Strepsils
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Strepsils is a popular brand of medicated throat lozenges used to relieve sore throat and mouth infections.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Strepsils canonical | 3 |
| Strepsils Cool | 1 |
| Strepsils Extra | 1 |
| Strepsils Honey and Lemon | 1 |
| Strepsils Intensive | 1 |
| Strepsils Orange with Vitamin C | 1 |
| Strepsils Original | 1 |
| Strepsils Sore Throat and Cough | 1 |
| Strepsils Warm | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11650815 — 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: Strepsils Context triple: [Reckitt Benckiser, product, Strepsils]
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A.
Listerine
Listerine is a widely used antiseptic mouthwash brand known for its strong flavor and plaque- and germ-fighting oral care products.
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B.
Läkerol
Läkerol is a well-known Scandinavian brand of sugar-free pastilles and throat lozenges, recognized for its wide range of flavors and long-standing presence in Nordic confectionery.
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C.
Opekta
Opekta was a German-Dutch company that produced and sold pectin-based gelling agents for making jam, notably managed in its Amsterdam branch by Anne Frank’s father, Otto Frank.
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D.
Altoids
Altoids are a long-standing brand of strong, peppermint-flavored mints popularly marketed as "Curiously Strong" and sold in distinctive metal tins.
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E.
Pepto-Bismol
Pepto-Bismol is an over-the-counter medication commonly used to relieve digestive issues such as nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, and diarrhea.
- 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: Strepsils Target entity description: Strepsils is a popular brand of medicated throat lozenges used to relieve sore throat and mouth infections.
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A.
Listerine
Listerine is a widely used antiseptic mouthwash brand known for its strong flavor and plaque- and germ-fighting oral care products.
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B.
Läkerol
Läkerol is a well-known Scandinavian brand of sugar-free pastilles and throat lozenges, recognized for its wide range of flavors and long-standing presence in Nordic confectionery.
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C.
Opekta
Opekta was a German-Dutch company that produced and sold pectin-based gelling agents for making jam, notably managed in its Amsterdam branch by Anne Frank’s father, Otto Frank.
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D.
Altoids
Altoids are a long-standing brand of strong, peppermint-flavored mints popularly marketed as "Curiously Strong" and sold in distinctive metal tins.
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E.
Pepto-Bismol
Pepto-Bismol is an over-the-counter medication commonly used to relieve digestive issues such as nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, and diarrhea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brand
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over-the-counter medicine brand ⓘ throat lozenge brand ⓘ |
| availableAs |
sugar-containing lozenges
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sugar-free lozenges ⓘ |
| hasActiveIngredient |
2,4-dichlorobenzyl alcohol
ⓘ
amylmetacresol ⓘ flurbiprofen ⓘ hexylresorcinol ⓘ lidocaine ⓘ vitamin C ⓘ |
| hasDosageForm | lozenge ⓘ |
| hasFlavour |
blackcurrant
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cherry ⓘ honey and lemon ⓘ menthol ⓘ orange ⓘ |
| hasPharmacologicalEffect |
anti-inflammatory effect
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antiseptic effect ⓘ local anaesthetic effect ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Strepsils Cool
ⓘ
linked to:
Strepsils
Strepsils Extra ⓘ
linked to:
Strepsils
Strepsils Honey and Lemon ⓘ
linked to:
Strepsils
Strepsils Intensive ⓘ
linked to:
Strepsils
Strepsils Orange with Vitamin C ⓘ
linked to:
Strepsils
Strepsils Original ⓘ
linked to:
Strepsils
Strepsils Sore Throat and Cough ⓘ
linked to:
Strepsils
Strepsils Warm ⓘ
linked to:
Strepsils
|
| isNonprescription | true ⓘ |
| marketedIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ India ⓘ Middle East ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc
ⓘ
linked to:
Reckitt Benckiser
|
| previouslyOwnedBy |
Boots Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Boots UK Limited
|
| productType | medicated throat lozenge ⓘ |
| routeOfAdministration | oral ⓘ |
| takenBy | dissolving slowly in the mouth ⓘ |
| treatsSymptom |
difficulty swallowing due to sore throat
ⓘ
sore throat pain ⓘ throat irritation ⓘ |
| typicalPackSize |
16 lozenges
ⓘ
24 lozenges ⓘ 36 lozenges ⓘ 8 lozenges ⓘ |
| usedFor |
relief of mouth infections
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relief of sore throat ⓘ relief of throat infections ⓘ |
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: Strepsils Description of subject: Strepsils is a popular brand of medicated throat lozenges used to relieve sore throat and mouth infections.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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