Triple

T13942267
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SARS-CoV-2 E335284 entity
Predicate hasVariant P455 FINISHED
Object Alpha variant
The Alpha variant is an early, more transmissible strain of the virus that causes COVID-19, first identified in the United Kingdom in late 2020.
E1070490 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: Alpha variant | Statement: [SARS-CoV-2, hasVariant, Alpha variant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alpha variant
Context triple: [SARS-CoV-2, hasVariant, Alpha variant]
  • A. Delta variant
    The Delta variant is a highly transmissible strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused significant global surges in COVID-19 cases before the emergence of later variants.
  • B. Omicron variant
    The Omicron variant is a highly mutated and fast-spreading strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused major global surges in COVID-19 cases starting in late 2021.
  • C. Omicron
    Omicron is a vowel letter of the Greek alphabet, historically representing a short "o" sound and used today in various scientific and mathematical contexts.
  • D. BNT162b2
    BNT162b2 is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, co-developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, that became one of the first widely authorized vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.
  • E. SARS-CoV-2
    SARS-CoV-2 is the novel coronavirus responsible for the global outbreak of the respiratory disease COVID-19.
  • 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: Alpha variant
Triple: [SARS-CoV-2, hasVariant, Alpha variant]
Generated description
The Alpha variant is an early, more transmissible strain of the virus that causes COVID-19, first identified in the United Kingdom in late 2020.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alpha variant
Target entity description: The Alpha variant is an early, more transmissible strain of the virus that causes COVID-19, first identified in the United Kingdom in late 2020.
  • A. Delta variant
    The Delta variant is a highly transmissible strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused significant global surges in COVID-19 cases before the emergence of later variants.
  • B. Omicron variant
    The Omicron variant is a highly mutated and fast-spreading strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused major global surges in COVID-19 cases starting in late 2021.
  • C. Omicron
    Omicron is a vowel letter of the Greek alphabet, historically representing a short "o" sound and used today in various scientific and mathematical contexts.
  • D. BNT162b2
    BNT162b2 is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, co-developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, that became one of the first widely authorized vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.
  • E. SARS-CoV-2
    SARS-CoV-2 is the novel coronavirus responsible for the global outbreak of the respiratory disease COVID-19.
  • 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_69d81c6081b88190b53e317c3370c8fe completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2e0f6f3c8190a64058b732b0ac52 completed April 14, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7ce8bbd8c819084703298ed6d9c87 completed May 3, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f9fd5d4abc8190aa10d9f1c9f7f9c9 completed May 5, 2026, 2:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fb14bfa2c081908381bb74f040c6c8 completed May 6, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.