Thomas Kostura
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Thomas Kostura is an individual known for being a plaintiff in the landmark same-sex marriage recognition case Tanco v. Haslam in Tennessee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Kostura canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1349208 — 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: Thomas Kostura Context triple: [Tanco v. Haslam, plaintiff, Thomas Kostura]
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A.
Jim Konstanty
Jim Konstanty was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his standout 1950 season with the Philadelphia Phillies, during which he won the National League MVP award.
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B.
Don Smolenski
Don Smolenski is an American sports executive best known for serving as the president of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, overseeing the franchise’s business operations.
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C.
Tony Kubek
Tony Kubek is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and longtime television broadcaster best known for his work as a color commentator on national baseball telecasts.
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D.
Mike Konopacki
Mike Konopacki is an American political cartoonist known for his labor- and social-justice-focused comics and graphic works.
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E.
Jim Fregosi
Jim Fregosi was an American Major League Baseball shortstop and manager, best known for his All-Star playing career with the Los Angeles/California Angels and later managing teams such as the Philadelphia Phillies.
- 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: Thomas Kostura Target entity description: Thomas Kostura is an individual known for being a plaintiff in the landmark same-sex marriage recognition case Tanco v. Haslam in Tennessee.
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A.
Jim Konstanty
Jim Konstanty was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his standout 1950 season with the Philadelphia Phillies, during which he won the National League MVP award.
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B.
Don Smolenski
Don Smolenski is an American sports executive best known for serving as the president of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, overseeing the franchise’s business operations.
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C.
Tony Kubek
Tony Kubek is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and longtime television broadcaster best known for his work as a color commentator on national baseball telecasts.
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D.
Mike Konopacki
Mike Konopacki is an American political cartoonist known for his labor- and social-justice-focused comics and graphic works.
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E.
Jim Fregosi
Jim Fregosi was an American Major League Baseball shortstop and manager, best known for his All-Star playing career with the Los Angeles/California Angels and later managing teams such as the Philadelphia Phillies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
plaintiff ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
marriage equality
ⓘ
recognition of same-sex marriages performed out of state ⓘ |
| assertedViolationOf |
Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
linked to:
Due Process Clause
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
linked to:
Equal Protection Clause
|
| caseJurisdiction | United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ⓘ |
| caseSubject | same-sex marriage recognition in Tennessee ⓘ |
| caseType | civil rights lawsuit ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasPartner | Ives Ryland ⓘ |
| hasSexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Ives Ryland ⓘ |
| involvedIn | litigation over constitutionality of Tennessee’s same-sex marriage recognition ban ⓘ |
| knownFor | being a plaintiff in Tanco v. Haslam ⓘ |
| legalActionAgainst |
Bill Haslam
ⓘ
State of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee
|
| marriageNotRecognizedBy |
State of Tennessee (prior to Obergefell v. Hodges)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee state law
|
| marriagePerformedIn | New York ⓘ |
| participantIn | Tanco v. Haslam ⓘ |
| partyToLegalCase | Tanco v. Haslam ⓘ |
| relatedCase | Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ |
| residedIn |
New York
ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ |
| rightsClaimed |
Fourteenth Amendment rights
ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
|
| roleInCase | named plaintiff ⓘ |
| soughtLegalRemedy | recognition of his same-sex marriage in Tennessee ⓘ |
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: Thomas Kostura Description of subject: Thomas Kostura is an individual known for being a plaintiff in the landmark same-sex marriage recognition case Tanco v. Haslam in Tennessee.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.