Extracts a reference to an anniversary.

Anniversary: Event being commemorated.

Example 1.

Commission of Spain on the first anniversary of the train bombings in Madrid that took 200 lives.

Extracted instance:

Anniversary = first anniversary of the train bombings in Madrid

Example 2.

The office of Serbian President Boris Tadic today said he will attend the 10th anniversary of the massacre of Bosnian Muslims by Serbian troops.

Extracted instance:

Anniversary = 10th anniversary of the massacre of Bosnian Muslims by Serbian troops

Extracts the name of a city or independent settlement (including villages, settlements, etc.).

Note: Districts or neighborhoods within a city (e.g., “in the Soho, London”) are not extracted.

City: Name of the city, village, settlement, etc.

Example 1.

Finally, negotiations are expected to go through Friday night and into early Saturday morning in the Hague over a treaty to reduce global warming.

Extracted instance:

City = the Hague

Example 2.

Three Russian soldiers died and six were wounded when a Russian military truck blew up a rebel mine near the southern village of Alkhan-Yurt.

Extracted instance:

City = Alkhan-Yurt

Extracts a full or partial company name. (The term "Company" includes any business organization, including newspapers, media companies, law firms, etc.). The name is normalized to the fullest name occurring within the document.

Company: Full name of the company mentioned in the document.

Nationality: Organization nationality if mentioned in the document. Otherwise the value will be "N/A". (required)

Example 1.

Zenith National Insurance Corp. (NYSE:ZNT) reported net income of $20.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2003.

Extracted instances:

Company = Zenith National Insurance Corp.

Example 2.

We increased our ownership in Advent Capital (Holdings) PLC ("Advent Capital") in the third quarter .…. was reduced by approximately $0.9 million after tax for our share of adverse development recorded by Advent Capital in the third quarter of 2003.

Extracted instances:

Company = Advent Capital (Holdings) PLC

Extracts a name of a continent.

Continent: Name of a continent mentioned in the document.

European Union countries now invest more in South America than does the United States.

Extracted instance:

Continent = South America

Extracts a name of a country. The name is normalized to the fullest name occurring within the document.

Example 1.

He also dealt with refugees in Cyprus after the 1974 Turkish invasion.

Extracted instance:

Country = Cyprus

Example 2.

He gained widespread praise for overseeing East Timor's three-year transition to independence after Indonesia withdrew in 1999.

Extracted instances:

Country = East Timor
Country = Indonesia

Extracts a reference to a currency amount.

Currency: Normalized currency name / sign (for example: "$" is normalized to "USD").

Example 1.

The line of business's loan portfolio of $1.1 billion has increased $0.3 billion, or 42.9% year-over-year.

Extracted instances:

Currency = USD

Currency = USD

Example 2.

The contracts have been valued at DKK398,000 and DKK543,000 respectively.

Extracted instances:

Currency = DKK

Currency = DKK

Extracts an email address.

EmailAddress: Email address mentioned in the document.

Example 1.

For information contact: info@softwareshelf.co.uk.

Extracted instances:

EmailAddress= info@softwareshelf.co.uk

Extracts references to entertainment-related events and awards, such as film and music festivals and awards related to the entertainment industry.

EntertainmentAwardEvent: Name of the event/award.

Example 1.

This week at the Venice Film Festival, a woman pushed past guards and tried to hug Pitt before being pulled away

Extracted instance:

EntertainmentAwardEvent = Venice Film Festival

Example 2.

Ledger, 28, and Williams, 27, received Oscar nominations for their performances in "Brokeback Mountain"directed by Ang Lee.

Extracted instance:

EntertainmentAwardEvent = Oscar

Extracts a proper name of a manmade, specific physical entity.

Facility: Name of the facility.

Note: The following and those similar are tagged as organizations, not facilities: courts, churches, office, centers, schools and universities, embassies, institutes and hospitals.

Example 1.

A walking group for seniors, sponsored by Suburban Hospital, meets at the Montgomery Mall in Bethesda.

Extracted instances:

Facility = Montgomery Mall

Example 2.

Today's meeting took place at the Pratica di Mare military base, Europe's second largest, located 30 kilometers south of Rome.

Extracted instances:

Facility = Pratica di Mare military base

Example 3.

