Triple
T3402442
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James DeBarge |
E71686
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tommy DeBarge
Tommy DeBarge was an American musician best known as a bassist and member of the Motown family band Switch.
|
E358750
|
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: Tommy DeBarge | Statement: [James DeBarge, sibling, Tommy DeBarge]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tommy DeBarge Context triple: [James DeBarge, sibling, Tommy DeBarge]
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A.
James DeBarge
James DeBarge is an American R&B singer best known as a member of the family group DeBarge and for his brief, high-profile marriage to Janet Jackson in the 1980s.
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B.
Randy DeBarge
Randy DeBarge is an American singer and bassist best known as a member of the Motown family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s for their soulful R&B hits.
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C.
Teddy Riley
Teddy Riley is an American singer, songwriter, and producer widely credited with pioneering the new jack swing genre that fused R&B with hip-hop.
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D.
Ralph Tresvant
Ralph Tresvant is an American R&B singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the influential boy band New Edition and for his successful solo career in the early 1990s.
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E.
Carl Thomas
Carl Thomas is an American R&B singer best known for his soulful vocals and early 2000s hits like "I Wish."
- 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: Tommy DeBarge Triple: [James DeBarge, sibling, Tommy DeBarge]
Generated description
Tommy DeBarge was an American musician best known as a bassist and member of the Motown family band Switch.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tommy DeBarge Target entity description: Tommy DeBarge was an American musician best known as a bassist and member of the Motown family band Switch.
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A.
James DeBarge
James DeBarge is an American R&B singer best known as a member of the family group DeBarge and for his brief, high-profile marriage to Janet Jackson in the 1980s.
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B.
Randy DeBarge
Randy DeBarge is an American singer and bassist best known as a member of the Motown family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s for their soulful R&B hits.
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C.
Teddy Riley
Teddy Riley is an American singer, songwriter, and producer widely credited with pioneering the new jack swing genre that fused R&B with hip-hop.
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D.
Ralph Tresvant
Ralph Tresvant is an American R&B singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the influential boy band New Edition and for his successful solo career in the early 1990s.
-
E.
Carl Thomas
Carl Thomas is an American R&B singer best known for his soulful vocals and early 2000s hits like "I Wish."
- 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_69ad85aac4808190a092c9cc8911f584 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb8e78ec8819089417666dc29f412 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b360b8a5a88190a6c29b438bfec09d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b361c3f7508190aacfc24528546614 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b36249b50881909ebae2d35b30cc1c |
completed | March 13, 2026, 1:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.