Philip Morris USA
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Philip Morris USA is a major American tobacco company best known as the manufacturer of Marlboro cigarettes and a key player in the U.S. tobacco industry.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip Morris USA canonical | 18 |
| Philip Morris | 1 |
| United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al. (as a defendant company group) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T241539 — 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.
Target entity: Philip Morris USA Context triple: [Master Settlement Agreement, includesParty, Philip Morris USA]
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A.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is a major American tobacco manufacturer best known for brands like Camel and Winston and as one of the largest cigarette producers in the United States.
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B.
American Tobacco Company
The American Tobacco Company was a dominant U.S. tobacco conglomerate founded in the late 19th century by James B. Duke that became one of the original antitrust "trusts" before being broken up by the federal government.
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C.
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco is one of the world’s largest multinational tobacco companies, known for producing and marketing leading cigarette and nicotine brands across numerous global markets.
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D.
Browne & Williamson
Browne & Williamson was a major American tobacco company, best known as a subsidiary of British American Tobacco and for its involvement in high-profile tobacco litigation and public health controversies.
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E.
Kraft Group
Kraft Group is a privately held American conglomerate best known for its ownership of major New England sports franchises and extensive interests in paper, packaging, real estate, and private equity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Philip Morris USA Target entity description: Philip Morris USA is a major American tobacco company best known as the manufacturer of Marlboro cigarettes and a key player in the U.S. tobacco industry.
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A.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is a major American tobacco manufacturer best known for brands like Camel and Winston and as one of the largest cigarette producers in the United States.
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B.
American Tobacco Company
The American Tobacco Company was a dominant U.S. tobacco conglomerate founded in the late 19th century by James B. Duke that became one of the original antitrust "trusts" before being broken up by the federal government.
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C.
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco is one of the world’s largest multinational tobacco companies, known for producing and marketing leading cigarette and nicotine brands across numerous global markets.
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D.
Browne & Williamson
Browne & Williamson was a major American tobacco company, best known as a subsidiary of British American Tobacco and for its involvement in high-profile tobacco litigation and public health controversies.
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E.
Kraft Group
Kraft Group is a privately held American conglomerate best known for its ownership of major New England sports franchises and extensive interests in paper, packaging, real estate, and private equity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corporation
ⓘ
tobacco company ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Altria Group
ⓘ
surface form:
Altria Client Services
U.S. tobacco control policy ⓘ |
| brand |
Basic
ⓘ
Benson & Hedges ⓘ L&M ⓘ Marlboro ⓘ Parliament ⓘ Virginia Slims ⓘ |
| businessModel |
distribution
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ marketing ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionChannel |
retail
ⓘ
wholesale ⓘ |
| formerParentCompany | Philip Morris Companies Inc. ⓘ |
| hasCompetitor |
BAT subsidiaries in the United States
ⓘ
ITG Brands ⓘ Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| industry | tobacco industry ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
public health lawsuits
ⓘ
tobacco litigation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Richmond, Virginia
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Virginia ⓘ |
| market | United States tobacco market ⓘ |
| notableProduct | Marlboro ⓘ |
| ownsFacility | cigarette manufacturing plants in the United States ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Altria Group ⓘ |
| partyTo | Master Settlement Agreement ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Philip Morris Companies Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Philip Morris & Co. Ltd., Inc.
|
| product |
cigarettes
ⓘ
smokeless tobacco products ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody |
Federal Trade Commission
ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Justice
Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
|
| sector | consumer goods ⓘ |
| segment | combustible cigarettes ⓘ |
| settlementYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
corporate social responsibility debates
ⓘ
government regulation ⓘ public health research ⓘ |
| targetMarket | adult smokers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Philip Morris USA Description of subject: Philip Morris USA is a major American tobacco company best known as the manufacturer of Marlboro cigarettes and a key player in the U.S. tobacco industry.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.