Triple

T16450989
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marion Laboratories E399548 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Marion Merrell Dow
Marion Merrell Dow was a major U.S. pharmaceutical company formed through mergers in the late 20th century, later acquired by Hoechst AG and ultimately becoming part of Sanofi.
E1261102 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Marion Merrell Dow | Statement: [Marion Laboratories, successor, Marion Merrell Dow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marion Merrell Dow
Context triple: [Marion Laboratories, successor, Marion Merrell Dow]
  • A. Frances Minturn Howard
    Frances Minturn Howard was an American poet and author known for her mid-20th-century verse and contributions to literary magazines.
  • B. Charlotte Anita Whitney
    Charlotte Anita Whitney was an American political activist and early 20th-century socialist whose prosecution under California’s criminal syndicalism laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Whitney v. California.
  • C. A. Barton Hepburn
    A. Barton Hepburn was an American banker and public official who served as U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and became a prominent figure in early 20th-century finance.
  • D. Mildred McAfee Horton
    Mildred McAfee Horton was an American educator and naval officer who became the first director of the U.S. Navy’s WAVES program and the first woman commissioned as a line officer in the U.S. Navy.
  • E. M. Lucile Hubbard
    M. Lucile Hubbard was an American geologist and educator known for her contributions to the study of glacial geology and for promoting science education.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Marion Merrell Dow
Triple: [Marion Laboratories, successor, Marion Merrell Dow]
Generated description
Marion Merrell Dow was a major U.S. pharmaceutical company formed through mergers in the late 20th century, later acquired by Hoechst AG and ultimately becoming part of Sanofi.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marion Merrell Dow
Target entity description: Marion Merrell Dow was a major U.S. pharmaceutical company formed through mergers in the late 20th century, later acquired by Hoechst AG and ultimately becoming part of Sanofi.
  • A. Frances Minturn Howard
    Frances Minturn Howard was an American poet and author known for her mid-20th-century verse and contributions to literary magazines.
  • B. Charlotte Anita Whitney
    Charlotte Anita Whitney was an American political activist and early 20th-century socialist whose prosecution under California’s criminal syndicalism laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Whitney v. California.
  • C. A. Barton Hepburn
    A. Barton Hepburn was an American banker and public official who served as U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and became a prominent figure in early 20th-century finance.
  • D. Mildred McAfee Horton
    Mildred McAfee Horton was an American educator and naval officer who became the first director of the U.S. Navy’s WAVES program and the first woman commissioned as a line officer in the U.S. Navy.
  • E. M. Lucile Hubbard
    M. Lucile Hubbard was an American geologist and educator known for her contributions to the study of glacial geology and for promoting science education.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d87f2c6778819080fcfae53be8f12a completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32ce06de0819086eea241c6b32223 completed April 18, 2026, 7:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0180bf3d308190b4965d57fe327a52 completed May 11, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0181fcce3081909822812f113f24c8 completed May 11, 2026, 7:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0182ccd104819088569cf0be87b4d3 completed May 11, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.