Houston Independent School District
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Houston Independent School District is the largest public school district in Texas, serving the city of Houston with a wide network of elementary, middle, and high schools.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T975012 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houston Independent School District Context triple: [Westbury High School (Houston), operatedBy, Houston Independent School District]
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A.
Dallas Independent School District
Dallas Independent School District is one of the largest public school systems in Texas, serving students across much of the city of Dallas and several surrounding communities.
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B.
San Antonio Independent School District
San Antonio Independent School District is a public school district in San Antonio, Texas, best known nationally for its role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez concerning school finance and equal protection.
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C.
DeSoto Independent School District
DeSoto Independent School District is a public school district in DeSoto, Texas, serving local students from elementary through high school with a range of academic and extracurricular programs.
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D.
Independence School District
Independence School District is a public school district that oversees Independence High School and other schools serving students in the Independence community.
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E.
Williamson County Schools
Williamson County Schools is a public school district serving students in Williamson County, Tennessee, including the city of Spring Hill.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houston Independent School District Target entity description: Houston Independent School District is the largest public school district in Texas, serving the city of Houston with a wide network of elementary, middle, and high schools.
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A.
Dallas Independent School District
Dallas Independent School District is one of the largest public school systems in Texas, serving students across much of the city of Dallas and several surrounding communities.
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B.
San Antonio Independent School District
San Antonio Independent School District is a public school district in San Antonio, Texas, best known nationally for its role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez concerning school finance and equal protection.
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C.
DeSoto Independent School District
DeSoto Independent School District is a public school district in DeSoto, Texas, serving local students from elementary through high school with a range of academic and extracurricular programs.
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D.
Independence School District
Independence School District is a public school district that oversees Independence High School and other schools serving students in the Independence community.
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E.
Williamson County Schools
Williamson County Schools is a public school district serving students in Williamson County, Tennessee, including the city of Spring Hill.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public school district
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school district in Texas ⓘ |
| cityServed | Houston ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationSystem | public education ⓘ |
| employs |
school administrators
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support staff ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| follows |
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
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surface form:
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills curriculum standards
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| fundingSource |
federal education funds
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local property taxes ⓘ state education funds ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Houston Independent School District
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Houston Independent School District Board of Education
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| hasCharacteristic |
diverse student population
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urban school district ⓘ |
| hasSchoolType |
K–8 schools
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Title I schools ⓘ alternative schools ⓘ early childhood centers ⓘ magnet schools ⓘ specialty high schools ⓘ |
| hasTransportationService | school bus transportation ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Houston
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surface form:
Houston, Texas
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| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| largestByEnrollmentIn | Texas ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Advanced Placement courses
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International Baccalaureate continuum of education ⓘ
surface form:
International Baccalaureate programs
bilingual education ⓘ career and technical education ⓘ gifted and talented education ⓘ special education ⓘ |
| operates |
charter-like campuses
ⓘ
elementary schools ⓘ high schools ⓘ magnet schools ⓘ middle schools ⓘ |
| providesService |
extracurricular activities
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school meals ⓘ student counseling services ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area
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surface form:
Greater Houston area
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| sector | public ⓘ |
| servesLevel |
elementary education
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middle school education ⓘ secondary education ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Texas state accountability ratings
ⓘ
federal education accountability requirements ⓘ |
| supervisingAuthority | Texas Education Agency ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Houston Independent School District Description of subject: Houston Independent School District is the largest public school district in Texas, serving the city of Houston with a wide network of elementary, middle, and high schools.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Houston Independent School District
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governingBody
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Houston Independent School District
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Houston Independent School District Board of Education
Sterling High School, Houston, Texas
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locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
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Houston Independent School District
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this entity surface form:
Houston Independent School District high schools
this entity surface form:
Houston Independent School District (for some areas historically and via options)