Mark DeBarge

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R&B singer human musician singer

Mark DeBarge is an American R&B singer and musician best known as a member of the family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Mark DeBarge canonical	12

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3402440 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mark DeBarge
Context triple: [James DeBarge, sibling, Mark DeBarge]

A. Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
B. 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.
C. Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
D. Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist known for his roles in action films and television, as well as for serving as the Chairman on the TV show "Iron Chef America."
E. Dan Janvey
Dan Janvey is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent films, including the Academy Award–winning "Nomadland."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mark DeBarge
Target entity description: Mark DeBarge is an American R&B singer and musician best known as a member of the family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s.

A. Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
B. 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.
C. Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
D. Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist known for his roles in action films and television, as well as for serving as the Chairman on the TV show "Iron Chef America."
E. Dan Janvey
Dan Janvey is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent films, including the Academy Award–winning "Nomadland."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	R&B singer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ singer ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1980s ⓘ
associatedAct	DeBarge ⓘ Switch ⓘ
basedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	DeBarge ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ soul ⓘ
givenName	Mark ⓘ
instrument	keyboards ⓘ piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	DeBarge ⓘ
musicGroupGenre	R&B ⓘ pop ⓘ
name	Mark DeBarge ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	being a member of the family group DeBarge ⓘ
notableWork	All This Love ⓘ Rhythm of the Night ⓘ Time Will Reveal ⓘ
occupation	musician ⓘ singer ⓘ
partOf	DeBarge family ⓘ linked to: DeBarge
sibling	Bobby DeBarge ⓘ Bunny DeBarge ⓘ El DeBarge ⓘ James DeBarge ⓘ Randy DeBarge ⓘ Tommy DeBarge ⓘ