Triple
T195283
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Tobacco Historic District |
E3805
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerOwner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E24875
|
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: American Tobacco Company | Statement: [American Tobacco Historic District, formerOwner, American Tobacco Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Tobacco Company Context triple: [American Tobacco Historic District, formerOwner, American Tobacco Company]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco is one of the world’s largest multinational tobacco companies, known for producing and marketing leading cigarette and nicotine brands across numerous global markets.
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D.
United Fruit Company
The United Fruit Company was a powerful American corporation that dominated the banana trade in Latin America and became notorious for its political influence and role in shaping "banana republics."
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E.
Reading Company
Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- 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: American Tobacco Company Triple: [American Tobacco Historic District, formerOwner, American Tobacco Company]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Tobacco Company Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco is one of the world’s largest multinational tobacco companies, known for producing and marketing leading cigarette and nicotine brands across numerous global markets.
-
D.
United Fruit Company
The United Fruit Company was a powerful American corporation that dominated the banana trade in Latin America and became notorious for its political influence and role in shaping "banana republics."
-
E.
Reading Company
Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- 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_69a2548debd48190ae3a06d6e65b53c6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:35 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25969425081908e178db8ba4631c2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3115c46688190be8d5e172b4c61ea |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a31466ef108190bbba6fc818a917a3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a314cd8a188190926e0bcf70c60e7b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.