Triple
T23424338
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead |
E560749
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Shields |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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 Shields | Statement: [The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, author, David Shields]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Shields Context triple: [The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, author, David Shields]
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A.
David Shields (writer)
chosen
David Shields is an American author and essayist known for his experimental, genre-blurring works on literature, culture, and the nature of reality, including the influential book "Reality Hunger."
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B.
Charles W. Shields
Charles W. Shields is an American politician who served as a Republican member and leader in the Missouri Senate.
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C.
Don Shebib
Don Shebib is a Canadian film director, producer, and editor best known for his influential 1970 drama "Goin' Down the Road," a landmark of Canadian cinema.
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D.
David Seidner
David Seidner was an American fashion and portrait photographer known for his elegant, art-inspired imagery and collaborations with major designers and cultural institutions.
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E.
David Grae
David Grae is a television writer and producer best known for his work on political and legal drama series.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e2454cb1108190ab21ada5411a7146 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a54838fc8190a3205ca72daaf107 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:29 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:47 p.m.