Baby Steps
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Baby Steps is the self-help book written by the fictional psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin in the comedy film "What About Bob?".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baby Steps canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5303710 — 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: Baby Steps Context triple: [Dr. Leo Marvin, writesBook, Baby Steps]
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A.
Every Little Step
"Every Little Step" is a 1989 R&B/New Jack Swing hit single by Bobby Brown that became one of his signature songs and a major commercial success.
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B.
Step by Step
"Step by Step" is a 1990 pop song by New Kids on the Block that became one of their biggest hits and a defining track of early ’90s teen pop.
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C.
Kelly’s Steps
Kelly’s Steps is a historic sandstone staircase in Hobart, Tasmania, linking the suburb of Battery Point with Salamanca Place and the waterfront.
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D.
One Step at a Time
"One Step at a Time" is a midtempo pop-R&B song by American singer Jordin Sparks that encourages patience and perseverance in pursuing one’s dreams.
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E.
Baby on Baby
Baby on Baby is the breakout 2019 debut studio album by American rapper DaBaby, featuring his energetic Southern trap style and hit singles like "Suge."
- 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: Baby Steps Target entity description: Baby Steps is the self-help book written by the fictional psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin in the comedy film "What About Bob?".
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A.
Every Little Step
"Every Little Step" is a 1989 R&B/New Jack Swing hit single by Bobby Brown that became one of his signature songs and a major commercial success.
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B.
Step by Step
"Step by Step" is a 1990 pop song by New Kids on the Block that became one of their biggest hits and a defining track of early ’90s teen pop.
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C.
Kelly’s Steps
Kelly’s Steps is a historic sandstone staircase in Hobart, Tasmania, linking the suburb of Battery Point with Salamanca Place and the waterfront.
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D.
One Step at a Time
"One Step at a Time" is a midtempo pop-R&B song by American singer Jordin Sparks that encourages patience and perseverance in pursuing one’s dreams.
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E.
Baby on Baby
Baby on Baby is the breakout 2019 debut studio album by American rapper DaBaby, featuring his energetic Southern trap style and hit singles like "Suge."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional book
ⓘ
self-help book ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | no known real-world publication as described in the film ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | What About Bob? ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
anxiety management
ⓘ
personal growth ⓘ therapy ⓘ |
| author | Dr. Leo Marvin ⓘ |
| authorType | fictional psychiatrist ⓘ |
| centralConcept | taking small incremental steps toward psychological improvement ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWorkAppearedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorInRealWorld | screenwriters of What About Bob? ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional work within a film ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearOfAppearance | 1991 ⓘ |
| genre | self-help ⓘ |
| hasDoctoralEndorsementInFiction | Dr. Leo Marvin ⓘ |
| inUniverseReputation | highly successful therapy book ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | book ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comedic device
ⓘ
plot catalyst ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | bestselling self-help book ⓘ |
| publicationContext | within the narrative of the film What About Bob? ⓘ |
| settingOfUse |
Dr. Leo Marvin’s psychiatric practice
ⓘ
Marvin family vacation home ⓘ |
| targetAudienceInFiction | people with psychological difficulties ⓘ |
| titleWord |
Baby
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Steps ⓘ |
| usedByCharacter |
Bob Wiley
ⓘ
Dr. Leo Marvin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Baby Steps Description of subject: Baby Steps is the self-help book written by the fictional psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin in the comedy film "What About Bob?".
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dr. Leo Marvin in What About Bob?