Triple
T6251119
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Decision to provide ivermectin (Mectizan) free of charge for river blindness |
E140047
|
entity |
| Predicate | madeBy |
P21334
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merck Sharp & Dohme |
E106451
|
NE FINISHED |
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 Sharp & Dohme | Statement: [Decision to provide ivermectin (Mectizan) free of charge for river blindness, madeBy, Merck Sharp & Dohme]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merck Sharp & Dohme Context triple: [Decision to provide ivermectin (Mectizan) free of charge for river blindness, madeBy, Merck Sharp & Dohme]
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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.
Schering
Schering is a German surname most notably associated with Ernst Schering, a 19th-century pharmacist and founder of the pharmaceutical company Schering AG.
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C.
GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products.
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D.
Smith, Kline & French
Smith, Kline & French was a major 20th-century pharmaceutical company known for developing and marketing important prescription drugs before becoming part of GlaxoSmithKline.
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E.
Bristol Myers Squibb
Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing innovative medicines in areas such as oncology, immunology, and cardiovascular disease.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c008b4858c819095b0199114a9a87b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0633dde348190bbf02a943d94e3be |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c5191d2d248190b34edca246ee74b8 |
completed | March 26, 2026, 11:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:24 p.m.