Triple
T2658582
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | This Boy's Life |
E54671
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entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Tobias "Toby" Wolff
Tobias "Toby" Wolff is the adolescent protagonist and narrator of Tobias Wolff’s memoir *This Boy’s Life*, depicting his turbulent coming-of-age amid family instability and an abusive stepfather in 1950s America.
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E285513
|
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: Tobias "Toby" Wolff | Statement: [This Boy's Life, character, Tobias "Toby" Wolff]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobias "Toby" Wolff Context triple: [This Boy's Life, character, Tobias "Toby" Wolff]
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A.
Tobias Read
Tobias Read is an American politician who has served as Oregon's State Treasurer, overseeing the state's financial management and public investment programs.
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B.
Toby Perlman
Toby Perlman is an American violinist and music educator, best known as the founder and director of the Perlman Music Program, which trains gifted young string players.
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C.
Toby Pohlen
Toby Pohlen is a member of the team at xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk.
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D.
Toby Scott
Toby Scott is an American recording engineer and producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen on numerous albums and film soundtrack contributions.
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E.
Toby Ziegler
Toby Ziegler is a central fictional character on the television series "The West Wing," serving as the White House Communications Director known for his sharp intellect, moral conviction, and often dour demeanor.
- 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: Tobias "Toby" Wolff Triple: [This Boy's Life, character, Tobias "Toby" Wolff]
Generated description
Tobias "Toby" Wolff is the adolescent protagonist and narrator of Tobias Wolff’s memoir *This Boy’s Life*, depicting his turbulent coming-of-age amid family instability and an abusive stepfather in 1950s America.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobias "Toby" Wolff Target entity description: Tobias "Toby" Wolff is the adolescent protagonist and narrator of Tobias Wolff’s memoir *This Boy’s Life*, depicting his turbulent coming-of-age amid family instability and an abusive stepfather in 1950s America.
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A.
Tobias Read
Tobias Read is an American politician who has served as Oregon's State Treasurer, overseeing the state's financial management and public investment programs.
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B.
Toby Perlman
Toby Perlman is an American violinist and music educator, best known as the founder and director of the Perlman Music Program, which trains gifted young string players.
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C.
Toby Pohlen
Toby Pohlen is a member of the team at xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk.
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D.
Toby Scott
Toby Scott is an American recording engineer and producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen on numerous albums and film soundtrack contributions.
-
E.
Toby Ziegler
Toby Ziegler is a central fictional character on the television series "The West Wing," serving as the White House Communications Director known for his sharp intellect, moral conviction, and often dour demeanor.
- 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_69ab49e028948190b97e01d73548b1d9 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd94dcaa48190aec625f68ce61a02 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:52 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af98d765c48190a227137467b7dbe1 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af9952a95881908d01aa13f5feef43 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 4:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af99e68f10819094d758d3a4bc2e9c |
completed | March 10, 2026, 4:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.