Applegate
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Applegate is a natural and organic meat and cheese brand known for its minimally processed products and commitment to animal welfare.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Applegate canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10605676 — 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: Applegate Context triple: [Hormel Foods Corporation, hasBrand, Applegate]
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A.
Applegate
Applegate is the surname of American actress Christina Applegate, known for her roles in television and film.
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B.
Appar
Appar was a prominent 7th-century Tamil Shaivite saint and poet whose devotional hymns greatly shaped the Bhakti movement in South India.
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C.
Appel
Appel is the surname of Jayne Appel, an American former professional basketball player who starred at Stanford University and in the WNBA.
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D.
Applebite
"Applebite" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden from their 1996 album *Down on the Upside*.
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E.
Chapple
Chapple is a small rural township located within Ontario’s Rainy River District in Canada.
- 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: Applegate Target entity description: Applegate is a natural and organic meat and cheese brand known for its minimally processed products and commitment to animal welfare.
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A.
Applegate
Applegate is the surname of American actress Christina Applegate, known for her roles in television and film.
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B.
Appar
Appar was a prominent 7th-century Tamil Shaivite saint and poet whose devotional hymns greatly shaped the Bhakti movement in South India.
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C.
Appel
Appel is the surname of Jayne Appel, an American former professional basketball player who starred at Stanford University and in the WNBA.
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D.
Applebite
"Applebite" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden from their 1996 album *Down on the Upside*.
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E.
Chapple
Chapple is a small rural township located within Ontario’s Rainy River District in Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cheese brand
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consumer packaged goods company ⓘ food brand ⓘ meat brand ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Hormel Foods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| brandName | Applegate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brandSlogan | Changing The Meat We Eat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| distributionChannel |
natural food stores
ⓘ
online retailers ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ |
| founded | 1987 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Stephen McDonnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bridgewater, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
dairy products
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food ⓘ meat processing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
antibiotic-free meat
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commitment to animal welfare ⓘ minimally processed foods ⓘ natural meat products ⓘ no added hormones ⓘ no artificial ingredients ⓘ organic meat products ⓘ |
| offersProduct |
bacon
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burgers ⓘ cheese slices ⓘ deli meat ⓘ frozen chicken nuggets ⓘ hot dogs ⓘ sausages ⓘ snack packs ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Hormel Foods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionStandard |
humanely raised animals
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no antibiotics ever ⓘ no artificial colors ⓘ no artificial flavors ⓘ no artificial preservatives ⓘ |
| productType |
cheese products
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frozen foods ⓘ meat products ⓘ refrigerated foods ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
families
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health-conscious consumers ⓘ |
| usesMarketingTerm |
natural
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organic ⓘ |
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: Applegate Description of subject: Applegate is a natural and organic meat and cheese brand known for its minimally processed products and commitment to animal welfare.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.