Triple

T23417438
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bristol Myers Squibb E560549 entity
Predicate formedByMergerOf P77 FINISHED
Object Bristol-Myers Company
Bristol-Myers Company was a major American pharmaceutical and consumer products firm that became part of Bristol Myers Squibb through a corporate merger.
 E560549 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: Bristol-Myers Company | Statement: [Bristol Myers Squibb, formedByMergerOf, Bristol-Myers Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bristol-Myers Company
Context triple: [Bristol Myers Squibb, formedByMergerOf, Bristol-Myers Company]
  • A. Bristol Myers Squibb
    Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing innovative medicines in areas such as oncology, immunology, and cardiovascular disease.
  • B. Merck & Co.
    Merck & Co. is a major American pharmaceutical company known for developing and producing vaccines, oncology drugs, and other innovative medicines.
  • C. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
    Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America is a major U.S. trade association representing leading biopharmaceutical and drug research companies.
  • D. Schering-Plough
    Schering-Plough was a major American pharmaceutical company known for developing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer health products before its merger with Merck & Co.
  • E. Burroughs Wellcome Company
    Burroughs Wellcome Company was a pioneering American pharmaceutical firm known for its significant contributions to drug research and development in the 20th century.
  • 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: Bristol-Myers Company
Triple: [Bristol Myers Squibb, formedByMergerOf, Bristol-Myers Company]
Generated description
Bristol-Myers Company was a major American pharmaceutical and consumer products firm that became part of Bristol Myers Squibb through a corporate merger.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bristol-Myers Company
Target entity description: Bristol-Myers Company was a major American pharmaceutical and consumer products firm that became part of Bristol Myers Squibb through a corporate merger.
  • A. Bristol Myers Squibb chosen
    Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company known for developing and manufacturing innovative medicines in areas such as oncology, immunology, and cardiovascular disease.
  • B. Merck & Co.
    Merck & Co. is a major American pharmaceutical company known for developing and producing vaccines, oncology drugs, and other innovative medicines.
  • C. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
    Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America is a major U.S. trade association representing leading biopharmaceutical and drug research companies.
  • D. Schering-Plough
    Schering-Plough was a major American pharmaceutical company known for developing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer health products before its merger with Merck & Co.
  • E. Burroughs Wellcome Company
    Burroughs Wellcome Company was a pioneering American pharmaceutical firm known for its significant contributions to drug research and development in the 20th century.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e2454cb1108190ab21ada5411a7146 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a516d158819081e9710b4e372a21 completed April 29, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c679f85ac8190962b8380ef6ecc00 completed May 19, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c72156130819082e1d07262e144ca completed May 19, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c76c54ba08190be8f46bacb22b6a3 completed May 19, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:39 p.m.