Triple

T18768401
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred Bader E458949 entity
Predicate associatedWith P37 FINISHED
Object Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is a major global chemical and life science company known for supplying research, specialty, and fine chemicals to laboratories and industries worldwide.
E1341451 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: Sigma-Aldrich Corporation | Statement: [Alfred Bader, associatedWith, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
Context triple: [Alfred Bader, associatedWith, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation]
  • A. Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Thermo Fisher Scientific is a leading American biotechnology and laboratory equipment company that provides scientific instruments, reagents, and services to research, healthcare, and industrial customers worldwide.
  • B. MilliporeSigma
    MilliporeSigma is the U.S. and Canada life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, providing laboratory chemicals, equipment, and services to research, pharmaceutical, and biotech customers.
  • C. Corning Life Sciences
    Corning Life Sciences is a division of Corning that develops and manufactures laboratory consumables and equipment used in cell culture, genomics, drug discovery, and other life science research applications.
  • D. Danaher Corporation
    Danaher Corporation is a diversified global science and technology conglomerate known for its portfolio of life sciences, diagnostics, and industrial solutions businesses.
  • E. Lonza
    Lonza is a global Swiss-based life sciences company specializing in pharmaceutical, biotech, and nutrition products and services, particularly in contract development and manufacturing.
  • 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: Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
Triple: [Alfred Bader, associatedWith, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation]
Generated description
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is a major global chemical and life science company known for supplying research, specialty, and fine chemicals to laboratories and industries worldwide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
Target entity description: Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is a major global chemical and life science company known for supplying research, specialty, and fine chemicals to laboratories and industries worldwide.
  • A. Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Thermo Fisher Scientific is a leading American biotechnology and laboratory equipment company that provides scientific instruments, reagents, and services to research, healthcare, and industrial customers worldwide.
  • B. MilliporeSigma
    MilliporeSigma is the U.S. and Canada life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, providing laboratory chemicals, equipment, and services to research, pharmaceutical, and biotech customers.
  • C. Corning Life Sciences
    Corning Life Sciences is a division of Corning that develops and manufactures laboratory consumables and equipment used in cell culture, genomics, drug discovery, and other life science research applications.
  • D. Danaher Corporation
    Danaher Corporation is a diversified global science and technology conglomerate known for its portfolio of life sciences, diagnostics, and industrial solutions businesses.
  • E. Lonza
    Lonza is a global Swiss-based life sciences company specializing in pharmaceutical, biotech, and nutrition products and services, particularly in contract development and manufacturing.
  • 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_69d8d395dba0819087568404508590cb completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e58d867264819098ae35c9feab3bb4 completed April 20, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a053d450c8081908e44744a63e15fc3 completed May 14, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a053e7376ec8190950881d90d9fa567 completed May 14, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a053ef3600881908e39a4abe4e032e8 completed May 14, 2026, 3:18 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:52 a.m.