Allegra
E561779
Allegra is a widely used over-the-counter antihistamine medication for relieving allergy symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, and itchy or watery eyes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allegra canonical | 1 |
| Allegra (brand name of fexofenadine) | 1 |
| Allegra Allergy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6006204 — 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: Allegra Context triple: [Sanofi, hasBrand, Allegra]
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A.
Zyrtec
Zyrtec is a widely used over-the-counter antihistamine medication primarily taken to relieve allergy symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, and itchy or watery eyes.
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B.
Benadryl
Benadryl is a widely used over-the-counter antihistamine medication commonly taken to relieve allergy symptoms such as sneezing, itching, and runny nose.
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C.
Snoline
Snoline is a Lindsay Corporation brand known for its road safety and traffic management products, such as lane markings and safety systems.
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D.
Xolair
Xolair is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat moderate to severe allergic asthma and chronic spontaneous urticaria by targeting immunoglobulin E (IgE).
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E.
Anpezan
Anpezan is a regional dialect of the Ladin language spoken in parts of the Dolomite area of northern Italy.
- 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: Allegra Target entity description: Allegra is a widely used over-the-counter antihistamine medication for relieving allergy symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, and itchy or watery eyes.
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A.
Zyrtec
Zyrtec is a widely used over-the-counter antihistamine medication primarily taken to relieve allergy symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, and itchy or watery eyes.
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B.
Benadryl
Benadryl is a widely used over-the-counter antihistamine medication commonly taken to relieve allergy symptoms such as sneezing, itching, and runny nose.
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C.
Snoline
Snoline is a Lindsay Corporation brand known for its road safety and traffic management products, such as lane markings and safety systems.
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D.
Xolair
Xolair is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat moderate to severe allergic asthma and chronic spontaneous urticaria by targeting immunoglobulin E (IgE).
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E.
Anpezan
Anpezan is a regional dialect of the Ladin language spoken in parts of the Dolomite area of northern Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antihistamine medication
ⓘ
brand name drug ⓘ |
| absorptionDecreasedBy |
apple juice
ⓘ
grapefruit juice ⓘ orange juice ⓘ |
| availableWithoutPrescriptionIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
many countries ⓘ |
| commonSideEffect |
dizziness
ⓘ
drowsiness (mild) ⓘ headache ⓘ nausea ⓘ |
| containsActiveIngredient |
fexofenadine
ⓘ
pseudoephedrine ⓘ |
| contraindicatedWith | known hypersensitivity to fexofenadine ⓘ |
| crossesBloodBrainBarrierPoorly | true ⓘ |
| durationOfAction | about 24 hours ⓘ |
| hasActiveIngredient | fexofenadine ⓘ |
| hasDosageForm |
oral disintegrating tablet
ⓘ
oral suspension ⓘ oral tablet ⓘ |
| isAvailableAs |
Allegra Allergy
ⓘ
linked to:
Allegra
Allegra-D ⓘ |
| isMarketedFor |
adults
ⓘ
children ⓘ |
| isMetaboliteOf | terfenadine ⓘ |
| isNonSedating | true ⓘ |
| isPregnancyCategory | generally considered low risk (consult physician) ⓘ |
| manufacturerBrandOwner | Sanofi ⓘ |
| mayInteractWith |
aluminum-containing antacids
ⓘ
magnesium-containing antacids ⓘ |
| mechanismOfAction | selective peripheral H1 receptor antagonist ⓘ |
| onsetOfAction | about 1 hour ⓘ |
| pharmacologicalClass | second-generation antihistamine ⓘ |
| relievesSymptom |
hives
ⓘ
itching due to hives ⓘ itchy eyes ⓘ itchy nose ⓘ itchy throat ⓘ runny nose ⓘ sneezing ⓘ watery eyes ⓘ |
| routeOfAdministration | oral ⓘ |
| treats |
chronic idiopathic urticaria
ⓘ
perennial allergic rhinitis ⓘ seasonal allergic rhinitis ⓘ |
| typicalAdultDoseAllergicRhinitis |
180 mg once daily
ⓘ
60 mg twice daily ⓘ |
| useCautionWith | severe renal impairment ⓘ |
| wasOriginallyDevelopedBy |
Hoechst Marion Roussel
ⓘ
linked to:
Hoechst
|
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: Allegra Description of subject: Allegra is a widely used over-the-counter antihistamine medication for relieving allergy symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, and itchy or watery eyes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Allegra
linked to: Allegra