Triple

T15010594
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henrietta Lacks E377824 entity
Predicate associatedCellLine P116345 FINISHED
Object HeLa
HeLa is an immortal human cell line derived from cervical cancer cells taken from Henrietta Lacks in 1951, widely used in biomedical research and pivotal to numerous scientific breakthroughs.
E1131614 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: HeLa | Statement: [Henrietta Lacks, associatedCellLine, HeLa]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HeLa
Context triple: [Henrietta Lacks, associatedCellLine, HeLa]
  • A. Erhart
    Erhart is a German given name and surname, historically associated with medieval and early modern Central Europe.
  • B. Arthurette
    Arthurette is a small rural community located in Victoria County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
  • C. Lucile
    Lucile is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with the name Lucille and meaning "light."
  • D. Lucile
    Lucile is a popular 1860 verse novel by British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, known for its romantic plot and melodramatic style.
  • E. Gladys Kravitz
    Gladys Kravitz is the nosy, suspicious neighbor character from the classic TV sitcom "Bewitched," known for constantly spying on and reporting the strange happenings next door.
  • 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: HeLa
Triple: [Henrietta Lacks, associatedCellLine, HeLa]
Generated description
HeLa is an immortal human cell line derived from cervical cancer cells taken from Henrietta Lacks in 1951, widely used in biomedical research and pivotal to numerous scientific breakthroughs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HeLa
Target entity description: HeLa is an immortal human cell line derived from cervical cancer cells taken from Henrietta Lacks in 1951, widely used in biomedical research and pivotal to numerous scientific breakthroughs.
  • A. Erhart
    Erhart is a German given name and surname, historically associated with medieval and early modern Central Europe.
  • B. Arthurette
    Arthurette is a small rural community located in Victoria County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
  • C. Lucile
    Lucile is a popular 1860 verse novel by British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, known for its romantic plot and melodramatic style.
  • D. Lucile
    Lucile is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with the name Lucille and meaning "light."
  • E. Gladys Kravitz
    Gladys Kravitz is the nosy, suspicious neighbor character from the classic TV sitcom "Bewitched," known for constantly spying on and reporting the strange happenings next door.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: associatedCellLine
Context triple: [Henrietta Lacks, associatedCellLine, HeLa]
  • A. associatedLine
    Indicates that one entity is linked or connected to a particular line (such as a line item, line of text, or line in a structure) with which it is contextually or functionally related.
  • B. affectsCellType
    Indicates that one entity produces an effect or change on a specific type of cell.
  • C. cellType
    Indicates the classification relationship that specifies what type of cell an entity is or is associated with.
  • D. expressedInCellType
    Indicates that something (such as a gene, protein, or molecule) is expressed or present in a specified cell type.
  • E. associatedWithAntibody
    Indicates a relationship where something is linked or connected to a specific antibody, such as being produced by it, targeted by it, or otherwise functionally related to it.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69d85cd3a3c881908c71fc424d459c17 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded734943481908dad4ceed4fe850c completed April 15, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe96a7dcac8190b0153d7cdac03afa completed May 9, 2026, 2:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe98288b348190b4e25b09f83f0ec4 completed May 9, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe98e585308190ac0e1c0a91c89113 completed May 9, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69de9a6531a88190acde65199a477350 completed April 14, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69deb1a88d588190996afa8e5b32b552 completed April 14, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m.