Triple

T2857838
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Flint water crisis E63245 entity
Predicate mainPollutant P29039 FINISHED
Object Legionella bacteria
Legionella bacteria are waterborne pathogenic microorganisms that can proliferate in plumbing systems and cause Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia.
 E305069 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: Legionella bacteria | Statement: [Flint water crisis, mainPollutant, Legionella bacteria]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Legionella bacteria
Context triple: [Flint water crisis, mainPollutant, Legionella bacteria]
  • A. Yersinia pestis
    Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
  • B. Vibrio cholerae
    Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium that causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera in humans.
  • C. Bacillus anthracis
    Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
  • D. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
  • E. Mycobacterium
    Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
  • 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: Legionella bacteria
Triple: [Flint water crisis, mainPollutant, Legionella bacteria]
Generated description
Legionella bacteria are waterborne pathogenic microorganisms that can proliferate in plumbing systems and cause Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Legionella bacteria
Target entity description: Legionella bacteria are waterborne pathogenic microorganisms that can proliferate in plumbing systems and cause Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia.
  • A. Yersinia pestis
    Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
  • B. Vibrio cholerae
    Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium that causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera in humans.
  • C. Bacillus anthracis
    Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
  • D. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
  • E. Mycobacterium
    Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
  • 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_69ab4c41e8c08190a9e8f5249cc12610 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe08ae5048190a0a3b573d9a5fdbc completed March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01d91f6448190866f6ee0491041cf completed March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b01e45f6e481908665e0961c3a3778 completed March 10, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0224832108190be252c0245d588d2 completed March 10, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.