Triple
T15010596
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | HeLa |
E377824
|
entity |
| Predicate | derivedFrom |
P909
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Henrietta Lacks |
E377824
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Henrietta Lacks | Statement: [HeLa, derivedFrom, Henrietta Lacks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henrietta Lacks Context triple: [HeLa, derivedFrom, Henrietta Lacks]
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A.
Henrietta Lacks
chosen
Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman whose cancer cells, taken without her consent in 1951, became the first immortal human cell line (HeLa) and revolutionized medical research.
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B.
Elsie Lacks
Elsie Lacks was the institutionalized daughter of Henrietta Lacks whose life and treatment later drew attention in discussions of medical ethics, disability, and the Lacks family history.
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C.
Deborah Lacks
Deborah Lacks was the daughter of Henrietta Lacks who became a central figure in efforts to understand and publicize the ethical and personal impact of her mother's immortal HeLa cells on their family.
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D.
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.
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E.
Henrietta Vinton Davis
Henrietta Vinton Davis was an African American elocutionist, actress, and activist who became a prominent leader in Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69feae080ef88190a26c4f9b1675f9de |
completed | May 9, 2026, 3:46 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:55 a.m.