Triple

T370581
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company E8259 entity
Predicate majorBrand P1502 FINISHED
Object Salem
Salem is a long-established American brand of menthol cigarettes produced by R.J. Reynolds.
E148824 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: Salem | Statement: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, majorBrand, Salem]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem
Context triple: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, majorBrand, Salem]
  • A. Salem
    Salem is a mid-sized city in the Willamette Valley of the U.S. Pacific Northwest known for its government institutions and agricultural surroundings.
  • B. Salem
    Salem is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, historically significant as an important administrative and commercial center under British rule.
  • C. Salem, Massachusetts
    Salem, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts best known for the 1692 witch trials and its enduring maritime and colonial heritage.
  • D. Acton
    Acton is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, known for its residential communities, conservation land, and commuter access to Boston.
  • E. Salem, New Hampshire
    Salem, New Hampshire is a town in Rockingham County known as a commercial hub in southern New Hampshire near the Massachusetts border.
  • 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: Salem
Triple: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, majorBrand, Salem]
Generated description
Salem is a long-established American brand of menthol cigarettes produced by R.J. Reynolds.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem
Target entity description: Salem is a long-established American brand of menthol cigarettes produced by R.J. Reynolds.
  • A. Salem
    Salem is a mid-sized city in the Willamette Valley of the U.S. Pacific Northwest known for its government institutions and agricultural surroundings.
  • B. Salem
    Salem is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, historically significant as an important administrative and commercial center under British rule.
  • C. Salem, Massachusetts
    Salem, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts best known for the 1692 witch trials and its enduring maritime and colonial heritage.
  • D. Acton
    Acton is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, known for its residential communities, conservation land, and commuter access to Boston.
  • E. Salem, New Hampshire
    Salem, New Hampshire is a town in Rockingham County known as a commercial hub in southern New Hampshire near the Massachusetts border.
  • 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_69a2e7f2ec648190b42bc7db424f8109 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebff472881909fad81d597425ea6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acb2eb81cc81908907c02ff43644d7 completed March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acb370c7cc81908a78bb5438416db6 completed March 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acb409b4d0819081266cf3e6c09164 completed March 7, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.