Triple

T17238821
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mary Mallon E418433 entity
Predicate carriedPathogen P63527 FINISHED
Object Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is the human-specific bacterial pathogen that causes typhoid fever, a serious systemic infection typically transmitted via contaminated food and water.
E1258044 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: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi | Statement: [Mary Mallon, carriedPathogen, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi
Context triple: [Mary Mallon, carriedPathogen, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi]
  • A. Vibrio cholerae
    Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium that causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera in humans.
  • B. Shigella
    Shigella is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria known for causing shigellosis, a severe form of bacterial dysentery in humans.
  • C. Yersinia
    Yersinia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, most notably Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.
  • D. Francisella tularensis
    Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious, gram-negative bacterium that causes tularemia and is considered a serious potential bioterrorism agent.
  • E. Francisella
    Francisella is a genus of small, Gram-negative, facultatively intracellular bacteria best known for including Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia.
  • 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: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi
Triple: [Mary Mallon, carriedPathogen, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi]
Generated description
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is the human-specific bacterial pathogen that causes typhoid fever, a serious systemic infection typically transmitted via contaminated food and water.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi
Target entity description: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is the human-specific bacterial pathogen that causes typhoid fever, a serious systemic infection typically transmitted via contaminated food and water.
  • A. Vibrio cholerae
    Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium that causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera in humans.
  • B. Shigella
    Shigella is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria known for causing shigellosis, a severe form of bacterial dysentery in humans.
  • C. Yersinia
    Yersinia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, most notably Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.
  • D. Francisella tularensis
    Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious, gram-negative bacterium that causes tularemia and is considered a serious potential bioterrorism agent.
  • E. Francisella
    Francisella is a genus of small, Gram-negative, facultatively intracellular bacteria best known for including Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: carriedPathogen
Context triple: [Mary Mallon, carriedPathogen, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi]
  • A. carriesPathogen chosen
    Indicates that one entity harbors and can transmit a disease-causing pathogen to another entity or environment.
  • B. isPathogenOf
    Indicates that one entity is a disease-causing agent (pathogen) that infects or causes illness in another entity.
  • C. isCarrierOf
    Indicates that one entity serves as the bearer, holder, or transmitter of another entity (such as an object, substance, trait, or information).
  • D. pathogenType
    Indicates the specific kind or category of pathogen associated with or responsible for an entity or condition.
  • E. includesPathogensOf
    Indicates that one entity contains or encompasses the pathogens that are associated with or originate from another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d886d8e96081909870bff6c3d0bf09 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42dfdc8688190aceb223c19a48781 completed April 19, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01676596a48190ae17a411b86e613e completed May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0168a45fc881908540d142db1ed1e9 completed May 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01692c44c881908cd986ad6cf10596 completed May 11, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e3832553ac819091aa917c84f755b6 completed April 18, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:39 a.m.