John Snow, Inc.
E173894
John Snow, Inc. is a public health research and consulting organization that designs and implements programs to improve health systems and outcomes worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Snow, Inc. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1522480 — 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: John Snow, Inc. Context triple: [Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights, presentedBy, John Snow, Inc.]
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A.
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies is an American software company specializing in big data analytics platforms used by governments and large enterprises for intelligence, security, and operational decision-making.
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B.
Epic Systems
Epic Systems is a leading American healthcare software company best known for its widely used electronic health record (EHR) systems in hospitals and clinics.
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C.
Stanwell
Stanwell is a village in the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England, located near Heathrow Airport on the western edge of Greater London.
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D.
Capco
Capco is a global management and technology consultancy specializing in the financial services industry.
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E.
McLane Company
McLane Company is a major American supply chain services and wholesale distribution company serving retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores across the United States.
- 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: John Snow, Inc. Target entity description: John Snow, Inc. is a public health research and consulting organization that designs and implements programs to improve health systems and outcomes worldwide.
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A.
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies is an American software company specializing in big data analytics platforms used by governments and large enterprises for intelligence, security, and operational decision-making.
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B.
Epic Systems
Epic Systems is a leading American healthcare software company best known for its widely used electronic health record (EHR) systems in hospitals and clinics.
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C.
Stanwell
Stanwell is a village in the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England, located near Heathrow Airport on the western edge of Greater London.
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D.
Capco
Capco is a global management and technology consultancy specializing in the financial services industry.
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E.
McLane Company
McLane Company is a major American supply chain services and wholesale distribution company serving retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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public health consulting organization ⓘ public health research organization ⓘ |
| activity |
conducts applied research
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designs public health programs ⓘ implements public health programs ⓘ provides policy and programmatic consulting ⓘ provides technical assistance ⓘ |
| approach |
capacity building of local institutions
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evidence-based public health practice ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| field |
global health
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health policy and management ⓘ health services research ⓘ health systems strengthening ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| focus |
HIV and AIDS
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community health ⓘ family planning and reproductive health ⓘ health financing ⓘ health information systems ⓘ health workforce development ⓘ immunization and vaccines ⓘ improving health outcomes ⓘ improving health systems ⓘ infectious disease control ⓘ maternal and child health ⓘ monitoring and evaluation ⓘ primary health care ⓘ supply chain and logistics for health products ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| goal |
enhance use of data for decision-making in health
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improve quality of care ⓘ increase access to essential health services ⓘ strengthen national health systems ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
|
| industry |
health consulting
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international development ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Snow ⓘ |
| operatesIn | low- and middle-income countries ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | mission-driven organization ⓘ |
| worksWith |
bilateral development agencies
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community-based organizations ⓘ ministries of health ⓘ multilateral organizations ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ private sector health providers ⓘ |
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: John Snow, Inc. Description of subject: John Snow, Inc. is a public health research and consulting organization that designs and implements programs to improve health systems and outcomes worldwide.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.