aldrin
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Aldrin is a highly toxic organochlorine insecticide formerly used in agriculture but now banned or restricted in many countries due to its environmental persistence and health risks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| aldrin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10479534 — 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: aldrin Context triple: [Annex A, lists, aldrin]
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A.
ALD
ALD is the former railway station code used for Prayagraj Junction, a major rail hub in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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B.
Alimin
Alimin was an early 20th-century Indonesian communist leader and activist who played a key role in the formation of the country’s communist movement.
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C.
Aldrich
Aldrich is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and academia.
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D.
Asten
Asten is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, known for its proximity to the De Groote Peel National Park and its rural, nature-rich surroundings.
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E.
Arntz
Arntz is a German surname most notably associated with Gerd Arntz, a 20th-century graphic designer and artist known for his influential pictogram and isotype work.
- 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: aldrin Target entity description: Aldrin is a highly toxic organochlorine insecticide formerly used in agriculture but now banned or restricted in many countries due to its environmental persistence and health risks.
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A.
ALD
ALD is the former railway station code used for Prayagraj Junction, a major rail hub in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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B.
Alimin
Alimin was an early 20th-century Indonesian communist leader and activist who played a key role in the formation of the country’s communist movement.
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C.
Aldrich
Aldrich is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and academia.
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D.
Asten
Asten is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant, known for its proximity to the De Groote Peel National Park and its rural, nature-rich surroundings.
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E.
Arntz
Arntz is a German surname most notably associated with Gerd Arntz, a 20th-century graphic designer and artist known for his influential pictogram and isotype work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cyclodiene insecticide
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organochlorine compound ⓘ organochlorine insecticide ⓘ |
| belongsToChemicalClass | chlorinated hydrocarbons ⓘ |
| chemicalFormula | C12H8Cl6 ⓘ |
| hasAppearance | white to tan crystalline solid ⓘ |
| hasBoilingPoint | 145 °C at 0.1 mmHg ⓘ |
| hasCASNumber | 309-00-2 ⓘ |
| hasIUPACName | 1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-1,4-endo-exo-5,8-dimethanonaphthalene ⓘ |
| hasMajorDegradationProduct | dieldrin ⓘ |
| hasMeltingPoint | 104 °C ⓘ |
| hasModeOfAction | interferes with the nervous system of insects ⓘ |
| hasMolarMass | 364.90 g/mol ⓘ |
| hasOdor | mild chemical odor ⓘ |
| hasOtherName |
1,2,3,4,10,10-hexachloro-1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-exo-1,4-endo-5,8-dimethanonaphthalene
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HHDN NERFINISHED ⓘ NCI-C00062 ⓘ octachlorohexahydrodimethanonaphthalene ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryExposureRoute |
dermal contact
GENERATED
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ingestion GENERATED ⓘ inhalation GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryStatus |
canceled for most uses in the United States
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no longer approved for agricultural use in the European Union ⓘ |
| isBannedOrRestrictedIn | many countries ⓘ |
| isBannedUnder | Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBioaccumulative | true ⓘ |
| isClassifiedByIARC | Group 3 (not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans) ⓘ |
| isEnvironmentallyPersistent | true ⓘ |
| isHighlyToxicTo |
birds
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fish ⓘ humans ⓘ |
| isMetabolizedTo | dieldrin ⓘ |
| isNeurotoxic | true ⓘ |
| isPersistentOrganicPollutant | true ⓘ |
| isPoorlySolubleIn | water ⓘ |
| isSolubleIn | organic solvents ⓘ |
| wasCommercializedIn | 1950s ⓘ |
| wasDevelopedBy | Shell Chemical Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasFirstSynthesizedInYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| wasUsedAs |
seed treatment insecticide
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soil insecticide ⓘ |
| wasUsedOnCrop |
corn
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cotton ⓘ potato ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ |
| wasUsedToControl |
corn rootworm
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locust ⓘ soil-dwelling insects ⓘ termite ⓘ |
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: aldrin Description of subject: Aldrin is a highly toxic organochlorine insecticide formerly used in agriculture but now banned or restricted in many countries due to its environmental persistence and health risks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.