Omicron variant
E337019
The Omicron variant is a highly mutated and fast-spreading strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused major global surges in COVID-19 cases starting in late 2021.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Omicron | 2 |
| Omicron variant canonical | 2 |
| B.1.1.529 | 1 |
| BA.2.12.1 | 1 |
| BA.2.86 | 1 |
| BA.5 | 1 |
| BA.5.6 | 1 |
| Omicron BA.1 | 1 |
| Omicron BA.2 | 1 |
| Omicron BA.5 | 1 |
| Omicron JN.1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3205371 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Omicron variant Context triple: [COVID-19 pandemic, notableVariant, Omicron variant]
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A.
Omicron
Omicron is a vowel letter of the Greek alphabet, historically representing a short "o" sound and used today in various scientific and mathematical contexts.
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B.
Delta variant
The Delta variant is a highly transmissible strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused significant global surges in COVID-19 cases before the emergence of later variants.
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C.
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 is the novel coronavirus responsible for the global outbreak of the respiratory disease COVID-19.
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D.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that began in late 2019, causing widespread illness, deaths, and major disruptions to societies and economies worldwide.
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E.
Leqembi
Leqembi is an Alzheimer’s disease drug (lecanemab) that targets amyloid-beta plaques to slow cognitive decline in early-stage patients.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Omicron variant Target entity description: The Omicron variant is a highly mutated and fast-spreading strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused major global surges in COVID-19 cases starting in late 2021.
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A.
Omicron
Omicron is a vowel letter of the Greek alphabet, historically representing a short "o" sound and used today in various scientific and mathematical contexts.
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B.
Delta variant
The Delta variant is a highly transmissible strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused significant global surges in COVID-19 cases before the emergence of later variants.
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C.
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 is the novel coronavirus responsible for the global outbreak of the respiratory disease COVID-19.
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D.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that began in late 2019, causing widespread illness, deaths, and major disruptions to societies and economies worldwide.
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E.
Leqembi
Leqembi is an Alzheimer’s disease drug (lecanemab) that targets amyloid-beta plaques to slow cognitive decline in early-stage patients.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
COVID-19 variant
ⓘ
SARS-CoV-2 variant ⓘ variant of concern ⓘ |
| affectedOrganism | human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
B.1.1.529
ⓘ
Omicron variant ⓘ
surface form:
Omicron
|
| associatedWith |
immune escape
ⓘ
increased transmissibility ⓘ rapid global spread in late 2021 ⓘ reinfections ⓘ vaccine breakthrough infections ⓘ |
| belongsToSpecies |
SARS-CoV-2
ⓘ
surface form:
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
|
| causesDisease |
COVID-19 pandemic
ⓘ
surface form:
COVID-19
|
| designatedVariantOfConcernBy | World Health Organization ⓘ |
| firstDetectedInCountry |
Botswana
ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ |
| firstReportedDate | 2021-11 ⓘ |
| hasGreekLetterDesignation | Omicron ⓘ |
| hasKeyMutationLocation |
receptor-binding domain
ⓘ
spike protein ⓘ |
| hasLineage | B.1.1.529 ⓘ |
| hasMutationCountInSpikeProtein | 30-plus ⓘ |
| hasNotableSubvariant |
Omicron variant
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Omicron BA.1
Omicron variant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Omicron BA.2
Omicron variant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Omicron BA.5
Omicron variant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Omicron JN.1
XBB.1.5 ⓘ
surface form:
Omicron XBB.1.5
|
| hasPangoLineage |
Omicron variant
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
B.1.1.529
|
| hasSublineage |
BA.1
ⓘ
BA.1.1 ⓘ BA.2 ⓘ Omicron variant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BA.2.12.1
BA.2.75 ⓘ Omicron variant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BA.2.86
BA.3 ⓘ BA.4 ⓘ BA.4.6 ⓘ Omicron variant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BA.5
BA.5.2 ⓘ BA.5.2.1 ⓘ BA.5.3 ⓘ Omicron variant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BA.5.6
BF.11 ⓘ BF.7 ⓘ BQ.1 ⓘ BQ.1.1 ⓘ CH.1.1 ⓘ EG.5 ⓘ JN.1 ⓘ JN.1.1 ⓘ XBB ⓘ XBB.1.16 ⓘ XBB.1.5 ⓘ XBB.1.9 ⓘ XBB.2.3 ⓘ |
| hasWHOLabel |
Omicron variant
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Omicron
|
| impactOnMonoclonalAntibodies | reduced effectiveness for several therapies ⓘ |
| impactOnNeutralizingAntibodies | reduced neutralization by sera from previously infected individuals ⓘ |
| impactOnVaccineInducedImmunity | reduced protection against infection but retained protection against severe disease ⓘ |
| ledTo | global surge in COVID-19 cases in 2021-2022 ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | SARS-CoV-2 ⓘ |
| partOf | COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ |
| relativeTransmissibilityComparedToDelta | higher ⓘ |
| taxonRank | variant ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
aerosols
ⓘ
close contact ⓘ respiratory droplets ⓘ |
| typicalClinicalSeverityComparedToDelta | lowerAverageSeverity ⓘ |
| whoDesignationDate | 2021-11-26 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Omicron variant Description of subject: The Omicron variant is a highly mutated and fast-spreading strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused major global surges in COVID-19 cases starting in late 2021.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Omicron
this entity surface form:
Omicron
this entity surface form:
B.1.1.529
this entity surface form:
BA.5
this entity surface form:
BA.2.12.1
this entity surface form:
BA.5.6
this entity surface form:
BA.2.86
this entity surface form:
Omicron BA.1
this entity surface form:
Omicron BA.2
this entity surface form:
Omicron BA.5
this entity surface form:
Omicron JN.1