Triple

T8831280
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Natalie Goldberg E210147 entity
Predicate hasWritten P2831 FINISHED
Object Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir is a writing guide that offers prompts and techniques to help people uncover and shape their personal memories into memoir.
E761894 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: Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir | Statement: [Natalie Goldberg, hasWritten, Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
Context triple: [Natalie Goldberg, hasWritten, Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir]
  • A. Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life
    Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life is a memoir and craft book in which fantasy author Terry Brooks reflects on his career and shares insights into the art and practice of writing.
  • B. A Writer’s Life
    A Writer’s Life is a memoir by American journalist Gay Talese that reflects on his decades-long career and the craft of literary nonfiction.
  • C. From Pieces to Weight (memoir)
    From Pieces to Weight is 50 Cent’s memoir chronicling his early life, rise from street hustler to rap star, and the struggles and violence he faced along the way.
  • D. Palimpsest: A Memoir
    "Palimpsest: A Memoir" is Gore Vidal’s acclaimed autobiographical work, blending personal recollection, literary gossip, and political commentary to chronicle his early life and mid-century cultural circles.
  • E. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
    On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is Stephen King’s part-memoir, part-writing guide that blends personal anecdotes with practical advice on the art and discipline of writing.
  • 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: Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
Triple: [Natalie Goldberg, hasWritten, Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir]
Generated description
Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir is a writing guide that offers prompts and techniques to help people uncover and shape their personal memories into memoir.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
Target entity description: Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir is a writing guide that offers prompts and techniques to help people uncover and shape their personal memories into memoir.
  • A. Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life
    Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life is a memoir and craft book in which fantasy author Terry Brooks reflects on his career and shares insights into the art and practice of writing.
  • B. A Writer’s Life
    A Writer’s Life is a memoir by American journalist Gay Talese that reflects on his decades-long career and the craft of literary nonfiction.
  • C. From Pieces to Weight (memoir)
    From Pieces to Weight is 50 Cent’s memoir chronicling his early life, rise from street hustler to rap star, and the struggles and violence he faced along the way.
  • D. Palimpsest: A Memoir
    "Palimpsest: A Memoir" is Gore Vidal’s acclaimed autobiographical work, blending personal recollection, literary gossip, and political commentary to chronicle his early life and mid-century cultural circles.
  • E. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
    On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is Stephen King’s part-memoir, part-writing guide that blends personal anecdotes with practical advice on the art and discipline of writing.
  • 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_69ca8365b28081909e48e45e95dfc405 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc604ed2b88190b4f53b34b5a438f7 completed April 1, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf896cf5a8819098a76288bd505c1e completed April 3, 2026, 9:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf8adfe8a08190a959f650207a2ca8 completed April 3, 2026, 9:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf8bc521dc81908918b48a25f290bb completed April 3, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:47 p.m.