Triple
T4784877
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merck & Co. |
E106451
|
entity |
| Predicate | brandName |
P1500
|
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: [Merck & Co., brandName, Merck Sharp & Dohme]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merck Sharp & Dohme Context triple: [Merck & Co., brandName, 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.
GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products.
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C.
Novartis
Novartis is a global Swiss-based pharmaceutical company known for developing innovative medicines across a wide range of therapeutic areas.
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D.
Pharmacia
Pharmacia was a major pharmaceutical company known for its global drug development and manufacturing operations before ultimately becoming part of Pfizer.
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E.
Roche
Roche is a major Swiss multinational healthcare company and one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and diagnostics firms.
- 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_69bd43f4a9588190bf73e20bc27c03cc |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd65ae49ec81908f16248d22d1155f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be43dbdec88190817845e7930a18f6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:22 p.m.