Houston Symphony Orchestra
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The Houston Symphony Orchestra is a major American symphony orchestra based in Houston, Texas, recognized for its professional performances, recordings, and educational outreach.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Houston Symphony Orchestra canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4833881 — 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 Symphony Orchestra Context triple: [Sir John Barbirolli, employer, Houston Symphony Orchestra]
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A.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is a major American symphony orchestra based in Dallas, Texas, known for its acclaimed performances, recordings, and educational programs.
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B.
Phoenix Symphony
The Phoenix Symphony is a major American orchestra based in Phoenix, Arizona, known for performing classical and contemporary works and serving as a leading cultural institution in the region.
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C.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is a leading American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia, renowned for its Grammy-winning recordings and innovative programming.
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D.
Kansas City Symphony
The Kansas City Symphony is a professional American orchestra based in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its classical and pops performances, recordings, and community outreach.
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E.
Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Curtis Symphony Orchestra is the flagship student orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music, renowned for its professional-level performances and training of elite young musicians.
- 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 Symphony Orchestra Target entity description: The Houston Symphony Orchestra is a major American symphony orchestra based in Houston, Texas, recognized for its professional performances, recordings, and educational outreach.
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A.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is a major American symphony orchestra based in Dallas, Texas, known for its acclaimed performances, recordings, and educational programs.
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B.
Phoenix Symphony
The Phoenix Symphony is a major American orchestra based in Phoenix, Arizona, known for performing classical and contemporary works and serving as a leading cultural institution in the region.
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C.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is a leading American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia, renowned for its Grammy-winning recordings and innovative programming.
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D.
Kansas City Symphony
The Kansas City Symphony is a professional American orchestra based in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its classical and pops performances, recordings, and community outreach.
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E.
Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Curtis Symphony Orchestra is the flagship student orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music, renowned for its professional-level performances and training of elite young musicians.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Houston Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music education
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music performance ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1913 ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
educational outreach
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live performances ⓘ recording ⓘ touring ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
international audience via recordings
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local audience in Houston ⓘ national audience ⓘ |
| hasEducationalGoal |
developing young musicians
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music appreciation ⓘ |
| hasEducationalProgram |
community outreach concerts
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school partnership programs ⓘ youth education programs ⓘ |
| hasMainVenueFunction | concert hall performances ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalStructure |
chorus (for some performances)
ⓘ
guest conductors ⓘ music director ⓘ orchestra musicians ⓘ |
| hasType |
American orchestra
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professional orchestra ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://houstonsymphony.org ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1913 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Harris County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| location | Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | 501(c)(3) organization (United States) ⓘ |
| notableWork | commercial recordings for major labels ⓘ |
| performsAt | Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performsRepertoire |
American composers
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contemporary classical music ⓘ film music and pops programs ⓘ standard symphonic repertoire ⓘ |
| residence | Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | performing arts ⓘ |
| serves | Greater Houston area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| typicalEnsembleSize | large symphony orchestra ⓘ |
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 Symphony Orchestra Description of subject: The Houston Symphony Orchestra is a major American symphony orchestra based in Houston, Texas, recognized for its professional performances, recordings, and educational outreach.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Arlene Alda