Triple

T4784878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merck & Co. E106451 entity
Predicate brandName P1500 FINISHED
Object MSD
MSD is the international trading name used by the global pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. outside the United States and Canada.
 E468954 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: MSD | Statement: [Merck & Co., brandName, MSD]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MSD
Context triple: [Merck & Co., brandName, MSD]
  • A. MS
    MS is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat in the Caribbean.
  • B. MS
    MS is a postgraduate Master of Science degree typically focused on advanced study and research in scientific or technical disciplines.
  • C. MS
    MS is the official two-letter United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Mississippi.
  • D. MS
    MS is the official vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Münster.
  • E. MS
    MS is the station code for Chennai Egmore, one of the major railway terminals in Chennai, India.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: MSD
Triple: [Merck & Co., brandName, MSD]
Generated description
MSD is the international trading name used by the global pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. outside the United States and Canada.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: MSD
Target entity description: MSD is the international trading name used by the global pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. outside the United States and Canada.
  • A. MS
    MS is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat in the Caribbean.
  • B. MS
    MS is a postgraduate Master of Science degree typically focused on advanced study and research in scientific or technical disciplines.
  • C. MS
    MS is the official two-letter United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Mississippi.
  • D. MS
    MS is the official vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Münster.
  • E. MS
    MS is the station code for Chennai Egmore, one of the major railway terminals in Chennai, India.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be447c21d48190ab57c8761e733ff4 completed March 21, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be45f5ebec8190b62c428b465d1bd9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:22 p.m.