray
Sam McMurray is an American character actor known for his comedic and supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Drop Dead Gorgeous," "Raising Arizona," and "The Simpsons."
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E.
Addie Wolff
Addie Wolff was the wife of prominent American investment banker and philanthropist Otto H. Kahn.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nic Sheff Target entity description: Nic Sheff is an American writer and speaker best known for his memoirs about addiction and recovery, including "Tweak," which inspired the film "Beautiful Boy."
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A.
Matthew Shear
Matthew Shear is an American actor best known for his supporting roles in independent films and television series, including his notable appearance in Noah Baumbach’s comedy "Mistress America."
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B.
Nico Segal
Nico Segal is an American trumpeter and producer best known for his work with Chance the Rapper and as a member of the band Kids These Days.
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C.
Nate Ruess
Nate Ruess is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the band fun. and for his hit collaborations in pop music.
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D.
Sam McMurray
Sam McMurray is an American character actor known for his comedic and supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Drop Dead Gorgeous," "Raising Arizona," and "The Simpsons."
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E.
Addie Wolff
Addie Wolff was the wife of prominent American investment banker and philanthropist Otto H. Kahn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| authorOf |
High: Everything You Want to Know About Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Schizo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines NERFINISHED ⓘ We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | David Sheff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Sheff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | addiction recovery advocacy ⓘ |
| genre |
addiction literature
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Nic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
families affected by addiction
ⓘ
youth ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalSubject | his own addiction and recovery ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalTheme |
family relationships
ⓘ
relapse and recovery ⓘ |
| hasEthnicIdentity | Jewish American ⓘ |
| hasFather | David Sheff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLivedExperience |
methamphetamine addiction
ⓘ
substance use disorder ⓘ |
| hasOccupationTheme |
addiction
ⓘ
recovery from addiction ⓘ |
| hasRelative | David Sheff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoleInCreativeWork | screenwriter ⓘ |
| hasWrittenFor | television ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | film Beautiful Boy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Nic Sheff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | memoirs about addiction and recovery ⓘ |
| notableWork |
High: Everything You Want to Know About Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Schizo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines NERFINISHED ⓘ We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ public speaker ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| spokeAbout |
addiction
ⓘ
mental health ⓘ recovery ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film Beautiful Boy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nic Sheff Description of subject: Nic Sheff is an American writer and speaker best known for his memoirs about addiction and recovery, including "Tweak," which inspired the film "Beautiful Boy."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.