Triple
T1447073
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Philip Morris USA |
E31201
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerParentCompany |
P5815
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Philip Morris Companies Inc. was a major American tobacco and consumer products conglomerate that later restructured and rebranded as Altria Group, Inc.
|
E171760
|
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: Philip Morris Companies Inc. | Statement: [Philip Morris USA, formerParentCompany, Philip Morris Companies Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
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.
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: Philip Morris Companies Inc. Triple: [Philip Morris USA, formerParentCompany, Philip Morris Companies Inc.]
Generated description
Philip Morris Companies Inc. was a major American tobacco and consumer products conglomerate that later restructured and rebranded as Altria Group, Inc.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
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.
-
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.
-
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.
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.
-
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
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_69a499171a28819085b993a3ac78e363 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c558e0e081909802753872374d7b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad2328670c819087a2d8b047b67ee8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad23ac782481909575f00ce3d7b382 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad24411d0081909ab2fab326eecd6d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.