Triple
T1376604
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Reidsville, North Carolina |
E29239
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorHistoricEmployer |
P3008
|
FINISHED |
| Object | American Tobacco Company |
E24875
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: American Tobacco Company | Statement: [Reidsville, North Carolina, majorHistoricEmployer, American Tobacco Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Tobacco Company Context triple: [Reidsville, North Carolina, majorHistoricEmployer, American Tobacco Company]
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A.
American Tobacco Company
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Philip Morris USA
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: majorHistoricEmployer Context triple: [Reidsville, North Carolina, majorHistoricEmployer, American Tobacco Company]
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A.
formerEmployer
Indicates that one entity previously employed the other but no longer does so.
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B.
notableEmployer
Indicates that an entity has been employed by, or has worked for, a particularly significant or noteworthy organization or individual.
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C.
hasMajorEmployer
Indicates that an entity has a primary or most significant employer with which it is chiefly affiliated for work or occupation.
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D.
hasHistoricIndustry
chosen
Indicates that an entity has been associated with a notable or historically significant industry or industrial activity in the past.
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E.
roleInCompanyHistory
Indicates that an entity held a specific role or position during a particular period or event in a company's history.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69a498d883a48190bfdca525296ef7ee |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c2f9b51c8190ad52fd8c151499be |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acd485e7e48190b4c2dcec53ebe195 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:44 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4befcabdc8190a9f05d002603f81c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.