Triple
T12470505
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Snow |
E298042
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
On the Mode of Communication of Cholera
On the Mode of Communication of Cholera is John Snow’s landmark 19th-century medical treatise that provided crucial evidence for the waterborne transmission of cholera and helped lay the foundations of modern epidemiology.
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E983402
|
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: On the Mode of Communication of Cholera | Statement: [John Snow, notableWork, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Mode of Communication of Cholera Context triple: [John Snow, notableWork, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera]
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A.
Microscopical observations and pathological deductions on cholera
"Microscopical observations and pathological deductions on cholera" is an 1854 scientific paper by Filippo Pacini in which he first described the cholera bacterium and linked it to the disease.
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B.
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion is an influential early 18th-century medical treatise by physician Richard Mead that analyzes the nature, causes, and prevention of plague and other contagious diseases.
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C.
Traité des fièvres palustres
Traité des fièvres palustres is a seminal medical treatise on malarial fevers by French physician Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, reflecting his pioneering work on the parasitic cause of malaria.
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D.
Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation
Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation is a medical and public health treatise by Thomas Beddoes advocating for and analyzing the benefits of smallpox vaccination.
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E.
Koch's postulates
Koch's postulates are a set of criteria formulated in the late 19th century to establish a causal relationship between a specific microorganism and a particular disease.
- 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: On the Mode of Communication of Cholera Triple: [John Snow, notableWork, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera]
Generated description
On the Mode of Communication of Cholera is John Snow’s landmark 19th-century medical treatise that provided crucial evidence for the waterborne transmission of cholera and helped lay the foundations of modern epidemiology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Mode of Communication of Cholera Target entity description: On the Mode of Communication of Cholera is John Snow’s landmark 19th-century medical treatise that provided crucial evidence for the waterborne transmission of cholera and helped lay the foundations of modern epidemiology.
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A.
Microscopical observations and pathological deductions on cholera
"Microscopical observations and pathological deductions on cholera" is an 1854 scientific paper by Filippo Pacini in which he first described the cholera bacterium and linked it to the disease.
-
B.
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion is an influential early 18th-century medical treatise by physician Richard Mead that analyzes the nature, causes, and prevention of plague and other contagious diseases.
-
C.
Traité des fièvres palustres
Traité des fièvres palustres is a seminal medical treatise on malarial fevers by French physician Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, reflecting his pioneering work on the parasitic cause of malaria.
-
D.
Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation
Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation is a medical and public health treatise by Thomas Beddoes advocating for and analyzing the benefits of smallpox vaccination.
-
E.
Koch's postulates
Koch's postulates are a set of criteria formulated in the late 19th century to establish a causal relationship between a specific microorganism and a particular disease.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69d6ada270808190b1a2b2e7b02bb426 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d94dba7f6c8190b272f649e0777362 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f63f2175c48190bbd28ad8c07434f0 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6401199408190ad2657802afd93c9 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 6:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6416ba1bc8190a772bffe4d83ec15 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 6:24 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.