Listerine
E49848
Listerine is a widely used antiseptic mouthwash brand known for its strong flavor and plaque- and germ-fighting oral care products.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Listerine canonical | 3 |
| Listerine Cool Mint | 1 |
| Listerine Naturals | 1 |
| Listerine Original | 1 |
| Listerine Smart Rinse | 1 |
| Listerine Total Care | 1 |
| Listerine Ultraclean | 1 |
| Listerine Zero Alcohol | 1 |
| Lysterine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T391424 — 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: Listerine Context triple: [Johnson & Johnson, brand, Listerine]
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A.
Suavitel
Suavitel is a popular fabric softener brand known for its long-lasting fragrances and softening properties, marketed primarily in Latin American and U.S. Hispanic households.
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B.
Irish Spring
Irish Spring is a popular personal care brand best known for its strongly scented bar soaps and body washes marketed for their invigorating, “fresh” feel.
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C.
Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive is a global consumer products company best known for its oral care, personal care, home care, and pet nutrition brands.
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D.
Gillette
Gillette is a globally recognized American brand best known for its razors and shaving products.
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E.
Eight Hour Cream
Eight Hour Cream is a classic multi-purpose skin protectant and moisturizer from Elizabeth Arden, renowned for soothing, hydrating, and healing dry or irritated skin.
- 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: Listerine Target entity description: 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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A.
Suavitel
Suavitel is a popular fabric softener brand known for its long-lasting fragrances and softening properties, marketed primarily in Latin American and U.S. Hispanic households.
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B.
Irish Spring
Irish Spring is a popular personal care brand best known for its strongly scented bar soaps and body washes marketed for their invigorating, “fresh” feel.
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C.
Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive is a global consumer products company best known for its oral care, personal care, home care, and pet nutrition brands.
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D.
Gillette
Gillette is a globally recognized American brand best known for its razors and shaving products.
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E.
Eight Hour Cream
Eight Hour Cream is a classic multi-purpose skin protectant and moisturizer from Elizabeth Arden, renowned for soothing, hydrating, and healing dry or irritated skin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antiseptic mouthwash
ⓘ
mouthwash brand ⓘ oral care product line ⓘ |
| activeIngredient |
essential oils
ⓘ
eucalyptol ⓘ menthol ⓘ methyl salicylate ⓘ thymol ⓘ |
| appliedBy | rinsing in mouth ⓘ |
| availableIn | many countries worldwide ⓘ |
| brandOwner | Kenvue ⓘ |
| brandPositioning | clinical strength mouthwash ⓘ |
| contains | alcohol ⓘ |
| developedFor | home oral care ⓘ |
| durationOfUsePerRinse | about 30 seconds ⓘ |
| hasForm |
liquid mouthwash
ⓘ
mouth rinse ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
antiseptic
ⓘ
germ-killing ⓘ plaque-fighting ⓘ strong flavor ⓘ |
| hasTargetMarket | people seeking oral hygiene products ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Listerine Cool Mint
ⓘ
linked to:
Listerine
Listerine Naturals ⓘ
linked to:
Listerine
Listerine Original ⓘ
linked to:
Listerine
Listerine Smart Rinse ⓘ
linked to:
Listerine
Listerine Total Care ⓘ
linked to:
Listerine
Listerine Ultraclean ⓘ
linked to:
Listerine
Listerine Zero Alcohol ⓘ
linked to:
Listerine
|
| industry | oral hygiene ⓘ |
| introducedAs | antiseptic formulation ⓘ |
| isNot | toothpaste ⓘ |
| marketingFocus |
fresh breath
ⓘ
germ kill ⓘ plaque reduction ⓘ |
| previousBrandOwner | Johnson & Johnson ⓘ |
| productType |
mouthwash
ⓘ
oral rinse ⓘ |
| routeOfAdministration | topical oral use ⓘ |
| safetyWarning |
not recommended for young children without supervision
ⓘ
not to be swallowed ⓘ |
| soldAs | over-the-counter product ⓘ |
| typicalUsageFrequency | twice daily ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freshening breath
ⓘ
killing oral bacteria ⓘ oral hygiene maintenance ⓘ reducing dental plaque ⓘ |
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: Listerine Description of subject: Listerine is a widely used antiseptic mouthwash brand known for its strong flavor and plaque- and germ-fighting oral care products.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Listerine
linked to: Listerine
linked to: Listerine
linked to: Listerine
linked to: Listerine
linked to: Listerine
linked to: Listerine
linked to: Listerine
subject linked to:
Jordan W. Lambert