Triple
T538181
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Janet Jackson |
E12371
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E71686
|
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: James DeBarge | Statement: [Janet Jackson, spouse, James DeBarge]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James DeBarge Context triple: [Janet Jackson, spouse, James DeBarge]
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A.
Brian VanDeMark
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
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B.
Ray J
Ray J is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality known for his music career, reality TV appearances, and high-profile relationships.
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C.
Mike Starr
Mike Starr is an American character actor known for his imposing presence and frequent roles as tough guys or mobsters in films and television.
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D.
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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E.
Brian Bilello
Brian Bilello is an American soccer executive best known for leading Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution as the club’s president.
- 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: James DeBarge Triple: [Janet Jackson, spouse, James DeBarge]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James DeBarge Target entity description: 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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A.
Brian VanDeMark
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
-
B.
Ray J
Ray J is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality known for his music career, reality TV appearances, and high-profile relationships.
-
C.
Mike Starr
Mike Starr is an American character actor known for his imposing presence and frequent roles as tough guys or mobsters in films and television.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Brian Bilello
Brian Bilello is an American soccer executive best known for leading Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution as the club’s president.
- 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_69a4933208e88190891f5debab1b776d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a496dc0aac8190afb75ec6c47a1d2d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4fc7b283c8190af5fb7fa649a9095 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4fd82527c81908f996fb4ac1d1000 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4fdfce6148190998b823f069cd43d |
completed | March 2, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.