The launch took place at the Welsh High School hall and was attended by children whom Sister Aidan had delivered.

Extracted instances:

Facility = Welsh High School hall

Example 4.

Singapore said some of the suspects had received training at al-Qaida terrorist camps in Afghanistan.

Extracted instances:

Facility = al-Qaida terrorist camps

Extracts a full fax number, including prefix and extension, if available.

FaxNumber: Full Fax telephone number, where available.

Example 1.

Fax the completed form to +49 (0) 89 613 676 33.

Extracted instances:

Fax = +49 (0) 89 613 676 33

Example 2.

Complete the survey and send by fax to 334/473-6503.

Extracted instances:

Fax = 334/473-6503

Extracts references of holidays.

Holiday: Name of the holiday, including the country or nationality if mentioned. The name is normalized to a standard form (see examples).

Example 1.

Israel had closed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Monday at the beginning of the four-day Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice holiday.

Extracted instance:

Holiday = Eid Al-Adha (normalized)

Example 2.

Parades will take place during the Latvian Foundation Day.

Extracted instance:

Holiday = Latvia's Foundation Day (normalized)

Example 3.

St. Patrick's Day in Ireland has become completely Americanized.

Extracted instance:

Holiday = St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland

Extracts a description of an industry, segment, product family, or business.

IndustryTerm: Description of an industry, segment, product family, or business.

Example 1.

Avionics has expanded its capability to fulfill its customers' product needs, and now provides a complete line of avionics products.

Extracted instance:

IndustryTerm = avionics products

Example 2.

IBM Life Sciences brings together IBM resources, from research, services and e-business expertise to data and storage management and high-performance computing to offer new solutions for the life sciences market, including e-health and pharmaceutical industries.

Extracted instances:

IndustryTerm = e-business

IndustryTerm = computing

IndustryTerm = e-health and pharmaceutical industries

Extracts a name of a stock market index. The name is normalized to the common name of the index, e.g., “S&P 500” or “FTSE 100”.

MarketIndex: The normalized name of an index mentioned in the document.

Example 1.

The surprise entry of ad major Publicis into the CAC 40.

Extracted instance:

MarketIndex = CAC 40

Example 2.

Shinsei Bank and electronic materials firm Nitto Denko Corp. are leading candidates to join Tokyo's blue-chip Nikkei average after its annual overhaul.

Extracted instance:

MarketIndex = Nikkei 225

Extracts references to human medical conditions, such as diseases, disorders and syndromes.

MedicalCondition: Name of the medical condition.

Example 1.

After an operation for pancreatic cancer last year, Pavarotti had hoped to finish a world tour but he died on Thursday at the age of 71.

Extracted instance:

MedicalCondition = pancreatic cancer

Example 2.

First they tried nudging. Now companies are penalizing workers who have high health risks such as obesity and high blood pressure as insurance costs climb.

Extracted instance:

MedicalCondition = obesity

MedicalCondition = high blood pressure

Extracts references to medical treatments - procedures, treatments and therapeutics provided to any medical condition.

MedicalTreatment: Name of the procedure or treatment.

Example 1.

Merck plans to conduct a Phase 3 trial of oral deforolimus in patients with metastatic soft-tissue and bone sarcomas following a favorable response to chemotherapy.

Extracted instance:

MedicalTreatment = chemotherapy

Extracts references to movies and films.

Movie: Name of the movie/film.

Example 1.

Tyler portrays Detective Wallis in the movie Death Sentence, which also stars Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a vigilante out for revenge.

Extracted instance:

Movie = Death Sentence

Extracts references to music albums, CDs, etc.

MusicAlbum: Name of the music album.

Example 1.

U.S. rapper 50 Cent released his new album, 'Curtis' on MySpace Friday -- days before the hotly anticipated disc is set to drop in stores.

Extracted instance:

MusicAlbum = Curtis

Extracts references to music groups and bands.

MusicGroup: Name of the group/band.

Example 1.

On November 24, 1991 the world lost one of the greatest musical voices of all times with the passing of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer for the group Queen.

Extracted instance:

MusicGroup = Queen

Extracts references to natural disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tropical storms, avalanches and more. This entity type identifies both specific disasters (such as Hurricane Katrina) and general mentions (such as floods in China).

