Triple
T370587
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company |
E8259
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasDivision |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object | R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company |
E8259
|
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: R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company | Statement: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, hasDivision, R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company Context triple: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, hasDivision, R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company]
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A.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
chosen
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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B.
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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C.
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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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.
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E.
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company is a U.S.-based cigarette manufacturer best known for its Natural American Spirit brand, which markets additive-free and “natural” tobacco products.
- 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_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_69a3fe90edc48190a477971920c60918 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.