Triple

T23399746
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject JC virus E559470 entity
Predicate discoveredBy P412 FINISHED
Object Chou
Chou is a researcher best known for first identifying and characterizing the JC virus, a human polyomavirus associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
E1583708 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: Chou | Statement: [JC virus, discoveredBy, Chou]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chou
Context triple: [JC virus, discoveredBy, Chou]
  • A. Chou
    Chou is a romanized spelling commonly used to represent the Japanese name "Chō" in English and other Latin-alphabet contexts.
  • B. Chou
    Chou is the comic or clown role type in traditional Chinese Peking opera, known for its humorous, witty, and often satirical performances.
  • C. Chou
    Chou is an alternative romanization of the Chinese surname and dynasty name commonly spelled "Zhou" in pinyin.
  • D. Santchou
    Santchou is a municipality in the Ménoua department of Cameroon, known for its agricultural activities and location in the West Region.
  • E. Chao-chou
    Chao-chou is an older romanized form of the name for Chaozhou, a historic city in eastern Guangdong Province, China, known for its distinctive Teochew culture and cuisine.
  • 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: Chou
Triple: [JC virus, discoveredBy, Chou]
Generated description
Chou is a researcher best known for first identifying and characterizing the JC virus, a human polyomavirus associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chou
Target entity description: Chou is a researcher best known for first identifying and characterizing the JC virus, a human polyomavirus associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
  • A. Chou
    Chou is a romanized spelling commonly used to represent the Japanese name "Chō" in English and other Latin-alphabet contexts.
  • B. Chou
    Chou is the comic or clown role type in traditional Chinese Peking opera, known for its humorous, witty, and often satirical performances.
  • C. Chou
    Chou is an alternative romanization of the Chinese surname and dynasty name commonly spelled "Zhou" in pinyin.
  • D. Santchou
    Santchou is a municipality in the Ménoua department of Cameroon, known for its agricultural activities and location in the West Region.
  • E. Chao-chou
    Chao-chou is an older romanized form of the name for Chaozhou, a historic city in eastern Guangdong Province, China, known for its distinctive Teochew culture and cuisine.
  • 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_69e24549610c8190a069d6411ce5f661 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a4dedfcc8190ab93cec3c3d15c53 completed April 29, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c5df194bc819084aa4de85966c68f completed May 19, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c5f52fe308190b87c53f9a9d915e0 completed May 19, 2026, 1:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c5ffbea40819088a5a01a3763c718 completed May 19, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:37 p.m.