Philip Morris Companies Inc.
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Philip Morris Companies Inc. was a major American tobacco and consumer products conglomerate that later restructured and rebranded as Altria Group, Inc.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip Morris Companies Inc. canonical | 9 |
| Philip Morris International | 3 |
| Philip Morris | 2 |
| Philip Morris & Co. Ltd., Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1447073 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Philip Morris Companies Inc. Context triple: [Philip Morris USA, formerParentCompany, Philip Morris Companies Inc.]
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A.
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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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.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Philip Morris Companies Inc. Target entity description: Philip Morris Companies Inc. was a major American tobacco and consumer products conglomerate that later restructured and rebranded as Altria Group, Inc.
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A.
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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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.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conglomerate
ⓘ
public company ⓘ tobacco company ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Altria Group
ⓘ
surface form:
Altria Group, Inc.
|
| brandOwner |
Benson & Hedges
ⓘ
surface form:
Benson & Hedges (U.S.)
Marlboro ⓘ Parliament ⓘ Virginia Slims ⓘ |
| businessModel |
diversified consumer products holdings
ⓘ
manufacturing and marketing of tobacco products ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolutionReason | corporate restructuring and rebranding as Altria Group, Inc. ⓘ |
| formerName | Philip Morris Companies Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
beverage division
ⓘ
food division ⓘ tobacco division ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| industry |
consumer products
ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| marketPosition |
leading cigarette manufacturer in the United States
ⓘ
one of the largest tobacco companies in the world ⓘ |
| notableFor |
manufacture and marketing of cigarettes
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ownership of leading U.S. cigarette brand Marlboro ⓘ |
| owned |
Kraft Foods
ⓘ
surface form:
Kraft Foods, Inc.
Miller Brewing Company ⓘ Nabisco ⓘ
surface form:
Nabisco Holdings Corp.
Philip Morris International ⓘ Philip Morris USA ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOf |
Kraft Foods
ⓘ
surface form:
Kraft Foods, Inc.
Miller Brewing Company ⓘ Nabisco ⓘ
surface form:
Nabisco Holdings Corp.
Philip Morris International ⓘ Philip Morris USA ⓘ |
| predecessorOf |
Altria Group
ⓘ
surface form:
Altria Group, Inc.
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| productType |
beer (through subsidiaries)
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cigarettes ⓘ food products (through subsidiaries) ⓘ smokeless tobacco products ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs |
Altria Group
ⓘ
surface form:
Altria Group, Inc.
|
| regulatorySubject |
U.S. tobacco litigation
ⓘ
public health regulation of tobacco ⓘ |
| sector | consumer staples ⓘ |
| successorOf | Philip Morris Companies Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | MO ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Philip Morris Companies Inc. Description of subject: Philip Morris Companies Inc. was a major American tobacco and consumer products conglomerate that later restructured and rebranded as Altria Group, Inc.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.