HeLa
E1131614
UNEXPLORED
HeLa is an immortal human cell line derived from cervical cancer cells taken from Henrietta Lacks in 1951, widely used in biomedical research and pivotal to numerous scientific breakthroughs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HeLa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15010594 — 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: HeLa Context triple: [Henrietta Lacks, associatedCellLine, HeLa]
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A.
Erhart
Erhart is a German given name and surname, historically associated with medieval and early modern Central Europe.
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B.
Arthurette
Arthurette is a small rural community located in Victoria County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
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C.
Lucile
Lucile is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with the name Lucille and meaning "light."
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D.
Lucile
Lucile is a popular 1860 verse novel by British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, known for its romantic plot and melodramatic style.
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E.
Gladys Kravitz
Gladys Kravitz is the nosy, suspicious neighbor character from the classic TV sitcom "Bewitched," known for constantly spying on and reporting the strange happenings next door.
- 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: HeLa Target entity description: HeLa is an immortal human cell line derived from cervical cancer cells taken from Henrietta Lacks in 1951, widely used in biomedical research and pivotal to numerous scientific breakthroughs.
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A.
Erhart
Erhart is a German given name and surname, historically associated with medieval and early modern Central Europe.
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B.
Arthurette
Arthurette is a small rural community located in Victoria County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
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C.
Lucile
Lucile is a popular 1860 verse novel by British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, known for its romantic plot and melodramatic style.
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D.
Lucile
Lucile is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with the name Lucille and meaning "light."
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E.
Gladys Kravitz
Gladys Kravitz is the nosy, suspicious neighbor character from the classic TV sitcom "Bewitched," known for constantly spying on and reporting the strange happenings next door.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.