James Phipps
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James Phipps was the young boy who became the first person successfully vaccinated against smallpox in Edward Jenner’s pioneering 1796 experiment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Phipps canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4898450 — 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: James Phipps Context triple: [Edward Jenner, hasNotablePatient, James Phipps]
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A.
Franklin Evans
Franklin Evans was an early 20th-century figure associated with polar exploration and research, recognized for his role in establishing the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England.
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B.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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C.
Samuel Prescott
Samuel Prescott was an American physician and Patriot best known for completing Paul Revere’s midnight ride to warn colonial militias of approaching British forces before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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D.
James Poe
James Poe was an American screenwriter known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of the film "Lilies of the Field" and his work in radio, television, and cinema during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Benjamin
Benjamin is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of the right hand" or "favored son," widely used in many cultures and languages.
- 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: James Phipps Target entity description: James Phipps was the young boy who became the first person successfully vaccinated against smallpox in Edward Jenner’s pioneering 1796 experiment.
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A.
Franklin Evans
Franklin Evans was an early 20th-century figure associated with polar exploration and research, recognized for his role in establishing the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England.
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B.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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C.
Samuel Prescott
Samuel Prescott was an American physician and Patriot best known for completing Paul Revere’s midnight ride to warn colonial militias of approaching British forces before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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D.
James Poe
James Poe was an American screenwriter known for his Academy Award–winning adaptation of the film "Lilies of the Field" and his work in radio, television, and cinema during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Benjamin
Benjamin is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of the right hand" or "favored son," widely used in many cultures and languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Edward Jenner
ⓘ
cowpox ⓘ immunology ⓘ smallpox ⓘ vaccination ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| countryOfMedicalProcedure | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfMedicalProcedure | 1796 ⓘ |
| employer | Edward Jenner ⓘ |
| familyName | Phipps ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | James ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | gardener ⓘ |
| hasRole |
experimental subject
ⓘ
patient ⓘ |
| influenced | acceptance of vaccination as a medical practice ⓘ |
| languageOfCommunication | English ⓘ |
| medicalProcedureReceived |
cowpox inoculation
ⓘ
smallpox vaccination ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
biographies of Edward Jenner
ⓘ
historical accounts of smallpox eradication ⓘ |
| name | James Phipps ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first person successfully vaccinated against smallpox
ⓘ
participating in Edward Jenner’s pioneering smallpox vaccination experiment ⓘ |
| participantIn |
development of smallpox vaccine
ⓘ
history of vaccination ⓘ |
| placeOfMedicalProcedure |
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Berkeley, Gloucestershire
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| residence |
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Berkeley, Gloucestershire
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| subjectOf | Edward Jenner’s 1796 vaccination experiment ⓘ |
| testSubjectIn | early smallpox vaccine trials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: James Phipps Description of subject: James Phipps was the young boy who became the first person successfully vaccinated against smallpox in Edward Jenner’s pioneering 1796 experiment.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.