Triple
T1169253
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Tobacco Company |
E24875
|
entity |
| Predicate | successor |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Liggett & Myers
Liggett & Myers was a major American tobacco company known for producing popular cigarette brands before being absorbed into larger industry consolidations.
|
E133676
|
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: Liggett & Myers | Statement: [American Tobacco Company, successor, Liggett & Myers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liggett & Myers Context triple: [American Tobacco Company, successor, Liggett & Myers]
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
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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E.
Reynolds American Inc.
Reynolds American Inc. is a major U.S. tobacco holding company best known for owning prominent cigarette brands such as Camel and Newport.
- 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: Liggett & Myers Triple: [American Tobacco Company, successor, Liggett & Myers]
Generated description
Liggett & Myers was a major American tobacco company known for producing popular cigarette brands before being absorbed into larger industry consolidations.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liggett & Myers Target entity description: Liggett & Myers was a major American tobacco company known for producing popular cigarette brands before being absorbed into larger industry consolidations.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
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.
-
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.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Reynolds American Inc.
Reynolds American Inc. is a major U.S. tobacco holding company best known for owning prominent cigarette brands such as Camel and Newport.
- 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_69a494082a7c819095004f423f294a64 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bce821b481908bc278a3fa7973f4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac668562788190ac5f8d081a46b2ee |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac67a07f28819096fcd7b767e07a63 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac6826ef4c81909fc077bfba22b16f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.