ESearch
E569467
ESearch is an NCBI E-utilities service that performs text-based searches of NCBI databases and returns lists of matching record identifiers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ESearch canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098397 — 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: ESearch Context triple: [NCBI E-utilities API, hasComponent, ESearch]
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A.
Search and Discovery
Search and Discovery is a regular Physics Today section that highlights notable recent advances and findings across the physical sciences.
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B.
Internet search
Internet search is the process of using specialized software and algorithms to locate relevant information across the World Wide Web based on user queries.
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C.
Alexander Search
Alexander Search is one of Fernando Pessoa’s English-writing heteronyms, used to compose poetry and prose distinct in style and persona from Pessoa himself.
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D.
Spotlight search
Spotlight search is macOS’s built-in search and indexing feature that lets users quickly find files, apps, and information across their system and the web.
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E.
Qwant
Qwant is a French privacy-focused search engine that emphasizes user anonymity and does not track or profile its users.
- 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: ESearch Target entity description: ESearch is an NCBI E-utilities service that performs text-based searches of NCBI databases and returns lists of matching record identifiers.
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A.
Search and Discovery
Search and Discovery is a regular Physics Today section that highlights notable recent advances and findings across the physical sciences.
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B.
Internet search
Internet search is the process of using specialized software and algorithms to locate relevant information across the World Wide Web based on user queries.
-
C.
Alexander Search
Alexander Search is one of Fernando Pessoa’s English-writing heteronyms, used to compose poetry and prose distinct in style and persona from Pessoa himself.
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D.
Spotlight search
Spotlight search is macOS’s built-in search and indexing feature that lets users quickly find files, apps, and information across their system and the web.
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E.
Qwant
Qwant is a French privacy-focused search engine that emphasizes user anonymity and does not track or profile its users.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCBI E-utilities service
ⓘ
web API method ⓘ |
| acceptsParameter |
datetype
ⓘ
db ⓘ field ⓘ maxdate ⓘ mindate ⓘ retmax ⓘ retmode ⓘ retstart ⓘ rettype ⓘ sort ⓘ term ⓘ usehistory ⓘ |
| accessedVia |
HTTP
ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ |
| acronymFor |
Entrez Search
ⓘ
linked to:
Entrez
|
| canCreate |
QueryKey
ⓘ
WebEnv ⓘ |
| defaultRetMode | xml ⓘ |
| developedBy | National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ |
| documentedAt | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25499/ ⓘ |
| hasBaseURL | https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
perform text-based searches of NCBI databases
ⓘ
return lists of matching record identifiers ⓘ |
| hasOutputElement |
Count
ⓘ
IdList ⓘ QueryTranslation ⓘ TranslationSet ⓘ TranslationStack ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
Entrez databases
ⓘ
NCBI databases ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
|
| partOf |
Entrez Programming Utilities
ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
NCBI E-utilities ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
|
| returns |
UIDs
ⓘ
record identifiers ⓘ |
| supportsBooleanOperators | true ⓘ |
| supportsDatabase |
Assembly
ⓘ
BioProject ⓘ
linked to:
BioProject database
BioSample ⓘ
linked to:
BioSample database
Gene ⓘ Genome ⓘ Nucleotide ⓘ Protein ⓘ PubMed ⓘ SNP ⓘ Structure ⓘ Taxonomy ⓘ |
| supportsDateRestrictions | true ⓘ |
| supportsFieldQualifiers | true ⓘ |
| supportsHistory | yes ⓘ |
| supportsRetMode |
json
ⓘ
text ⓘ xml ⓘ |
| usedFor | programmatic access to NCBI search results ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bioinformatics workflows
ⓘ
literature mining pipelines ⓘ |
| usedWith |
EFetch
ⓘ
ELink ⓘ ESummary ⓘ |
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: ESearch Description of subject: ESearch is an NCBI E-utilities service that performs text-based searches of NCBI databases and returns lists of matching record identifiers.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.