Triple
T16460602
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Overton Wills III |
E399794
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
W.D. & H.O. Wills
W.D. & H.O. Wills was a prominent British tobacco manufacturing company, best known as one of the founding firms of the Imperial Tobacco Company in the early 20th century.
|
E1214890
|
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: W.D. & H.O. Wills | Statement: [Henry Overton Wills III, employer, W.D. & H.O. Wills]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W.D. & H.O. Wills Context triple: [Henry Overton Wills III, employer, W.D. & H.O. Wills]
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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.
Benson & Hedges
Benson & Hedges is a long-established premium cigarette brand known for its association with luxury and high-quality tobacco products.
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C.
Dunhill
Dunhill is a premium cigarette brand known for its association with luxury and high-quality tobacco products.
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D.
Helme Tobacco Company
Helme Tobacco Company was a prominent American tobacco manufacturer best known for producing snuff and chewing tobacco, historically serving as a key industrial employer in Helmetta, New Jersey.
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E.
American Snuff Company
American Snuff Company is a major U.S. manufacturer of smokeless tobacco products, including popular moist snuff and chewing tobacco brands.
- 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: W.D. & H.O. Wills Triple: [Henry Overton Wills III, employer, W.D. & H.O. Wills]
Generated description
W.D. & H.O. Wills was a prominent British tobacco manufacturing company, best known as one of the founding firms of the Imperial Tobacco Company in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W.D. & H.O. Wills Target entity description: W.D. & H.O. Wills was a prominent British tobacco manufacturing company, best known as one of the founding firms of the Imperial Tobacco Company in the early 20th century.
-
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.
Benson & Hedges
Benson & Hedges is a long-established premium cigarette brand known for its association with luxury and high-quality tobacco products.
-
C.
Dunhill
Dunhill is a premium cigarette brand known for its association with luxury and high-quality tobacco products.
-
D.
Helme Tobacco Company
Helme Tobacco Company was a prominent American tobacco manufacturer best known for producing snuff and chewing tobacco, historically serving as a key industrial employer in Helmetta, New Jersey.
-
E.
American Snuff Company
American Snuff Company is a major U.S. manufacturer of smokeless tobacco products, including popular moist snuff and chewing tobacco brands.
- 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_69d87f2dac988190b74d6e185fa88ba4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32d80e66c8190b2b3199efe9cfaa1 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a004f53aff081909a75de6672f15f0e |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0050a0f5b081908417c6062b1f50cc |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00517b7b1c819098118fdbe03eb010 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:35 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.