Triple
T22691825
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vector Group |
E561069
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquired |
P2511
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Liggett Group (through later ownership) |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Liggett Group (through later ownership) | Statement: [Vector Group, acquired, Liggett Group (through later ownership)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liggett Group (through later ownership) Context triple: [Vector Group, acquired, Liggett Group (through later ownership)]
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A.
Liggett & Myers
chosen
Liggett & Myers was a major American tobacco company known for producing popular cigarette brands before being absorbed into larger industry consolidations.
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B.
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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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.
Vector Group (through later ownership of Liggett Group)
Vector Group is a diversified holding company best known for its ownership of Liggett Group, a major U.S. tobacco manufacturer.
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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.
Provenance (2 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_69e2454d71b48190a1f80af9f82b6fcf |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1789adcc48190b4a717166d5dba19 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:13 p.m.