Triple
T34239
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whitney Houston |
E681
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
|
E4608
|
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: Cissy Houston | Statement: [Whitney Houston, mother, Cissy Houston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cissy Houston Context triple: [Whitney Houston, mother, Cissy Houston]
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A.
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston was a legendary American singer and actress renowned for her powerful voice, record-breaking hits, and status as one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
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B.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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C.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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D.
Martha Tedeschi
Martha Tedeschi is an American art historian and museum leader known for her scholarship on works on paper and for heading major art institutions.
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E.
Judy Garland
Judy Garland was an iconic American actress and singer best known for her role as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" and her powerful, emotionally expressive performances on stage and screen.
- 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: Cissy Houston Triple: [Whitney Houston, mother, Cissy Houston]
Generated description
Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cissy Houston Target entity description: Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
-
A.
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston was a legendary American singer and actress renowned for her powerful voice, record-breaking hits, and status as one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
-
B.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
-
C.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
-
D.
Martha Tedeschi
Martha Tedeschi is an American art historian and museum leader known for her scholarship on works on paper and for heading major art institutions.
-
E.
Judy Garland
Judy Garland was an iconic American actress and singer best known for her role as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" and her powerful, emotionally expressive performances on stage and screen.
- 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_69a2479dec388190967ba648663442c9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2487952bc8190a94ce39c70799c70 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a255307eac81908d0055775ef3c965 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a255cce9fc81908ce7af16eed38024 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a256a191bc8190a0cb3151ece43e13 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.