Triple
T6269328
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ronnie DeVoe |
E140489
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr.
Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr. is an American singer and rapper best known as a member of the R&B groups New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe.
|
E579715
|
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: Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr. | Statement: [Ronnie DeVoe, fullName, Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr. Context triple: [Ronnie DeVoe, fullName, Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr.]
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A.
Noland B. Harmon
Noland B. Harmon was an American Methodist bishop known for co-authoring the 1963 “A Call for Unity” statement that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
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B.
Frank Reicher
Frank Reicher was a German-American actor and director best known for his roles in early Hollywood films, including classic monster movies of the 1930s.
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C.
Robert L. Carter
Robert L. Carter was a prominent American civil rights attorney and later federal judge who played a key role in the NAACP’s legal campaign against school segregation, including work on the cases that led to Brown v. Board of Education.
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D.
Ronald J. Williams
Ronald J. Williams is a computer scientist known for his influential contributions to neural networks and machine learning, particularly in the development of backpropagation and reinforcement learning algorithms.
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E.
Maurice R. Robinson
Maurice R. Robinson was an American publisher and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Scholastic, a major global children’s publishing and education company.
- 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: Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr. Triple: [Ronnie DeVoe, fullName, Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr.]
Generated description
Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr. is an American singer and rapper best known as a member of the R&B groups New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr. Target entity description: Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr. is an American singer and rapper best known as a member of the R&B groups New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe.
-
A.
Noland B. Harmon
Noland B. Harmon was an American Methodist bishop known for co-authoring the 1963 “A Call for Unity” statement that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
-
B.
Frank Reicher
Frank Reicher was a German-American actor and director best known for his roles in early Hollywood films, including classic monster movies of the 1930s.
-
C.
Robert L. Carter
Robert L. Carter was a prominent American civil rights attorney and later federal judge who played a key role in the NAACP’s legal campaign against school segregation, including work on the cases that led to Brown v. Board of Education.
-
D.
Ronald J. Williams
Ronald J. Williams is a computer scientist known for his influential contributions to neural networks and machine learning, particularly in the development of backpropagation and reinforcement learning algorithms.
-
E.
Maurice R. Robinson
Maurice R. Robinson was an American publisher and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Scholastic, a major global children’s publishing and education company.
- 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_69c008cabc4081909723e2547c9d6cc0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c063a3f1d081908ccff88db94b1f9c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c24460f1bc8190b15ca58331410ec2 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c2a5a6157c8190a57a297cf606eecb |
completed | March 24, 2026, 2:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c2a60a92cc8190847e242482788ff3 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 2:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.