Triple

T19952362
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Studs Terkel E479591 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times
"Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times" is an autobiographical work by oral historian and broadcaster Studs Terkel, reflecting on his life, career, and the social and political currents of 20th-century America.
 E1403495 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: Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times | Statement: [Studs Terkel, notableWork, Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times
Context triple: [Studs Terkel, notableWork, Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times]
  • A. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
    "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir" is former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney’s autobiographical account of his life, career, and role in American politics and national security.
  • B. Speaking for Myself: The Autobiography
    "Speaking for Myself: The Autobiography" is the memoir of British barrister and former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s wife Cherie Booth, recounting her personal life, legal career, and experiences at the heart of UK politics.
  • C. In My Own Words
    "In My Own Words" is the 2006 debut studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, featuring hits like "So Sick" that helped establish him as a major contemporary R&B artist.
  • D. Speaking in Strings: A Memoir
    "Speaking in Strings: A Memoir" is the autobiographical book in which virtuoso violinist Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg recounts her turbulent life, artistic journey, and struggles both on and off the concert stage.
  • E. All My Life: A Memoir
    All My Life: A Memoir is the autobiography of longtime soap opera star Susan Lucci, chronicling her life, career, and rise to fame on television.
  • 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: Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times
Triple: [Studs Terkel, notableWork, Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times]
Generated description
"Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times" is an autobiographical work by oral historian and broadcaster Studs Terkel, reflecting on his life, career, and the social and political currents of 20th-century America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times
Target entity description: "Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times" is an autobiographical work by oral historian and broadcaster Studs Terkel, reflecting on his life, career, and the social and political currents of 20th-century America.
  • A. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
    "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir" is former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney’s autobiographical account of his life, career, and role in American politics and national security.
  • B. Speaking for Myself: The Autobiography
    "Speaking for Myself: The Autobiography" is the memoir of British barrister and former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s wife Cherie Booth, recounting her personal life, legal career, and experiences at the heart of UK politics.
  • C. In My Own Words
    "In My Own Words" is the 2006 debut studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, featuring hits like "So Sick" that helped establish him as a major contemporary R&B artist.
  • D. Speaking in Strings: A Memoir
    "Speaking in Strings: A Memoir" is the autobiographical book in which virtuoso violinist Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg recounts her turbulent life, artistic journey, and struggles both on and off the concert stage.
  • E. All My Life: A Memoir
    All My Life: A Memoir is the autobiography of longtime soap opera star Susan Lucci, chronicling her life, career, and rise to fame on television.
  • 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_69d8e522a17c819095165d4d24939fd8 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e65a6c87388190a1bada3117acaf7b completed April 20, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07f6f6b3b8819095610f80c7ab94d1 completed May 16, 2026, 4:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07f79a4e5081908b92f3268f43fe5a completed May 16, 2026, 4:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07f813ea288190825eebcc1bf705b3 completed May 16, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:54 p.m.