Triple

T11466492
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mycobacterium E271793 entity
Predicate includesSpecies P10920 FINISHED
Object Mycobacterium africanum
Mycobacterium africanum is a slow-growing, pathogenic mycobacterial species that primarily causes human tuberculosis in West Africa and is closely related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
E271799 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: Mycobacterium africanum | Statement: [Mycobacterium, includesSpecies, Mycobacterium africanum]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mycobacterium africanum
Context triple: [Mycobacterium, includesSpecies, Mycobacterium africanum]
  • A. Mycobacterium
    Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
  • B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
  • C. Mycobacterium bovis
    Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing, pathogenic bacterium that primarily causes tuberculosis in cattle and can infect humans, and it serves as the basis for the widely used BCG vaccine.
  • D. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
  • E. Malacobacter
    Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
  • 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: Mycobacterium africanum
Triple: [Mycobacterium, includesSpecies, Mycobacterium africanum]
Generated description
Mycobacterium africanum is a slow-growing, pathogenic mycobacterial species that primarily causes human tuberculosis in West Africa and is closely related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mycobacterium africanum
Target entity description: Mycobacterium africanum is a slow-growing, pathogenic mycobacterial species that primarily causes human tuberculosis in West Africa and is closely related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
  • A. Mycobacterium
    Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
  • B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex chosen
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
  • C. Mycobacterium bovis
    Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing, pathogenic bacterium that primarily causes tuberculosis in cattle and can infect humans, and it serves as the basis for the widely used BCG vaccine.
  • D. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
  • E. Malacobacter
    Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d6aae0c8d881908a5a360c0be3242e completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d822f5eb988190b309b8e309f6d1a5 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5e9429a308190810b485708d28617 completed April 20, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5f1593c2c8190885f80ad5eeba3ec completed April 20, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5f87bbd988190ac388a3c34b2e95a completed April 20, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.