[Atlas] Entity canonicalization and ontology alignment
Goal
Build kg_normalize.py: (a) map relation types to controlled vocabulary of ~20 canonical relations, (b) merge duplicate entities, (c) align entity types to fixed ontology (gene, protein, pathway, disease, drug, phenotype, cell_type, brain_region). Runs in post_process.py pipeline. Acceptance: relations <=25 types; no duplicates.
Acceptance Criteria
☐ Implementation complete and tested
☐ All affected pages load (200 status)
☐ Work visible on the website frontend
☐ No broken links introduced
☐ Code follows existing patterns
Approach
Read relevant source files to understand current state
Plan implementation based on existing architecture
Implement changes
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- 2026-04-01 10:00 - Started implementation. Examining current pipeline and data structures.
- 2026-04-01 10:30 - Completed implementation:
* Built kg_normalize.py with canonicalization logic
* Mapped 77 relation types → 10 canonical relations (✓ <=25)
* Mapped 33 entity types → 5 canonical types (✓ <=8)
* Implemented duplicate entity merging (removed 405 duplicates)
* Integrated into post_process.py pipeline (step 2)
* Tested successfully: all acceptance criteria met
* Canonical relations: activates, causes, component_of, decreases_risk, encodes, increases_risk, inhibits, participates_in, produces, regulates
* Canonical entity types: disease, drug, gene, phenotype, protein
- 2026-04-25 21:15 - Rebuilt kg_normalize.py on current main:
* Canonical relations: 25 (limit 25) ✓
* Canonical entity types: 8 (limit 8) ✓
* DB had 892 distinct relation values → 25 canonical relations used ✓
* DB had 134 distinct entity types → 8 canonical types used ✓
* Normalized 104,984 relation values, 49,251 entity types
* Merged 27,422 duplicate edges on UniqueViolation
* Commit: 6253aa178 [Atlas] Add kg_normalize.py [task:ed421469-317a-46da-b33f-d440a705cd9f]