EInfo
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EInfo is an NCBI E-utilities endpoint that provides metadata and field information about a specific NCBI database.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EInfo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098401 — 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: EInfo Context triple: [NCBI E-utilities API, hasComponent, EInfo]
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A.
E.I.
"E.I." is a hit hip-hop single by American rapper Nelly from his debut album "Country Grammar."
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B.
EIT
EIT is a European Union body that fosters innovation, entrepreneurship, and education by integrating business, research, and higher education institutions across Europe.
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C.
EIS
EIS is a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) training and service program that develops disease detectives who investigate and respond to public health threats and outbreaks.
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D.
EIS
EIS is a comprehensive document required by environmental regulations that evaluates the potential environmental effects of proposed projects or actions before decisions are made.
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E.
Eext
Eext is a small village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, known for its rural character and surrounding natural landscapes.
- 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: EInfo Target entity description: EInfo is an NCBI E-utilities endpoint that provides metadata and field information about a specific NCBI database.
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A.
E.I.
"E.I." is a hit hip-hop single by American rapper Nelly from his debut album "Country Grammar."
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B.
EIT
EIT is a European Union body that fosters innovation, entrepreneurship, and education by integrating business, research, and higher education institutions across Europe.
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C.
EIS
EIS is a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) training and service program that develops disease detectives who investigate and respond to public health threats and outbreaks.
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D.
EIS
EIS is a comprehensive document required by environmental regulations that evaluates the potential environmental effects of proposed projects or actions before decisions are made.
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E.
Eext
Eext is a small village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, known for its rural character and surrounding natural landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCBI E-utilities endpoint
ⓘ
web API method ⓘ |
| accesses | NCBI databases ⓘ |
| behaviorWithoutDb | returns list of all supported NCBI databases ⓘ |
| belongsToPlatform |
Entrez Programming Utilities
ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
|
| canBeCalledWithoutDb | true ⓘ |
| defaultFormat | XML ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25501/#chapter2.EInfo ⓘ |
| endpointURLPattern | https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi ⓘ |
| hasFullName | EInfo utility ⓘ |
| outputElement |
DbInfo
ⓘ
FieldList ⓘ LinkList ⓘ |
| parameter |
db
ⓘ
retmode ⓘ version ⓘ |
| partOf |
NCBI E-utilities
ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
|
| primaryFunction |
provide database metadata
ⓘ
provide field information ⓘ |
| providedBy | National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ |
| rateLimitedBy | NCBI E-utilities usage policies ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
EFetch
ⓘ
ELink ⓘ ESearch ⓘ ESummary ⓘ |
| requires | NCBI database name as db parameter ⓘ |
| returns |
available search fields
ⓘ
database last update date ⓘ database record count ⓘ database summary information ⓘ field abbreviations ⓘ field data types ⓘ field descriptions ⓘ field term counts ⓘ link information to other NCBI databases ⓘ |
| scope | Entrez databases such as pubmed, nucleotide, protein, gene, and others ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
JSON
ⓘ
XML ⓘ |
| supportsHTTPMethod |
GET
ⓘ
POST ⓘ |
| supportsOperation | retrieving information about a specific NCBI database ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NCBI API clients
ⓘ
linked to:
NCBI E-utilities API
bioinformatics applications ⓘ data integration pipelines ⓘ |
| usedFor |
checking database availability
ⓘ
discovering valid search fields for a database ⓘ programmatic configuration of queries ⓘ retrieving database statistics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: EInfo Description of subject: EInfo is an NCBI E-utilities endpoint that provides metadata and field information about a specific NCBI database.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.