Triple

T10608946
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Rivers E275953 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man
Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man is a seminal medical reference book on viral and rickettsial diseases, authored by virologist Thomas Rivers and widely used in mid-20th-century infectious disease research and practice.
E874264 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: Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man | Statement: [Thomas Rivers, notableWork, Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man
Context triple: [Thomas Rivers, notableWork, Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Ricketts
    Ricketts is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
  • C. The Journal of Infectious Diseases
    The Journal of Infectious Diseases is a leading peer-reviewed medical journal focusing on research and clinical studies related to infectious diseases and host-pathogen interactions.
  • D. Ricketts family
    The Ricketts family is an American family of investors and philanthropists best known for owning and revitalizing the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise.
  • E. De variolis et morbillis
    De variolis et morbillis is a pioneering medieval medical treatise by Al-Razi that provides one of the earliest clinical descriptions and distinctions between smallpox and measles.
  • 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: Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man
Triple: [Thomas Rivers, notableWork, Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man]
Generated description
Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man is a seminal medical reference book on viral and rickettsial diseases, authored by virologist Thomas Rivers and widely used in mid-20th-century infectious disease research and practice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man
Target entity description: Viral and Rickettsial Infections of Man is a seminal medical reference book on viral and rickettsial diseases, authored by virologist Thomas Rivers and widely used in mid-20th-century infectious disease research and practice.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Ricketts
    Ricketts is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
  • C. The Journal of Infectious Diseases
    The Journal of Infectious Diseases is a leading peer-reviewed medical journal focusing on research and clinical studies related to infectious diseases and host-pathogen interactions.
  • D. Ricketts family
    The Ricketts family is an American family of investors and philanthropists best known for owning and revitalizing the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise.
  • E. De variolis et morbillis
    De variolis et morbillis is a pioneering medieval medical treatise by Al-Razi that provides one of the earliest clinical descriptions and distinctions between smallpox and measles.
  • 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_69d6aaf948d88190806cc3a8c47a3fb2 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6df4d0a6881909fea20378085173d completed April 8, 2026, 11:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d95ebe539881908aeff1cd65cf925f completed April 10, 2026, 8:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d95f81955c8190b629d57a034a4b76 completed April 10, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d961047a78819088094e02c0b99f60 completed April 10, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 7:32 p.m.