Triple
T78052
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Browne & Williamson |
E1561
|
entity |
| Predicate | mergedInto |
P77
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E8259
|
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: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | Statement: [Browne & Williamson, mergedInto, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Context triple: [Browne & Williamson, mergedInto, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
Kraft Group
Kraft Group is a privately held American conglomerate best known for its ownership of major New England sports franchises and extensive interests in paper, packaging, real estate, and private equity.
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D.
Kraft
Kraft is a prominent American surname most widely associated with billionaire businessman and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
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E.
American Tobacco Historic District
The American Tobacco Historic District is a revitalized former tobacco factory complex in downtown Durham, North Carolina, now serving as a mixed-use hub for offices, entertainment, dining, and cultural events.
- 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: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Triple: [Browne & Williamson, mergedInto, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
-
B.
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.
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C.
Kraft Group
Kraft Group is a privately held American conglomerate best known for its ownership of major New England sports franchises and extensive interests in paper, packaging, real estate, and private equity.
-
D.
Kraft
Kraft is a prominent American surname most widely associated with billionaire businessman and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
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E.
American Tobacco Historic District
The American Tobacco Historic District is a revitalized former tobacco factory complex in downtown Durham, North Carolina, now serving as a mixed-use hub for offices, entertainment, dining, and cultural events.
- 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24f30e5848190a8edcb37c356ce0a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a26241d4c08190885dab6aef75dcf3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a26319b2b0819080ae6aeec36bc6e3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a263a07dfc8190a9acf5118f2a68f1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:40 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.