Triple
T10263228
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Niconovum AB |
E240650
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquiredBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company |
E8259
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company | Statement: [Niconovum AB, acquiredBy, R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company Context triple: [Niconovum AB, acquiredBy, R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company]
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A.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
chosen
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.
Brown & Williamson
Brown & Williamson was a major American tobacco company, known as one of the largest cigarette manufacturers in the United States and a key party in landmark tobacco litigation and regulation.
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C.
Lorillard Tobacco Company
Lorillard Tobacco Company was a major American tobacco manufacturer, known for brands like Newport, that played a central role in the U.S. cigarette industry before its acquisition by Reynolds American.
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D.
Helme Tobacco Company
Helme Tobacco Company was a prominent American tobacco manufacturer best known for producing snuff and chewing tobacco, historically serving as a key industrial employer in Helmetta, New Jersey.
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E.
Congress Cigar Company
Congress Cigar Company was a prominent early 20th-century American cigar manufacturer best known for producing the popular La Palina brand.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d381a7e198819090280d5ab885d59e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d25dac34819099dbfad7f80507bb |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d6f7f81dd481909022efde8fc46e68 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:33 a.m.