Cigar Makers' International Union
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The Cigar Makers' International Union was an influential early American labor union representing cigar workers and serving as a key organizing base for labor leader Samuel Gompers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cigar Makers' International Union canonical | 1 |
| Cigar Makers’ International Union | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T69879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cigar Makers' International Union Context triple: [Samuel Gompers, memberOf, Cigar Makers' International Union]
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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.
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that sets international labor standards and promotes decent work, social justice, and workers’ rights worldwide.
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C.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is a U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating and taxing the alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and ammunition industries to ensure compliance with federal laws and generate revenue.
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D.
Times Square Alliance
Times Square Alliance is a nonprofit business improvement organization that manages, promotes, and enhances New York City’s Times Square district.
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E.
Masonic lodges
Masonic lodges are local organizational units of Freemasonry that serve as fraternal, ritual, and social centers for members, historically influential in intellectual and civic life, especially during the Enlightenment era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cigar Makers' International Union Target entity description: The Cigar Makers' International Union was an influential early American labor union representing cigar workers and serving as a key organizing base for labor leader Samuel Gompers.
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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.
Puerto Rican Revolutionary Committee
The Puerto Rican Revolutionary Committee was a late 19th-century pro-independence organization that led anti-colonial efforts against Spanish rule and became a key symbol of Puerto Rican nationalism.
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C.
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that sets international labor standards and promotes decent work, social justice, and workers’ rights worldwide.
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D.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is a U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating and taxing the alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and ammunition industries to ensure compliance with federal laws and generate revenue.
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E.
National Labor Relations Board
The National Labor Relations Board is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and enforces labor laws related to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices in the private sector.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American labor organization
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labor union ⓘ trade union ⓘ |
| activity |
collective bargaining
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labor advocacy ⓘ worker organization ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| fieldOfWork |
trade unionism
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workers' rights ⓘ |
| goal |
improvement of wages and working conditions for cigar workers
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organization of cigar workers into a unified union ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| industry | cigar industry ⓘ |
| influenced | American labor movement ⓘ |
| keyOrganizingBaseFor | Samuel Gompers ⓘ |
| laborType | craft union ⓘ |
| movement | labor movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an influential early American labor union
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serving as a key organizing base for Samuel Gompers ⓘ |
| notableMember | Samuel Gompers ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | organized labor ⓘ |
| represented |
cigar makers
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cigar workers ⓘ |
| representedOccupation | skilled cigar makers ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| sector | tobacco industry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cigar Makers' International Union Description of subject: The Cigar Makers' International Union was an influential early American labor union representing cigar workers and serving as a key organizing base for labor leader Samuel Gompers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cigar Makers' International Union