NaturalDisaster: Phrase describing the natural disaster as mentioned in the text. Certain phrases will be normalized; for example, "wildfire", "wild fire" and "forest fire" will be all normalized to "wildfire".

Example 1.

The number remaining on jobless aid was the highest since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Extracted instance:

NaturalDisaster = Hurricane Katrina

Extracts a name of a specific geographical (not manmade) entity, such as a geological formation or body of water.

NaturalFeature: Full name of the natural feature

Example 1.

The Congolese refugees in Tanzania said they were forced to flee southwards, along the shores of Lake Tanganyika.

Extracted instances:

NaturalFeature = Lake Tanganyika

Example 2.

The largest site is at Dasht-i-Laili, just a few kilometers from the Shibergan desert to the west of Mazar-i-Sharif.

Extracted instances:

NaturalFeature = Shibergan desert

Extracts references to operating systems.

OperatingSystem: Name of operating system.

Example 1.

Jay reported yesterday that the Google Maps for mobile for Palm OS update would be available today.

Extracted instances:

OperatingSystem = Palm OS

Extracts a full or partial organization name, including governmental and military organization. Any business organization extracted as Company is not extracted as Organization. The name is normalized to the fullest name occurring within the document, or to the full, official name listed within the Organization dictionary (whichever is longer).

Organization: Name of a governmental, military or other organization.

OrganizationType: Organization classification to one of the following types: sports, governmental military, governmental civilian or political party. If no classification is available, the value is “N/A”. (required)

Nationality: Organization nationality if mentioned in the document. Otherwise the value will be "N/A". (required)

Example 1.

...to gain both corporate support and FDA approval.

Extracted instances:

Organization = FDA

Example 2.

Laughlin has been active for many years in the Consumer Healthcare Products Association.

Extracted instance:

Organization = Consumer Healthcare Products Association

Extracts one of the following types of person references in the text:

1. A full or partial person name.
2. A full or partial person name with aliases, nicknames or tribal names. In such cases, the normalized name includes the alias/nickname/tribal name inside quotes or parentheses at the middle or end of the name, according to its appearance in the document. If there is a sequence of two aliases for the same person, they appear with a "/" between them. If the alias/nickname/tribal name appears by itself later in the document, it will also be extracted.
3. Anaphora of the form he/she/his/him/her, which refers to a person name previously mentioned in the document. The IM resolves the anaphora and extracts it with the relevant person name.

In each case, the name is normalized to the fullest name occurring in the document.

Note: The event/fact PersonDetails also extracts a full or partial person name, along with position, affiliation and other person details. If the Person instance includes ONLY the name and no affiliation, the PersonDetails instance will NOT be extracted, ONLY the Person instance will be extracted.

Person: Normalized person name.

PersonType: Person classification to one of the following types: sports, entertainment, political, economic or military. If no classification is available, the value will be "N/A". (required)

Nationality: Person nationality if mentioned in the document. Otherwise the value will be "N/A". (required)

Example 1:

Elections held in 1993, which Yoruba businessman, Mashood Abiola was poised to win, were annulled by a northern-dominated military leadership.

Extracted instance:

Person = Mashood Abiola

Example 2:

The Xinhua news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue as saying Beijing wanted the Korean peninsula kept free of nuclear weapons.

Extracted instance:

Person = Zhang Qiyue

Example 3:

Mr. Khalaf Abbas said "Windows were blown out in nearby houses“. He spoke in an interview from the chaotic scene over his cell phone.

Extracted instances:

Person = Khalaf Abbas

Person = Khalaf Abbas

Example 4.

The Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, visited Gaza yesterday. Abu Mazen told the reporters…

Extracted instances:

Person = Mahmoud Abbas(Abu Mazen)

Person = Mahmoud Abbas(Abu Mazen)

Extracts a full phone number, including prefix and extension, if available.

PhoneNumber: Full phone number, including prefix and extension, where available.

Example 1.

(203) 661-1926, ext. 6668

Extracted instances:

PhoneNumber = (203) 661-1926, ext. 6668

Example 2.

1-800-MONSTER

Extracted instances:

PhoneNumber = 1-800-MONSTER

This entity type extracts references to drug products, car models, and aircraft models only.

