Triple
T1534730
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brown & Williamson |
E32524
|
entity |
| Predicate | mergedInto |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Reynolds American Inc. |
E46886
|
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: Reynolds American Inc. | Statement: [Brown & Williamson, mergedInto, Reynolds American Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reynolds American Inc. Context triple: [Brown & Williamson, mergedInto, Reynolds American Inc.]
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A.
Reynolds American Inc.
chosen
Reynolds American Inc. is a major U.S. tobacco holding company best known for owning prominent cigarette brands such as Camel and Newport.
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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.
Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Philip Morris Companies Inc. was a major American tobacco and consumer products conglomerate that later restructured and rebranded as Altria Group, Inc.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a885ea86308190998f6bc14bb91f8e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90828cdf08190aa404a0c11335c7b |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad4018f4c08190ad1994389b4e244c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 9:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.