Triple

T6929623
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt E160399 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object germ theory of disease
The germ theory of disease is the scientific concept that many illnesses are caused by microscopic organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi invading and multiplying within a host.
E628897 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: germ theory of disease | Statement: [Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt, influencedBy, germ theory of disease]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: germ theory of disease
Context triple: [Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt, influencedBy, germ theory of disease]
  • A. Koch's postulates
    Koch's postulates are a set of criteria formulated in the late 19th century to establish a causal relationship between a specific microorganism and a particular disease.
  • B. The Story of Louis Pasteur
    The Story of Louis Pasteur is a 1936 biographical drama film depicting the life and scientific breakthroughs of French chemist Louis Pasteur, particularly his work on germ theory and vaccination.
  • C. Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation
    Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation is a medical and public health treatise by Thomas Beddoes advocating for and analyzing the benefits of smallpox vaccination.
  • D. Robert Koch
    Robert Koch was a pioneering German physician and microbiologist who identified the causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, laying the foundations of modern bacteriology.
  • 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: germ theory of disease
Triple: [Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt, influencedBy, germ theory of disease]
Generated description
The germ theory of disease is the scientific concept that many illnesses are caused by microscopic organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi invading and multiplying within a host.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: germ theory of disease
Target entity description: The germ theory of disease is the scientific concept that many illnesses are caused by microscopic organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi invading and multiplying within a host.
  • A. Koch's postulates
    Koch's postulates are a set of criteria formulated in the late 19th century to establish a causal relationship between a specific microorganism and a particular disease.
  • B. The Story of Louis Pasteur
    The Story of Louis Pasteur is a 1936 biographical drama film depicting the life and scientific breakthroughs of French chemist Louis Pasteur, particularly his work on germ theory and vaccination.
  • C. Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation
    Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation is a medical and public health treatise by Thomas Beddoes advocating for and analyzing the benefits of smallpox vaccination.
  • D. Robert Koch
    Robert Koch was a pioneering German physician and microbiologist who identified the causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, laying the foundations of modern bacteriology.
  • 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_69c6884e15208190b9e91487eaafcf85 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6da1f5fcc8190b43f53f90fc1821c completed March 27, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7514774d88190af212d7953014703 completed March 28, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7524d677c81909531ba9bb46f2632 completed March 28, 2026, 4 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c752bef2808190843f3cad53aa5702 completed March 28, 2026, 4:02 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:27 p.m.