Product: Name of the drug, the car model or the aircraft model.

ProductType: Currently the only supported product types are:

• drug
• car
• aircraft

Example 1.

Drug developer Mylan Laboratories Inc. said Monday the Food and Drug Administration approved its generic version of Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuticals' epilepsy treatment Topamax.

Extracted instance:

Product = Topamax

ProductType = drug

Example 2.

Dealers cannot keep fuel-efficient cars like the Ford Focus in stock, and automakers cannot roll them off the assembly line fast enough to keep up with demand.

Extracted instances:

Product = Ford Focus

ProductType = car

Example 3.

The carrier currently operates a fleet of Boeing 747 on its long-haul international routes.

Extracted instances:

Product = Boeing 747

ProductType = aircraft

Extracts references to programming languages.

ProgrammingLanguage: Name of the language.

Example 1.

Resolver One uses the Python programming language, which was first released in 1991.

Extracted instances:

ProgrammingLanguage = Python

Extracts a name of a province, state, county or other politically defined part of a country (normalized to the full name).

ProvinceOrState: Name of a province, state, county or other part of a country.

Example 1.

The private placement will be units of flow-through common shares and common share purchase warrants to investors in Alberta and British Columbia.

Extracted instances:

ProvinceOrState = Alberta

ProvinceOrState = British Columbia

Example 2.

The new general secretary, a member of the ethnic Tay minority from the northern province of Bac Can, said he will continue to fight against corruption among officials.

Extracted instance:

ProvinceOrState = Bac Can

Extracts references to published media, such as newspapers, journals and magazines.

PublishedMedium: Name of the newspaper/journal /magazine.

Example 1.

The company also declined to deny or confirm a report in the Boston Globe last month, which quoted a letter to State Street clients alerting them to a 42 percent decline this year in the State Street Limited Duration Bond Fund for institutional investors.

Extracted instance:

PublishedMedium = The Boston Globe

Example 2.

The Oakland Tribune reported Monday night the deal will pay Russell at least $31 million guaranteed.

Extracted instance:

PublishedMedium = The Oakland Tribune

Example 3.

The 400 richest Americans, including US citizens now living abroad, as compiled by Forbes magazine.

Extracted instance:

PublishedMedium = Forbes

Extracts references to radio programs.

RadioProgram: Name of the radio program.

Example 1.

When Americans want to be a part of the national conversation, they turn to Talk of the Nation, NPR's mid-day news-talk show.

Extracted instance:

RadioProgram = Talk of the Nation

Extracts references to radio stations. This entity type is currently focused on U.S. radio stations, although it may identify non-U.S. stations as well.

RadioStation: Name of the radio station.

Example 1.

WBUR is a public radio station broadcasting from the campus of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Extracted instance:

RadioStation = WBUR

Extracts a name of a (non-politically-defined) geographical region of the world (excluding continents).

Region: Geographical area.

The Company facilitates the movement of freight to and from anywhere in the world, with particular focus on business between the Far East and the United States.

Extracted instance:

Region = Far East

Extracts references to sports-related tournaments and championships.

SportsEvent: Name of event.

Example 1.

The San Antonio Silver Stars may have fallen short of the ultimate goal of playing for the WNBA championship.

Extracted instance:

SportsEvent = WNBA championship

Example 2.

The World Anti-Doping Agency yesterday welcomed the holding of an international summit on doping in cycling next month after this year's Tour de France was rocked by scandals

Extracted instance:

SportsEvent = Tour de France

Extracts references to sports games like football, baseball, soccer, etc.

SportsGame: Name of a sports game.

Example 1.

The Packers' Tracy White came out of the pile with the football for a touchdown.

Extracted instance:

SportsGame = football

Extracts names of sports leagues. Note that some sports leagues may also be extracted as organizations.

SportsLeague: Name of the league.

Example 1.

The team is being considered as one of six cities to host an
expansion International Basketball League team for play in 2006.

Extracted instance:

SportsLeague = International Basketball League

Extracts a technology name or a description of the technology.

Technology: Name or description of a type of technology.

Example 1.

Vairex was founded in 1987 to develop, advanced proprietary oil-free compressor technology.

