Triple

T2149885
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kalamazoo E47154 entity
Predicate hasHistoricCompany P14827 FINISHED
Object Upjohn Company
Upjohn Company was a prominent American pharmaceutical manufacturer founded in the 19th century, known for its innovations in drug formulation and its long-standing presence in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
 E240119 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: Upjohn Company | Statement: [Kalamazoo, hasHistoricCompany, Upjohn Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Upjohn Company
Context triple: [Kalamazoo, hasHistoricCompany, Upjohn Company]
  • A. G. D. Searle & Company
    G. D. Searle & Company was a major American pharmaceutical firm known for developing products such as the artificial sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet) before being acquired by Monsanto.
  • B. Abbott Laboratories
    Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that develops and manufactures medical devices, diagnostics, branded generic medicines, and nutritional products.
  • C. Merck & Co.
    Merck & Co. is a major American pharmaceutical company known for developing and producing vaccines, oncology drugs, and other innovative medicines.
  • D. Johnson & Johnson
    Johnson & Johnson is a multinational healthcare conglomerate best known for its pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products.
  • E. Bayer
    Bayer is a major German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company known for products such as aspirin and its work in healthcare and agriculture.
  • 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: Upjohn Company
Triple: [Kalamazoo, hasHistoricCompany, Upjohn Company]
Generated description
Upjohn Company was a prominent American pharmaceutical manufacturer founded in the 19th century, known for its innovations in drug formulation and its long-standing presence in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Upjohn Company
Target entity description: Upjohn Company was a prominent American pharmaceutical manufacturer founded in the 19th century, known for its innovations in drug formulation and its long-standing presence in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  • A. G. D. Searle & Company
    G. D. Searle & Company was a major American pharmaceutical firm known for developing products such as the artificial sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet) before being acquired by Monsanto.
  • B. Abbott Laboratories
    Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that develops and manufactures medical devices, diagnostics, branded generic medicines, and nutritional products.
  • C. Merck & Co.
    Merck & Co. is a major American pharmaceutical company known for developing and producing vaccines, oncology drugs, and other innovative medicines.
  • D. Johnson & Johnson
    Johnson & Johnson is a multinational healthcare conglomerate best known for its pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products.
  • E. Bayer
    Bayer is a major German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company known for products such as aspirin and its work in healthcare and agriculture.
  • 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_69a88a1933e0819094f18426ed74180f completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc5af20808190902031d8c0bba376 completed March 7, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae58dc0b608190b5c6aed5b6b034fd completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae599c6b288190b7e173ffc505c605 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5a42675c8190a019034e8a6bda21 completed March 9, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.