Triple
T3205351
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | COVID-19 pandemic |
E67147
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorVaccineDeveloper |
P21964
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sinopharm
Sinopharm is a Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company best known globally for developing and distributing inactivated COVID-19 vaccines.
|
E335747
|
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: Sinopharm | Statement: [COVID-19 pandemic, majorVaccineDeveloper, Sinopharm]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinopharm Context triple: [COVID-19 pandemic, majorVaccineDeveloper, Sinopharm]
-
A.
Fosun International
Fosun International is a major Chinese multinational conglomerate with diversified investments spanning sectors such as finance, healthcare, tourism, and consumer products.
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B.
Chugai Pharmaceutical
Chugai Pharmaceutical is a major Japanese research-based pharmaceutical company known for its innovative biopharmaceuticals and strategic alliance with Roche.
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C.
Tsinan
Tsinan is an older romanized name for Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in eastern China known for its numerous natural springs.
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D.
BioNTech
BioNTech is a German biotechnology company best known for developing one of the first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines in partnership with Pfizer.
-
E.
Roche
Roche is a major Swiss multinational healthcare company and one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and diagnostics firms.
- 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: Sinopharm Triple: [COVID-19 pandemic, majorVaccineDeveloper, Sinopharm]
Generated description
Sinopharm is a Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company best known globally for developing and distributing inactivated COVID-19 vaccines.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinopharm Target entity description: Sinopharm is a Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company best known globally for developing and distributing inactivated COVID-19 vaccines.
-
A.
Fosun International
Fosun International is a major Chinese multinational conglomerate with diversified investments spanning sectors such as finance, healthcare, tourism, and consumer products.
-
B.
Chugai Pharmaceutical
Chugai Pharmaceutical is a major Japanese research-based pharmaceutical company known for its innovative biopharmaceuticals and strategic alliance with Roche.
-
C.
Tsinan
Tsinan is an older romanized name for Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in eastern China known for its numerous natural springs.
-
D.
BioNTech
BioNTech is a German biotechnology company best known for developing one of the first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines in partnership with Pfizer.
-
E.
Roche
Roche is a major Swiss multinational healthcare company and one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and diagnostics firms.
- 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_69ad8589bd988190afa7ed2bdffb7b33 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adaa559848819082d1e61f586278dd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24bcf7b2481908bc52cfa71bd313c |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b24cb0c5f0819083ea589ded12ef3b |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b24d2ce888819087cc7c3f5db0e859 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.