Grail
E474924
Grail is a biotechnology company focused on developing blood-based tests for early cancer detection using advanced genomic sequencing and data science.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grail canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4850345 — 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: Grail Context triple: [Illumina, hasSubsidiary, Grail]
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A.
Yvain
Yvain is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, best known as the hero of Chrétien de Troyes’ romance "Yvain, the Knight of the Lion."
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B.
Holy Grail
The Holy Grail is a legendary sacred object in Christian and Arthurian tradition, often depicted as the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and later sought as a symbol of divine grace and ultimate truth.
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C.
The Excalibur
The Excalibur is the knight-themed mascot representing Trent University's athletic teams and school spirit.
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D.
Pendragon
Pendragon is the legendary surname and title associated with King Uther and his son King Arthur in Arthurian mythology, symbolizing their royal and dragon-linked lineage.
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E.
The Seven
The Seven is a legendary group of immortal beings often depicted as powerful, enigmatic figures central to various mythic or fictional narratives.
- 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: Grail Target entity description: Grail is a biotechnology company focused on developing blood-based tests for early cancer detection using advanced genomic sequencing and data science.
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A.
Yvain
Yvain is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, best known as the hero of Chrétien de Troyes’ romance "Yvain, the Knight of the Lion."
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B.
Holy Grail
The Holy Grail is a legendary sacred object in Christian and Arthurian tradition, often depicted as the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and later sought as a symbol of divine grace and ultimate truth.
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C.
The Excalibur
The Excalibur is the knight-themed mascot representing Trent University's athletic teams and school spirit.
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D.
Pendragon
Pendragon is the legendary surname and title associated with King Uther and his son King Arthur in Arthurian mythology, symbolizing their royal and dragon-linked lineage.
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E.
The Seven
The Seven is a legendary group of immortal beings often depicted as powerful, enigmatic figures central to various mythic or fictional narratives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biotechnology company
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cancer diagnostics company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Illumina ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
enable multi-cancer screening from a single blood draw
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integrate cancer screening into routine care ⓘ |
| analyzes |
cell-free DNA
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methylation patterns ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
health systems
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research institutions ⓘ |
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dataApproach |
large-scale clinical data analysis
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population-scale studies ⓘ |
| detects |
cancer signals in blood
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multiple cancer types ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
blood-based cancer screening tests
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early cancer detection ⓘ liquid biopsy ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Illumina ⓘ |
| goal |
detect cancer at early stages
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reduce cancer mortality ⓘ |
| hasMajorInvestor |
Amazon-related investment entities
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Arch Venture Partners ⓘ Bill Gates ⓘ Jeff Bezos ⓘ Johnson & Johnson Innovation ⓘ
linked to:
Johnson & Johnson
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| headquartersLocation |
Menlo Park, California, United States
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linked to:
Menlo Park, California
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| industry |
biotechnology
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medical diagnostics ⓘ |
| market |
cancer screening
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oncology diagnostics ⓘ |
| product | Galleri ⓘ |
| productType | multi-cancer early detection test ⓘ |
| regulatoryEnvironment | subject to FDA oversight ⓘ |
| researchArea |
cancer genomics
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circulating tumor DNA ⓘ epigenetics ⓘ oncology ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | Illumina ⓘ |
| testType | blood test ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
pattern recognition in genomic data
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statistical modeling of cancer signals ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
bioinformatics
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data science ⓘ genomic sequencing ⓘ machine learning ⓘ next-generation sequencing ⓘ |
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: Grail Description of subject: Grail is a biotechnology company focused on developing blood-based tests for early cancer detection using advanced genomic sequencing and data science.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.