Triple
T19157169
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | MSD |
E468954
|
entity |
| Predicate | distinguishedFrom |
P1612
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merck (U.S. and Canada brand name of Merck & Co.) |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Merck (U.S. and Canada brand name of Merck & Co.) | Statement: [MSD, distinguishedFrom, Merck (U.S. and Canada brand name of Merck & Co.)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merck (U.S. and Canada brand name of Merck & Co.) Context triple: [MSD, distinguishedFrom, Merck (U.S. and Canada brand name of Merck & Co.)]
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A.
Merck & Co.
chosen
Merck & Co. is a major American pharmaceutical company known for developing and producing vaccines, oncology drugs, and other innovative medicines.
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B.
Merck Life Science
Merck Life Science is the life science business of Merck KGaA, providing products and technologies for research, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical development worldwide.
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C.
Merck KGaA global headquarters
Merck KGaA global headquarters is the central corporate and administrative hub of the multinational science and technology company Merck KGaA.
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D.
Merck KGaA
Merck KGaA is a German multinational science and technology company specializing in healthcare, life science, and electronics.
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E.
GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8dd084ff48190ac0f8c46ee722629 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5eeb9cf9081908b17073755e83554 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:06 p.m.