const int num_dims = 2;
  int64_t* dims = new int64_t[num_dims];
  int64_t num_elements = 1;
  dims[0] = batch_size;
  dims[1] = 1;
  for (int64_t i = 0; i < num_dims; ++i) {
    num_elements *= dims[i];
  }
  TF_Tensor* t = TF_AllocateTensor(TF_STRING, dims, num_dims,
                                   sizeof(TF_TString) * num_elements);
  delete[] dims;