Extracted instances:

Technology = oil-free compressor technology

Example 2.

The software's ability to stream over multiple formats has also been improved to now include MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WindowsMedia, RealVideo and QuickTime with MPEG-4 to be added soon.

Extracted instances:

Technology = MPEG-1

Technology = MPEG-2

Technology = MPEG-4

Extracts references to TV shows and programs.

TVShow: Name of the TV show.

Example 1.

The actress, who stars in the new ABC series Pushing Daisies, fractured a few ribs, according to E!Online.com.

Extracted instance:

TVShow = Pushing Daisies

Extracts references to TV stations. This entity type is currently focused on U.S. TV stations, although it may identify non-U.S. stations as well.

TVStation: Name of the station.

Example 1.

The Minnesota News Council narrowly upheld two complaints against KBJR-TV of Duluth and upheld one complaint against KSTP-TV of the Twin Cities on Thursday.

Extracted instance:

TVStation = KBJR-TV

TVStation = KSTP-TV

Extracts a URL or FTP address.

URL: Internet address of a website, Internet-based file, etc.

Example 1.

http://www.macromedia.com/go/buymx2004/

Extracted instance:

URL = http://www.macromedia.com/go/buymx2004/

Example 2.

http://reports.huginonline.com/915745/122470.pdf

Extracted instance:

URL = http://reports.huginonline.com/915745/122470.pdf

Example 3.

ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/garbo/

Extracted instance:

FTP = ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/garbo/

Extracts a reference to an acquisition (in the past, present or future) of shares in a company or of assets of another company.

May also be extracted from the document title.

Company_Acquirer: Company that acquires another company (optional).

Company_BeingAcquired: Company that is acquired by another company (required).

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

DateString: Temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the event/fact, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: An absolute date mentioned in the sentence in reference to the event/fact, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Values are as follows:

• announced: references a completed action (e.g., "announce", "confirm", "consummation", "definitive") or an actual event using a day name or other recent, time indications ("yesterday", "this morning", etc.).
• planned: references an indication of a plan (e.g., "proposed", "intention", "plan"), a future intention (e.g., "will", "shall"), or the negation of a cancellation (e.g., "was not cancelled", "did not reject").
• cancelled: references an indication of cancellation (e.g., "failure", "unsuccessful", "terminated").
• postponed: references an indication of postponement (e.g., "delay", "postponed").
• rumored: references an action verb, modified to indicate a possibility (e.g., "would", "could", “shouldn't").
• known: reference to past actions; also used when none of the above value indications are relevant.

Example 1.

Ericsson Business Innovation, the innovation development company recently set up by Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY), is buying a 29 per cent stake in Mediatude, a company specializing in targeted mobile marketing services over voice, SMS and WAP.

Extracted instances:

Company_Acquirer = Ericsson Business Innovation

Company_BeingAcquired = Mediatude

Status = announced

Example 2.

EMI said in September it had opened formal talks to buy Warner Music that would create a music firm second only to Universal Music and be home to a range of music from the Beatles and Frank Sinatra to Madonna and Norah Jones.

Extracted instances:

Company_Acquirer = EMI

Company_BeingAcquired = Warner Music

Status = known

DateString = September

Date = 2006-09-00

Extracts a reference to an alliance agreement signed recently, or in the past, between two or more companies.

Company1: Company that is a member of the alliance (required).

Company2: Second company that is a member of the alliance (required).

Company3: Third company that is a member of the alliance (optional).

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

DateString: Temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the alliance, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: An absolute date mentioned in the sentence in reference to the alliance, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Values are as follows:

• announced: references a completed action (e.g., "announce", "confirm", "consummation", "definitive") or an actual event using a day name or other recent, time indications ("yesterday", "this morning", etc.).
• planned: references an indication of a plan (e.g., "proposed", "intention", "plan"), a future intention (e.g., "will", "shall"), or the negation of a cancellation (e.g., "was not cancelled", "did not reject").
• cancelled: references an indication of cancellation (e.g., "failure", "unsuccessful", "terminated").
• postponed: references an indication of postponement (e.g., "delay", "postponed") rumored: references an action verb, modified to indicate a possibility (e.g., "would", "could", “shouldn't").
• known: reference to past actions; also used when none of the above value indications are relevant.

