Triple
T4714895
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whitney Houston |
E104609
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entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Barisford Brown
Robert Barisford Brown, better known as Bobby Brown, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer who rose to fame in the 1980s both as a member of New Edition and as a solo artist known for hits like "My Prerogative."
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E104609
|
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: Robert Barisford Brown | Statement: [Whitney Houston, spouse, Robert Barisford Brown]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Barisford Brown Context triple: [Whitney Houston, spouse, Robert Barisford Brown]
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A.
Robert Barisford Brown
Robert Barisford Brown is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer best known as a member of New Edition and for his successful solo career in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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C.
Horace Tabberer Brown
Horace Tabberer Brown was a prominent British brewing chemist and researcher known for his pioneering work in fermentation science and the chemistry of beer.
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D.
Henry Collins Brown
Henry Collins Brown was a Scottish-born American historian, author, and lecturer best known for chronicling New York City's history and founding the Museum of the City of New York.
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E.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
- 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: Robert Barisford Brown Triple: [Whitney Houston, spouse, Robert Barisford Brown]
Generated description
Robert Barisford Brown, better known as Bobby Brown, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer who rose to fame in the 1980s both as a member of New Edition and as a solo artist known for hits like "My Prerogative."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Barisford Brown Target entity description: Robert Barisford Brown, better known as Bobby Brown, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer who rose to fame in the 1980s both as a member of New Edition and as a solo artist known for hits like "My Prerogative."
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A.
Robert Barisford Brown
chosen
Robert Barisford Brown is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer best known as a member of New Edition and for his successful solo career in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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C.
Horace Tabberer Brown
Horace Tabberer Brown was a prominent British brewing chemist and researcher known for his pioneering work in fermentation science and the chemistry of beer.
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D.
Henry Collins Brown
Henry Collins Brown was a Scottish-born American historian, author, and lecturer best known for chronicling New York City's history and founding the Museum of the City of New York.
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E.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
- F. None of above.
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_69bd43ec4a348190bc41afae43375e71 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6408dc5c8190a8d6b1c1a3eba2df |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be4d7f0bc88190b2e5a2d6cfd16892 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be4e1891408190adc09699d0347cbd |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be4ef501e081908a75547e9bb52c0c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:18 p.m.