Triple

T8450978
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Beautiful Boy E199796 entity
Predicate basedOnAuthor P2806 FINISHED
Object Nic Sheff
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."
E734879 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: Nic Sheff | Statement: [Beautiful Boy, basedOnAuthor, Nic Sheff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nic Sheff
Context triple: [Beautiful Boy, basedOnAuthor, Nic Sheff]
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • 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.
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: Nic Sheff
Triple: [Beautiful Boy, basedOnAuthor, Nic Sheff]
Generated 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."
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."
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • E. Addie Wolff
    Addie Wolff was the wife of prominent American investment banker and philanthropist Otto H. Kahn.
  • 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.