EPost
E569474
EPost is an NCBI E-utilities service that allows users to upload and store lists of database identifiers on the NCBI server for use in subsequent API queries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EPost canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098404 — 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: EPost Context triple: [NCBI E-utilities API, hasComponent, EPost]
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A.
Express Mail
Express Mail was the United States Postal Service’s former expedited shipping service offering fast, guaranteed delivery before it was rebranded as Priority Mail Express.
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B.
RocketMail
RocketMail was one of the earliest free web-based email services, later acquired and integrated into Yahoo's email platform.
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C.
Media Mail
Media Mail is a discounted U.S. Postal Service shipping option specifically for sending educational materials and media such as books, sound recordings, and DVDs.
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D.
Mail
Mail is a Flask extension class that provides a simple interface for sending email messages from Flask web applications.
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E.
Mail
Mail is Apple’s built-in email client application for macOS, used to send, receive, and manage email accounts.
- 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: EPost Target entity description: EPost is an NCBI E-utilities service that allows users to upload and store lists of database identifiers on the NCBI server for use in subsequent API queries.
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A.
Express Mail
Express Mail was the United States Postal Service’s former expedited shipping service offering fast, guaranteed delivery before it was rebranded as Priority Mail Express.
-
B.
RocketMail
RocketMail was one of the earliest free web-based email services, later acquired and integrated into Yahoo's email platform.
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C.
Media Mail
Media Mail is a discounted U.S. Postal Service shipping option specifically for sending educational materials and media such as books, sound recordings, and DVDs.
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D.
Mail
Mail is a Flask extension class that provides a simple interface for sending email messages from Flask web applications.
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E.
Mail
Mail is Apple’s built-in email client application for macOS, used to send, receive, and manage email accounts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCBI E-utilities service
ⓘ
web API endpoint ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Entrez Post ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
HTTP GET
ⓘ
HTTP POST ⓘ |
| baseURL | https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/epost.fcgi ⓘ |
| belongsToPlatform |
NCBI Entrez Programming Utilities
ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
|
| countryOfOperator |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataPersistence | temporary storage of identifier lists ⓘ |
| developedBy | National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25501/ ⓘ |
| identifierType | Entrez UIDs ⓘ |
| inputParameter |
WebEnv
ⓘ
db ⓘ id ⓘ query_key ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ |
| partOf |
NCBI E-utilities
ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
|
| purpose |
store lists of database identifiers for later use
ⓘ
support subsequent NCBI E-utilities API queries ⓘ upload lists of database identifiers to NCBI servers ⓘ |
| rateLimitedBy | NCBI E-utilities usage policies ⓘ |
| requires |
valid Entrez identifiers
ⓘ
valid NCBI database name ⓘ |
| returns |
NCBI history server record
ⓘ
WebEnv ⓘ query_key ⓘ |
| securityModel | unauthenticated public API with usage limits ⓘ |
| storesOn |
NCBI history server
ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
|
| supportsBatchSize | large lists of identifiers ⓘ |
| supportsDatabase |
Assembly
ⓘ
BioProject ⓘ
linked to:
BioProject database
BioSample ⓘ
linked to:
BioSample database
Gene ⓘ Nucleotide ⓘ Protein ⓘ PubMed ⓘ |
| supportsFormat | URL-encoded form data ⓘ |
| typicalWorkflowRole |
first step before EFetch
ⓘ
first step before ELink ⓘ first step before ESummary ⓘ |
| usedWith |
NCBI Entrez databases
ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI databases
|
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: EPost Description of subject: EPost is an NCBI E-utilities service that allows users to upload and store lists of database identifiers on the NCBI server for use in subsequent API queries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.