Triple
T13940827
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Best Things in Life Are Free |
E335245
|
entity |
| Predicate | songwriter |
P1141
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ricky Bell
Ricky Bell is an American R&B singer best known as a member of New Edition and the trio 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: [The Best Things in Life Are Free, songwriter, Ricky Bell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ricky Bell Context triple: [The Best Things in Life Are Free, songwriter, Ricky Bell]
-
A.
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.
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B.
Ricky Jerret
Ricky Jerret is a talented but volatile NFL wide receiver whose personal and professional struggles are central to the sports comedy-drama series "Ballers."
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C.
Phil Rogers
Phil Rogers is an American sportswriter and baseball analyst known for his extensive coverage of Major League Baseball and authorship of several books on the sport.
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D.
Bobby Reynolds
Bobby Reynolds is a former professional baseball player best known for his brief marriage to country music singer Trisha Yearwood.
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E.
Tom Drysdale
Tom Drysdale is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the Drysdale surname.
- 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: [The Best Things in Life Are Free, songwriter, Ricky Bell]
Generated description
Ricky Bell is an American R&B singer best known as a member of New Edition and the trio 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 member of New Edition and the trio Bell Biv DeVoe.
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A.
Ricky Bell
chosen
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.
-
B.
Ricky Jerret
Ricky Jerret is a talented but volatile NFL wide receiver whose personal and professional struggles are central to the sports comedy-drama series "Ballers."
-
C.
Phil Rogers
Phil Rogers is an American sportswriter and baseball analyst known for his extensive coverage of Major League Baseball and authorship of several books on the sport.
-
D.
Bobby Reynolds
Bobby Reynolds is a former professional baseball player best known for his brief marriage to country music singer Trisha Yearwood.
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E.
Tom Drysdale
Tom Drysdale is a notable individual recognized as a prominent bearer of the Drysdale surname.
- F. None of above.
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_69d81c6081b88190b53e317c3370c8fe |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de2cf6e29881908ddb8efca9a456a3 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7ce8bbd8c819084703298ed6d9c87 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 10:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f9fd5d4abc8190aa10d9f1c9f7f9c9 |
completed | May 5, 2026, 2:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fb14bfa2c081908381bb74f040c6c8 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 10:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.