Triple
T14957193
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gimbels |
E372961
|
entity |
| Predicate | parentCompany |
P254
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Brown & Williamson (historical controlling interest via tobacco trust) |
E32524
|
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: Brown & Williamson (historical controlling interest via tobacco trust) | Statement: [Gimbels, parentCompany, Brown & Williamson (historical controlling interest via tobacco trust)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brown & Williamson (historical controlling interest via tobacco trust) Context triple: [Gimbels, parentCompany, Brown & Williamson (historical controlling interest via tobacco trust)]
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A.
Brown & Williamson
chosen
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.
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.
- 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_69d85cca979481908747d2a81eba1cea |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded6cc73848190ac181782b20dc838 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe7e9e74fc8190bdd10a25c39829f3 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m.