Kotex
E726040
Kotex is a well-known feminine hygiene brand offering products such as sanitary pads, tampons, and liners.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kotex canonical | 4 |
| Always Maxi pads | 1 |
| Durex | 1 |
| Kotex Lightdays | 1 |
| Kotex Natural Balance | 1 |
| Kotex Overnight | 1 |
| Kotex Security | 1 |
| Kotex Ultra Thin | 1 |
| TENA | 1 |
| U by Kotex | 1 |
| youth-oriented (U by Kotex sub-brand) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8334035 — 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: Kotex Context triple: [Kimberly-Clark Corporation, brand, Kotex]
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A.
Sheex
Sheex is a performance bedding company known for its athletic-inspired, moisture-wicking sheets and sleepwear.
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B.
Charmin
Charmin is a popular brand of toilet paper known for its softness and comfort, produced by Procter & Gamble.
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C.
Wacoal
Wacoal is a Japanese company best known as a leading manufacturer and retailer of women's lingerie and intimate apparel.
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D.
Blistex
Blistex is an American company best known for producing lip care and other medicated skin care products.
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E.
Herbal Essences
Herbal Essences is a popular hair care brand known for its fragranced shampoos and conditioners often marketed with botanical and natural imagery.
- 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: Kotex Target entity description: Kotex is a well-known feminine hygiene brand offering products such as sanitary pads, tampons, and liners.
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A.
Sheex
Sheex is a performance bedding company known for its athletic-inspired, moisture-wicking sheets and sleepwear.
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B.
Charmin
Charmin is a popular brand of toilet paper known for its softness and comfort, produced by Procter & Gamble.
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C.
Wacoal
Wacoal is a Japanese company best known as a leading manufacturer and retailer of women's lingerie and intimate apparel.
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D.
Blistex
Blistex is an American company best known for producing lip care and other medicated skin care products.
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E.
Herbal Essences
Herbal Essences is a popular hair care brand known for its fragranced shampoos and conditioners often marketed with botanical and natural imagery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consumer product brand
ⓘ
feminine hygiene brand ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
menstrual health education campaigns
ⓘ
period poverty awareness initiatives ⓘ |
| brandPositioning |
affordable mass-market brand
ⓘ
youth-oriented (U by Kotex sub-brand) ⓘ
linked to:
Kotex
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasBrandVariant |
Kotex Lightdays
ⓘ
linked to:
Kotex
Kotex Natural Balance ⓘ
linked to:
Kotex
Kotex Overnight ⓘ
linked to:
Kotex
Kotex Security ⓘ
linked to:
Kotex
Kotex Ultra Thin ⓘ
linked to:
Kotex
U by Kotex ⓘ
linked to:
Kotex
|
| hasFeature |
adhesive-backed pads
ⓘ
applicator tampons ⓘ disposable ⓘ non-applicator tampons ⓘ scented variants ⓘ single-use ⓘ unscented variants ⓘ wings on some pad products ⓘ |
| industry |
hygiene products
ⓘ
personal care ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Kimberly-Clark
ⓘ
linked to:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
|
| marketedIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Kimberly-Clark
ⓘ
linked to:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
|
| productCategory |
feminine hygiene products
ⓘ
menstrual care products ⓘ |
| productType |
panty liner
ⓘ
sanitary pad ⓘ tampon ⓘ |
| regulatoryCategory | over-the-counter consumer product ⓘ |
| soldAs | retail packaged products ⓘ |
| soldAt |
convenience stores
ⓘ
online retailers ⓘ pharmacies ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ |
| targetDemographic |
menstruating people
ⓘ
women ⓘ |
| usedFor |
absorption of menstrual fluid
ⓘ
menstrual protection ⓘ |
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: Kotex Description of subject: Kotex is a well-known feminine hygiene brand offering products such as sanitary pads, tampons, and liners.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kotex
linked to: Kotex
subject linked to:
KMB
linked to: Kotex
linked to: Kotex
linked to: Kotex
linked to: Kotex
linked to: Kotex
linked to: Kotex
linked to: Kotex
linked to: Kotex