Triple

T241541
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Master Settlement Agreement E4941 entity
Predicate includesParty P6048 FINISHED
Object 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.
E32524 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Brown & Williamson | Statement: [Master Settlement Agreement, includesParty, Brown & Williamson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brown & Williamson
Context triple: [Master Settlement Agreement, includesParty, Brown & Williamson]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Brown & Williamson
Triple: [Master Settlement Agreement, includesParty, Brown & Williamson]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brown & Williamson
Target entity description: 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a260c42060819089eb772202e504f5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3736ff4388190b6b43a149d0003c5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3745c4cb481908fb0ba52119fabbb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a374e12e9c819090217b5197c90ccf completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.