When Will I See You Smile Again?
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"When Will I See You Smile Again?" is an R&B ballad by Bell Biv DeVoe, known for its emotional lyrics and smooth harmonies that contrasted with the group's harder-edged new jack swing hits.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| When Will I See You Smile Again? canonical | 4 |
| When Will I See You Smile Again? (Remix) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6269386 — 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: When Will I See You Smile Again? Context triple: [Bell Biv DeVoe, notableWork, When Will I See You Smile Again?]
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A.
Wait Til You See My Smile
"Wait Til You See My Smile" is a soulful pop-R&B song by Alicia Keys that showcases her uplifting lyrics and powerful vocal performance.
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B.
When Can I See You
"When Can I See You" is a 1993 R&B ballad by Babyface known for its acoustic sound and emotional lyrics about longing and heartbreak.
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C.
Just to See You Smile
"Just to See You Smile" is a popular 1997 country song by Tim McGraw known for its heartfelt lyrics about selfless love and emotional sacrifice.
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D.
Come See Me
"Come See Me" is a song best known as a 2016 R&B/hip-hop single by Canadian duo PARTYNEXTDOOR featuring Drake.
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E.
Come N See Me
"Come N See Me" is a hip hop track by American rapper Ludacris from his album "Ludaversal."
- 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: When Will I See You Smile Again? Target entity description: "When Will I See You Smile Again?" is an R&B ballad by Bell Biv DeVoe, known for its emotional lyrics and smooth harmonies that contrasted with the group's harder-edged new jack swing hits.
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A.
Wait Til You See My Smile
"Wait Til You See My Smile" is a soulful pop-R&B song by Alicia Keys that showcases her uplifting lyrics and powerful vocal performance.
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B.
When Can I See You
"When Can I See You" is a 1993 R&B ballad by Babyface known for its acoustic sound and emotional lyrics about longing and heartbreak.
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C.
Just to See You Smile
"Just to See You Smile" is a popular 1997 country song by Tim McGraw known for its heartfelt lyrics about selfless love and emotional sacrifice.
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D.
Come See Me
"Come See Me" is a song best known as a 2016 R&B/hip-hop single by Canadian duo PARTYNEXTDOOR featuring Drake.
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E.
Come N See Me
"Come N See Me" is a hip hop track by American rapper Ludacris from his album "Ludaversal."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ |
| artist | Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | early 1990s R&B ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | harder-edged new jack swing hits by Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
ballad ⓘ new jack swing ⓘ |
| hasLyricsCharacteristic | emotional lyrics ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
apology
ⓘ
lost love ⓘ regret ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | smooth harmonies ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith | contemporary R&B ballads of the early 1990s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicVideoPerformer | Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a slow jam within Bell Biv DeVoe's catalog
ⓘ
showcasing Bell Biv DeVoe's softer sound ⓘ
linked to:
Bell Biv DeVoe
|
| partOfAlbum | Poison ⓘ |
| performer | Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Biv 10 Records
ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ |
| vocalArrangement | group harmonies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: When Will I See You Smile Again? Description of subject: "When Will I See You Smile Again?" is an R&B ballad by Bell Biv DeVoe, known for its emotional lyrics and smooth harmonies that contrasted with the group's harder-edged new jack swing hits.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: When Will I See You Smile Again?