mirex
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Mirex is a synthetic organochlorine insecticide formerly used to control fire ants and other pests, now largely banned due to its persistence in the environment and toxicity to wildlife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mirex canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10479540 — 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: mirex Context triple: [Annex A, lists, mirex]
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A.
Wormit
Wormit is a small village in Fife, Scotland, situated on the south bank of the River Tay near the Tay Rail Bridge.
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B.
Noxon
Noxon is a surname most notably associated with American television writer, producer, and director Marti Noxon.
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C.
المقشقشة
المقشقشة هو أحد الأسماء الواردة في التراث الإسلامي لسورة التوبة في القرآن الكريم، لما فيها من تبرئة وتمييز بين المؤمنين والمنافقين.
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D.
Midge
Midge is a common diminutive nickname for the given name Mildred.
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E.
Efate
Efate is a central island of Vanuatu that hosts the nation’s capital, Port Vila, and serves as its main political and economic hub.
- 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: mirex Target entity description: Mirex is a synthetic organochlorine insecticide formerly used to control fire ants and other pests, now largely banned due to its persistence in the environment and toxicity to wildlife.
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A.
Wormit
Wormit is a small village in Fife, Scotland, situated on the south bank of the River Tay near the Tay Rail Bridge.
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B.
Noxon
Noxon is a surname most notably associated with American television writer, producer, and director Marti Noxon.
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C.
المقشقشة
المقشقشة هو أحد الأسماء الواردة في التراث الإسلامي لسورة التوبة في القرآن الكريم، لما فيها من تبرئة وتمييز بين المؤمنين والمنافقين.
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D.
Midge
Midge is a common diminutive nickname for the given name Mildred.
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E.
Efate
Efate is a central island of Vanuatu that hosts the nation’s capital, Port Vila, and serves as its main political and economic hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
organochlorine insecticide
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synthetic chemical ⓘ |
| applicationMethod |
bait formulations
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granular formulations ⓘ |
| bannedBecause |
bioaccumulation and biomagnification
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persistence in the environment ⓘ toxicity to wildlife ⓘ |
| bioaccumulatesIn |
aquatic food webs
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fatty tissues of animals ⓘ |
| chemicalClass |
chlorinated hydrocarbon
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insecticide ⓘ |
| chemicalFormula | C10Cl12 ⓘ |
| containsElement |
carbon
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chlorine ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern |
contamination of sediments
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contamination of soils ⓘ contamination of surface waters ⓘ food chain biomagnification ⓘ long-range environmental transport ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
developmental toxicity in animals
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endocrine disruption in wildlife ⓘ reproductive toxicity in animals ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
bioaccumulative
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high chemical stability ⓘ high environmental persistence ⓘ lipophilic ⓘ low water solubility ⓘ |
| historicalUsePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| persistenceInEnvironment | years to decades ⓘ |
| productionStatus | no longer manufactured in many countries ⓘ |
| regulatoryFramework | subject to international restrictions on persistent organic pollutants ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus |
banned in many countries
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severely restricted ⓘ |
| routeOfExposure |
dermal contact
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ingestion ⓘ inhalation ⓘ |
| toxicTo |
aquatic organisms
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birds ⓘ mammals ⓘ wildlife ⓘ |
| usedFor |
control of fire ants
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control of insect pests ⓘ |
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: mirex Description of subject: Mirex is a synthetic organochlorine insecticide formerly used to control fire ants and other pests, now largely banned due to its persistence in the environment and toxicity to wildlife.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.