Triple
T1323465
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whitney Houston |
E28271
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cissy Houston |
E4608
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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.
Cissy Houston
chosen
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.
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B.
Shirley Caesar
Shirley Caesar is an acclaimed American gospel singer and pastor, often called the "First Lady of Gospel," known for her powerful vocals and decades-long influence on contemporary and traditional gospel music.
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C.
Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas is an American soul singer, often called the "Queen of Memphis Soul," known for hits like "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" and her influential recordings with Stax Records.
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D.
Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle is an acclaimed American singer and entertainer known as the "Godmother of Soul" for her powerful vocals and influential contributions to R&B and soul music.
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E.
Aretha Cobbs
Aretha Cobbs is a character in the musical and film "Black Nativity," which reimagines the Nativity story through an African-American gospel lens.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a498540a2481909e807a762280d3ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c19caa148190a1f5be734b7d9005 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adeab9dd008190a07b22ba3bd5bc22 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.