BioSample database
E570179
The BioSample database is an NCBI repository that stores and organizes metadata about biological samples used in genomic and other molecular research studies.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BioSample | 4 |
| BioSample database canonical | 3 |
| NCBI BioSample database | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098386 — 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: BioSample database Context triple: [NCBI E-utilities API, providesAccessTo, BioSample database]
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A.
BioProject database
The BioProject database is an NCBI resource that organizes and links together data from large-scale biological research projects, such as genome sequencing and functional genomics studies.
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B.
GEO DataSets
GEO DataSets is a public NCBI repository that organizes and provides access to curated gene expression and other functional genomics experiment data.
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C.
Hannover Unified Biobank
Hannover Unified Biobank is a centralized biomedical research biobank that collects, processes, and stores human biological samples and associated data to support translational and clinical research.
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D.
NCBI E-utilities API
The NCBI E-utilities API is a set of programmatic web services that allow automated querying, retrieval, and integration of data from NCBI databases such as PubMed.
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E.
Cambridge Blood and Stem Cell Biobank
The Cambridge Blood and Stem Cell Biobank is a major research facility that collects, processes, and stores human blood and stem cell samples to support biomedical and translational research.
- 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: BioSample database Target entity description: The BioSample database is an NCBI repository that stores and organizes metadata about biological samples used in genomic and other molecular research studies.
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A.
BioProject database
The BioProject database is an NCBI resource that organizes and links together data from large-scale biological research projects, such as genome sequencing and functional genomics studies.
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B.
GEO DataSets
GEO DataSets is a public NCBI repository that organizes and provides access to curated gene expression and other functional genomics experiment data.
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C.
Hannover Unified Biobank
Hannover Unified Biobank is a centralized biomedical research biobank that collects, processes, and stores human biological samples and associated data to support translational and clinical research.
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D.
NCBI E-utilities API
The NCBI E-utilities API is a set of programmatic web services that allow automated querying, retrieval, and integration of data from NCBI databases such as PubMed.
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E.
Cambridge Blood and Stem Cell Biobank
The Cambridge Blood and Stem Cell Biobank is a major research facility that collects, processes, and stores human blood and stem cell samples to support biomedical and translational research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | biological database ⓘ |
| accessibleVia |
NCBI E-utilities API
ⓘ
NCBI Entrez search ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
NCBI web interface ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
BioProject database
ⓘ
GEO ⓘ GenBank ⓘ Gene Expression Omnibus ⓘ SRA ⓘ Sequence Read Archive ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI SRA
dbGaP ⓘ |
| conformsTo | FAIR data principles ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| enables |
linking experimental data to samples
ⓘ
reuse of sample metadata ⓘ standardized sample annotation ⓘ |
| hasDataModel | attribute–value pairs ⓘ |
| hasIdentifierType | BioSample accession ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosample/ ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryTopic | biological samples ⓘ |
| hostedAt | NCBI data center ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
BioProject records
ⓘ
GEO sample records ⓘ GenBank sequence records ⓘ
linked to:
GenBank
SRA experiment records ⓘ dbGaP study records ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
NCBI
ⓘ
National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ |
| partOf |
NCBI Entrez system
ⓘ
linked to:
Entrez system
NCBI resources ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI databases
|
| provides |
downloadable sample metadata
ⓘ
searchable sample records ⓘ |
| scope |
agricultural samples
ⓘ
clinical samples ⓘ environmental samples ⓘ organisms from all domains of life ⓘ |
| stores |
metadata about biological samples
ⓘ
sample attributes ⓘ sample descriptions ⓘ |
| supports |
MIxS-compliant metadata
ⓘ
checklists for sample annotation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
genomic research
ⓘ
metagenomic studies ⓘ molecular research ⓘ sequence-based studies ⓘ |
| usesAccessionPrefix |
SAMD
ⓘ
SAME ⓘ SAMN ⓘ |
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: BioSample database Description of subject: The BioSample database is an NCBI repository that stores and organizes metadata about biological samples used in genomic and other molecular research studies.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: BioSample database
linked to: BioSample database
linked to: BioSample database
linked to: BioSample database
linked to: BioSample database