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]
  • 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
  • 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.