Triple

T9057809
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cisco Houston E217047 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Gilbert Vandine Houston
Gilbert Vandine Houston, better known as Cisco Houston, was an American folk singer and guitarist closely associated with Woody Guthrie and the mid-20th-century American folk music revival.
E774697 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: Gilbert Vandine Houston | Statement: [Cisco Houston, birthName, Gilbert Vandine Houston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gilbert Vandine Houston
Context triple: [Cisco Houston, birthName, Gilbert Vandine Houston]
  • A. John Russell Houston Jr.
    John Russell Houston Jr. was an American entertainment executive best known as the father of singer Whitney Houston and the former husband of gospel vocalist Cissy Houston.
  • B. Hubert Gerold Brown
    Hubert Gerold Brown, better known as H. Rap Brown, is an American civil rights activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement.
  • C. Donald Houston
    Donald Houston was a Welsh actor known for his roles in British films such as "The Blue Lagoon," "The Longest Day," and "Where Eagles Dare."
  • D. Ned H. Houston
    Ned H. Houston was a prominent figure associated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, honored for his contributions by having the Houston Field House ice arena named after him.
  • E. J. Houston Gordon
    J. Houston Gordon is an American attorney best known for serving as a defense lawyer for Lieutenant William Calley in the My Lai massacre court-martial during the Vietnam War era.
  • 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: Gilbert Vandine Houston
Triple: [Cisco Houston, birthName, Gilbert Vandine Houston]
Generated description
Gilbert Vandine Houston, better known as Cisco Houston, was an American folk singer and guitarist closely associated with Woody Guthrie and the mid-20th-century American folk music revival.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gilbert Vandine Houston
Target entity description: Gilbert Vandine Houston, better known as Cisco Houston, was an American folk singer and guitarist closely associated with Woody Guthrie and the mid-20th-century American folk music revival.
  • A. John Russell Houston Jr.
    John Russell Houston Jr. was an American entertainment executive best known as the father of singer Whitney Houston and the former husband of gospel vocalist Cissy Houston.
  • B. Hubert Gerold Brown
    Hubert Gerold Brown, better known as H. Rap Brown, is an American civil rights activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement.
  • C. Donald Houston
    Donald Houston was a Welsh actor known for his roles in British films such as "The Blue Lagoon," "The Longest Day," and "Where Eagles Dare."
  • D. Ned H. Houston
    Ned H. Houston was a prominent figure associated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, honored for his contributions by having the Houston Field House ice arena named after him.
  • E. J. Houston Gordon
    J. Houston Gordon is an American attorney best known for serving as a defense lawyer for Lieutenant William Calley in the My Lai massacre court-martial during the Vietnam War era.
  • 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_69ca83d4425481909a319dab847724ec completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc7ec808bc8190957b80820d98fd5b completed April 1, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfebe40ec08190a1da2aa1c6577723 completed April 3, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfee44642c8190af2dbd69a974d455 completed April 3, 2026, 4:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfeec0d43c81909013f5a1dd49e133 completed April 3, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:10 p.m.