Triple
T205876
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cissy Houston |
E4608
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Russell Houston Jr.
John Russell Houston Jr. was an American entertainment executive best known as the father of singer Whitney Houston and the former husband of gospel vocalist Cissy Houston.
|
E54924
|
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: John Russell Houston Jr. | Statement: [Cissy Houston, spouse, John Russell Houston Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Russell Houston Jr. Context triple: [Cissy Houston, spouse, John Russell Houston Jr.]
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A.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
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B.
Michael Houston
Michael Houston is the son of renowned gospel and soul singer Cissy Houston and the brother of legendary pop icon Whitney Houston.
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C.
Jim Rice
Jim Rice is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball left fielder who starred for the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s and 1980s as one of the era’s most feared power hitters.
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D.
John R. Steelman
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
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E.
Riley P. Bechtel
Riley P. Bechtel is an American billionaire businessman who served as chairman and CEO of Bechtel Corporation, one of the world’s largest engineering and construction firms.
- 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: John Russell Houston Jr. Triple: [Cissy Houston, spouse, John Russell Houston Jr.]
Generated description
John Russell Houston Jr. was an American entertainment executive best known as the father of singer Whitney Houston and the former husband of gospel vocalist Cissy Houston.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Russell Houston Jr. Target entity description: John Russell Houston Jr. was an American entertainment executive best known as the father of singer Whitney Houston and the former husband of gospel vocalist Cissy Houston.
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A.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
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B.
Michael Houston
Michael Houston is the son of renowned gospel and soul singer Cissy Houston and the brother of legendary pop icon Whitney Houston.
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C.
Jim Rice
Jim Rice is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball left fielder who starred for the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s and 1980s as one of the era’s most feared power hitters.
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D.
John R. Steelman
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
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E.
Alton G. Keel Jr.
Alton G. Keel Jr. was an American aerospace engineer and government official who held senior defense and space policy roles, including service on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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_69a431da3ccc8190955e0cc9e5da7eb9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a43580738081909f5d7a41c93293ef |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a435c695f08190966914d1a7e55d10 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:49 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.