La Roche
E821685
La Roche is a shortened reference to the Swiss healthcare company F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, a major global pharmaceutical and diagnostics firm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Roche canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9806842 — 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: La Roche Context triple: [Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche, hasPartInName, La Roche]
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A.
Roquebillière
Roquebillière is a small commune in southeastern France, situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
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B.
Mouriès
Mouriès is a village in southern France’s Provence region, known for its olive oil production and location near the Alpilles hills.
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C.
Vallette
Vallette is a district in Turin, Italy, known for hosting the modern Allianz Stadium, home of the Juventus football club.
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D.
Lantheuil
Lantheuil is a small commune in the Calvados department of the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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E.
La Dôle
La Dôle is a prominent mountain peak in the Jura range of western Switzerland, known for its panoramic views over Lake Geneva and the Alps and for hosting telecommunications and weather facilities near its summit.
- 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: La Roche Target entity description: La Roche is a shortened reference to the Swiss healthcare company F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, a major global pharmaceutical and diagnostics firm.
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A.
Roquebillière
Roquebillière is a small commune in southeastern France, situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
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B.
Mouriès
Mouriès is a village in southern France’s Provence region, known for its olive oil production and location near the Alpilles hills.
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C.
Vallette
Vallette is a district in Turin, Italy, known for hosting the modern Allianz Stadium, home of the Juventus football club.
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D.
Lantheuil
Lantheuil is a small commune in the Calvados department of the Normandy region in northwestern France.
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E.
La Dôle
La Dôle is a prominent mountain peak in the Jura range of western Switzerland, known for its panoramic views over Lake Geneva and the Alps and for hosting telecommunications and weather facilities near its summit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pharmaceutical company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cardiometabolic diseases
ⓘ
immunology ⓘ infectious diseases ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ oncology ⓘ ophthalmology ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Chugai Pharmaceutical
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Genentech NERFINISHED ⓘ Roche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Roche Diabetes Care
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roche Diagnostics NERFINISHED ⓘ Roche Pharmaceuticals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRAndDCentersIn |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Basel, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1896 ⓘ |
| industry |
biotechnology
ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ in vitro diagnostics ⓘ pharmaceuticals ⓘ |
| legalForm | Aktiengesellschaft ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Actemra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Avastin NERFINISHED ⓘ Herceptin NERFINISHED ⓘ Perjeta NERFINISHED ⓘ Rituxan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamiflu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tecentriq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productType |
diagnostic tests
ⓘ
laboratory instruments ⓘ prescription medicines ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
companion diagnostics
ⓘ
personalized healthcare ⓘ |
| stockExchange | SIX Swiss Exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Chugai Pharmaceutical
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Genentech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | ROG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.roche.com ⓘ |
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: La Roche Description of subject: La Roche is a shortened reference to the Swiss healthcare company F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, a major global pharmaceutical and diagnostics firm.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.