Triple

T1230526
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Edition E26429 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object Ricky Bell
Ricky Bell is an American R&B singer best known as a founding member of the boy band New Edition and the lead singer of the group Bell Biv DeVoe.
 E140488 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: Ricky Bell | Statement: [New Edition, member, Ricky Bell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ricky Bell
Context triple: [New Edition, member, Ricky Bell]
  • A. Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett was an American NASCAR driver and member of the famed "Alabama Gang," known for his multiple Cup Series victories during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Billy Barty
    Billy Barty was an American actor and activist known for his prolific character roles in film and television and for founding Little People of America to advocate for people with dwarfism.
  • C. Wayne Brown
    Wayne Brown is a New Zealand businessman and politician who serves as the Mayor of Auckland.
  • D. Jack Ryrie
    Jack Ryrie was a Canadian architect best known for co-designing Toronto’s historic Maple Leaf Gardens, one of hockey’s most iconic arenas.
  • E. Colin Bell
    Colin Bell was an English footballer best known as a legendary Manchester City and England midfielder during the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • 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: Ricky Bell
Triple: [New Edition, member, Ricky Bell]
Generated description
Ricky Bell is an American R&B singer best known as a founding member of the boy band New Edition and the lead singer of the group Bell Biv DeVoe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ricky Bell
Target entity description: Ricky Bell is an American R&B singer best known as a founding member of the boy band New Edition and the lead singer of the group Bell Biv DeVoe.
  • A. Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett was an American NASCAR driver and member of the famed "Alabama Gang," known for his multiple Cup Series victories during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Billy Barty
    Billy Barty was an American actor and activist known for his prolific character roles in film and television and for founding Little People of America to advocate for people with dwarfism.
  • C. Wayne Brown
    Wayne Brown is a New Zealand businessman and politician who serves as the Mayor of Auckland.
  • D. Jack Ryrie
    Jack Ryrie was a Canadian architect best known for co-designing Toronto’s historic Maple Leaf Gardens, one of hockey’s most iconic arenas.
  • E. Colin Bell
    Colin Bell was an English footballer best known as a legendary Manchester City and England midfielder during the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • 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_69a4948571c88190a9191e451e6035fd completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be585674819099218b19ca9e7c66 completed March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8a1457a08190aef2f7fed6c6725f completed March 7, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8a73ac2c8190a5617c6f3d4ae5d1 completed March 7, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8afa5a4881908d8373915eaafb5b completed March 7, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.