Triple

T4714895
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whitney Houston E104609 entity
Predicate spouse P13 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."
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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.