Triple
T16923106
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Wellcome |
E410492
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Burroughs Wellcome & Co. |
E615836
|
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: Burroughs Wellcome & Co. | Statement: [Henry Wellcome, coFounded, Burroughs Wellcome & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Context triple: [Henry Wellcome, coFounded, Burroughs Wellcome & Co.]
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A.
Burroughs Wellcome Company
chosen
Burroughs Wellcome Company was a pioneering American pharmaceutical firm known for its significant contributions to drug research and development in the 20th century.
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B.
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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C.
Merck & Co.
Merck & Co. is a major American pharmaceutical company known for developing and producing vaccines, oncology drugs, and other innovative medicines.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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_69d886c7b1e481908c3766dfa8c13458 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3cdf06e8c81908028efef2faa6c6b |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00d45a6ee8819092ae7c572be68e62 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.