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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.