Triple
T205874
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cissy Houston |
E4608
|
entity |
| Predicate | parentOf |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gary Garland
Gary Garland is an American former professional basketball player and singer, best known as the half-brother of Whitney Houston and a longtime background vocalist and tour performer in her band.
|
E30484
|
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: Gary Garland | Statement: [Cissy Houston, parentOf, Gary Garland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Garland Context triple: [Cissy Houston, parentOf, Gary Garland]
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A.
John Curran
John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
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B.
Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy was an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including roles in classic movies like "Kiss Me Deadly" and collaborations with director Robert Aldrich.
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C.
Mike Henry
Mike Henry is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for voicing characters such as Cleveland Brown on the animated television series Family Guy and its spin-off The Cleveland Show.
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D.
Burn Gorman
Burn Gorman is a British-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Torchwood," "Game of Thrones," and "Pacific Rim."
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E.
Will Firth
Will Firth is the son of English actor Colin Firth and is known primarily for his connection to his father's prominent film career.
- 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: Gary Garland Triple: [Cissy Houston, parentOf, Gary Garland]
Generated description
Gary Garland is an American former professional basketball player and singer, best known as the half-brother of Whitney Houston and a longtime background vocalist and tour performer in her band.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Garland Target entity description: Gary Garland is an American former professional basketball player and singer, best known as the half-brother of Whitney Houston and a longtime background vocalist and tour performer in her band.
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A.
John Curran
John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
-
B.
Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy was an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including roles in classic movies like "Kiss Me Deadly" and collaborations with director Robert Aldrich.
-
C.
Mike Henry
Mike Henry is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for voicing characters such as Cleveland Brown on the animated television series Family Guy and its spin-off The Cleveland Show.
-
D.
Burn Gorman
Burn Gorman is a British-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Torchwood," "Game of Thrones," and "Pacific Rim."
-
E.
Will Firth
Will Firth is the son of English actor Colin Firth and is known primarily for his connection to his father's prominent film career.
- 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25c04e42481909e957cb34dc02731 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3672e822c8190be0d6c0714034ff7 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a367bc6cb48190b5bc588db0833474 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3681d99a881908ea8d2632ba2aab1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:11 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.