Bobby
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"Bobby" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, released in 1992 and known for its new jack swing sound and hit singles like "Humpin' Around."
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1230580 — 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: Bobby Context triple: [Don't Be Cruel, followedBy, Bobby]
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A.
Bobby
Bobby is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Robert, often used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow was an American sprinter and three-time Olympic gold medalist renowned for dominating the 100m and 200m events in the mid-1950s.
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C.
Sammy
Sammy is the owl mascot of Rice University, known for representing the school's athletic teams and spirit.
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D.
Bobby Byrne
Bobby Byrne is an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
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E.
Pete
Pete is the nickname of Grover Cleveland Alexander, a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and one of the greatest hurlers of the early 20th century.
- 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: Bobby Target entity description: "Bobby" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, released in 1992 and known for its new jack swing sound and hit singles like "Humpin' Around."
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A.
Bobby
Bobby is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Robert, often used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow was an American sprinter and three-time Olympic gold medalist renowned for dominating the 100m and 200m events in the mid-1950s.
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C.
Sammy
Sammy is the owl mascot of Rice University, known for representing the school's athletic teams and spirit.
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D.
Bobby Byrne
Bobby Byrne is an American cinematographer known for his work on films such as the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
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E.
Pete
Pete is the nickname of Grover Cleveland Alexander, a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and one of the greatest hurlers of the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| albumNumberInArtistDiscography | 2 ⓘ |
| artist | Bobby Brown ⓘ |
| artistNationality | American ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | new jack swing era ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1990s ⓘ |
| follows |
Don’t Be Cruel
ⓘ
surface form:
Don't Be Cruel
|
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
new jack swing ⓘ |
| hasHitSingle |
Humpin’ Around
ⓘ
surface form:
Humpin' Around
|
| hasMusicalStyle | contemporary R&B ⓘ |
| hasTitleTrack | Bobby self-link ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainPerformerGenre |
R&B
ⓘ
new jack swing ⓘ |
| mainPerformerOccupation | singer ⓘ |
| medium | audio ⓘ |
| notableTrack |
Humpin’ Around
ⓘ
surface form:
Humpin' Around
|
| performer | Bobby Brown ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Don’t Be Cruel
ⓘ
surface form:
Don't Be Cruel
|
| recordingType | studio recording ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| singleFromAlbum |
Humpin’ Around
ⓘ
surface form:
Humpin' Around
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Bobby Description of subject: "Bobby" is the second studio album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, released in 1992 and known for its new jack swing sound and hit singles like "Humpin' Around."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Don't Be Cruel
this entity surface form:
"Bobby"