Triple
T9698603
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harvey V. Fineberg |
E234715
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease
The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease is a detailed case study examining the U.S. government's 1976 swine flu vaccination program and the complexities of public health decision-making under uncertainty.
|
E814977
|
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: The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease | Statement: [Harvey V. Fineberg, notableWork, The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease Context triple: [Harvey V. Fineberg, notableWork, The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease]
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A.
Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know
Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know is an accessible, expert-driven overview of how pandemics emerge, spread, and can be controlled, written for a general audience by Nobel Prize–winning immunologist Peter C. Doherty.
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B.
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control is a seminal book that applies mathematical modeling to understand and predict the spread and control of infectious diseases in human populations.
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C.
How Contagion Works
How Contagion Works is a short nonfiction book by Italian writer Paolo Giordano that reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and explores how contagion shapes societies, behaviors, and interconnected global systems.
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D.
The Great Influenza
The Great Influenza is John M. Barry’s historical account of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, examining its scientific, medical, and social impact on the modern world.
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E.
Infections and Inequalities
"Infections and Inequalities" is a seminal book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how poverty, social injustice, and global power imbalances shape the distribution and treatment of infectious diseases.
- 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: The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease Triple: [Harvey V. Fineberg, notableWork, The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease]
Generated description
The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease is a detailed case study examining the U.S. government's 1976 swine flu vaccination program and the complexities of public health decision-making under uncertainty.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease Target entity description: The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease is a detailed case study examining the U.S. government's 1976 swine flu vaccination program and the complexities of public health decision-making under uncertainty.
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A.
Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know
Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know is an accessible, expert-driven overview of how pandemics emerge, spread, and can be controlled, written for a general audience by Nobel Prize–winning immunologist Peter C. Doherty.
-
B.
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control is a seminal book that applies mathematical modeling to understand and predict the spread and control of infectious diseases in human populations.
-
C.
How Contagion Works
How Contagion Works is a short nonfiction book by Italian writer Paolo Giordano that reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and explores how contagion shapes societies, behaviors, and interconnected global systems.
-
D.
The Great Influenza
The Great Influenza is John M. Barry’s historical account of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, examining its scientific, medical, and social impact on the modern world.
-
E.
Infections and Inequalities
"Infections and Inequalities" is a seminal book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how poverty, social injustice, and global power imbalances shape the distribution and treatment of infectious diseases.
- 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_69ca84cb580c8190a7e5f4b3bcdaf2a4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9d3d425c8190b652d84186b5ce9f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1912a551c8190bd6b48790f117f71 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d193d8dd7c819094ca47105c3135e6 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1943d67988190aac089266d2d4abc |
completed | April 4, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:18 p.m.