Triple

T4784847
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak E106450 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak
The 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak was a significant Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that prompted an international public health response due to its spread risk and severity.
E468950 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: 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak | Statement: [2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak, relatedTo, 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak
Context triple: [2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak, relatedTo, 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak]
  • A. 2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak
    The 2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak was a localized flare-up of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that was quickly contained through rapid public health intervention.
  • B. 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    The 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a major Ebola virus outbreak in the country’s conflict-affected eastern region that became the second-largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded and prompted a global emergency response.
  • C. 2007 Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo
    The 2007 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a deadly epidemic in Kasai-Occidental Province that resulted in dozens of cases and fatalities and was caused by the highly virulent Zaire ebolavirus.
  • D. 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak
    The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak was the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, primarily affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and prompting a major international public health emergency response.
  • E. 1995 Kikwit Ebola outbreak
    The 1995 Kikwit Ebola outbreak was a major epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Kikwit, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), that caused hundreds of cases and deaths and became a key event in understanding and responding to Ebola.
  • 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: 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak
Triple: [2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak, relatedTo, 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak]
Generated description
The 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak was a significant Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that prompted an international public health response due to its spread risk and severity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak
Target entity description: The 2018 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak was a significant Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that prompted an international public health response due to its spread risk and severity.
  • A. 2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak
    The 2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak was a localized flare-up of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that was quickly contained through rapid public health intervention.
  • B. 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    The 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a major Ebola virus outbreak in the country’s conflict-affected eastern region that became the second-largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded and prompted a global emergency response.
  • C. 2007 Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo
    The 2007 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a deadly epidemic in Kasai-Occidental Province that resulted in dozens of cases and fatalities and was caused by the highly virulent Zaire ebolavirus.
  • D. 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak
    The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak was the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, primarily affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and prompting a major international public health emergency response.
  • E. 1995 Kikwit Ebola outbreak
    The 1995 Kikwit Ebola outbreak was a major epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Kikwit, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), that caused hundreds of cases and deaths and became a key event in understanding and responding to Ebola.
  • 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_69bd43f4a9588190bf73e20bc27c03cc completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd65ae49ec81908f16248d22d1155f completed March 20, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be43dbdec88190817845e7930a18f6 completed March 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be447c21d48190ab57c8761e733ff4 completed March 21, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be45f5ebec8190b62c428b465d1bd9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:22 p.m.