Triple

T11074032
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cepheid E261817 entity
Predicate developsTestFor P20235 FINISHED
Object Clostridioides difficile
Clostridioides difficile is a spore-forming, toxin-producing bacterium that commonly causes antibiotic-associated diarrhea and severe colitis in humans.
 E902869 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Clostridioides difficile | Statement: [Cepheid, developsTestFor, Clostridioides difficile]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Clostridioides difficile
Context triple: [Cepheid, developsTestFor, Clostridioides difficile]
  • A. Helicobacter
    Helicobacter is a genus of spiral-shaped, microaerophilic bacteria best known for species such as H. pylori, which colonize the human stomach and are associated with peptic ulcers and gastric cancer.
  • B. Escherichia coli
    Escherichia coli is a widely studied, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals and extensively used as a model organism in microbiology and genetics.
  • C. Campylobacter
    Campylobacter is a genus of bacteria that commonly causes foodborne gastrointestinal infections in humans, often associated with undercooked poultry.
  • D. Vibrio cholerae
    Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium that causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera in humans.
  • E. Bacillus anthracis
    Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
  • 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: Clostridioides difficile
Target entity description: Clostridioides difficile is a spore-forming, toxin-producing bacterium that commonly causes antibiotic-associated diarrhea and severe colitis in humans.
  • A. Helicobacter
    Helicobacter is a genus of spiral-shaped, microaerophilic bacteria best known for species such as H. pylori, which colonize the human stomach and are associated with peptic ulcers and gastric cancer.
  • B. Escherichia coli
    Escherichia coli is a widely studied, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals and extensively used as a model organism in microbiology and genetics.
  • C. Campylobacter
    Campylobacter is a genus of bacteria that commonly causes foodborne gastrointestinal infections in humans, often associated with undercooked poultry.
  • D. Vibrio cholerae
    Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium that causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera in humans.
  • E. Bacillus anthracis
    Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Clostridioides difficile
Triple: [Cepheid, developsTestFor, Clostridioides difficile]
Generated description
Clostridioides difficile is a spore-forming, toxin-producing bacterium that commonly causes antibiotic-associated diarrhea and severe colitis in humans.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d6aa9983c08190b0ef61603b69feac elicitation completed
NER batch_69d7994e32fc8190a6591d9e82b68f75 ner completed
NED1 batch_69e3c8cc77988190aad54f56dbd0f8cf ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69e3d014a644819092c76aa02b573ca9 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69e3cefc00148190a1850dc6e31523c3 nedg completed
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.