Example 1.

Digital Marketing Services,Inc. (DMS), the leading provider of online marketing research and a division of America Online Inc. (AOL), today announced an alliance with Netcentives Inc. (Nasdaq: NCNT)

Extracted instances:

Company = Digital Marketing Services, Inc.

Company = Netcentives Inc.

Status = announced

DateString = today

Date = 2000-01-31

Example 2.

The PeopleSoft alliance with Witness Systems is important because the integrated solution focuses on optimizing performance and ensuring customers are retained and happy.

Extracted instances:

Company = PeopleSoft

Company = Witness Systems

Status = known

Extract reports about estimates given by external analysts regarding the future (i.e., not-yet-reported) financial results of a publicly-traded company.

Company_Source: Name of the investment bank/analyst company (Merrill Lynch, etc.) issuing the estimate/rating (optional).

Person_Source: Name of the analyst (within the investment bank/research company) who issued the rating/estimate (optional).

Company_Rated: The company whose results are estimated by the analyst(s) (required).

FinancialMetric: The reported metric, normalized to the most commonly used terms. The possible metrics are: "Financial Results", "Revenues", "Earnings", "Net Loss", "Earnings Per-Share (Diluted)", "Loss Per-Share (Diluted)" (mandatory).

Quarter: Quarter to which the estimation refers, normalized. Possible values are Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 or H1, NINE_MONTHS and FY (optional).

Year: Fiscal year to which the estimation refers (optional).

Example 1.

Shares of Oplink Communications Inc., a provider of optical manufacturing, design and integration services, rocketed in afternoon trading on Friday after the company …

Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expect earnings of 60 cents per share on $75.7 million in sales for 2007.

Extracted instances:

Company_Rated = Oplink Communications Inc

FinancialMetric = Earnings Per-Share (Diluted)

Quarter = FY

Year = 2007

Example 2.

After casual dining chain California Pizza Kitchen Inc. boosted its second-quarter profit outlook on better-than-expected sales, ThinkEquity analyst Nicole M. Miller said the company is positioned to continue growing long-term with new menu items. …

Miller increased her second-quarter estimate a penny to 30 cents per share and reiterated her "Buy" rating on the stock.

Extracted instances:

Company_Source = ThinkEquity

Person_Source = Nicole M. Miller

Company_Rated = California Pizza Kitchen Inc.

FinancialMetric = Earnings Per-Share (Diluted)

Quarter = Q2

Extracts references to a recommendation by an analyst (of an investment bank or similar organization) regarding shares of a publicly traded company. The recommendation should be regarding shares (equity) only. Any recommendation regarding bonds or other credit instruments is not extracted by this concept. May also be extracted from the document title.

Company_Source: Investment bank/analyst company (Merrill Lynch, etc.) publishing the rating or recommendation (optional).

Person_Source: Name of the analyst (within the investment bank/research company) who issued the rating (optional).

Company_Rated: The company analyzed / recommended (or not recommended) by the analyst(s) (required).

Trend: The trend of the current recommendation with respect to the previous recommendation: May be either "upgraded" or "downgraded" or "reiterated" (SAME recommendation given AGAIN) or "initiated" (NEW recommendation as far we now - default).("downgraded", "upgraded", "initiated" or "reiterated") (required).

Rank_New: New or current rank given to the company stock by the analyst ("Strong Buy", "Hold", etc.) (optional).

Rank_Old: Previous company rank (as published by the same analyst) (optional).

Price_New: Target price quoted by the analyst (optional).

Price_Old: Previous target price, quoted by the same analyst (optional).

Example 1.

RBC analyst Jordan Rohan upgraded aQuantive to " Outperform" from "Sector Perform" and raised the price target to $27 per share, from $25.

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = RBC

Person_Source = Jordan Rohan

Company_Rated = aQuantive

Trend = upgraded

Rank_New = Outperform

Rank_Old = Sector Perform

Price_New = $27

Price_Old = $25

Example 2.

Prudential analyst John McPeake initiated coverage of three software companies Tuesday, …

McPeake also initiated coverage of Salesforce.com, which provides customer relationship management software and services via Web browsers, and Art Technology Group Inc., which makes e-commerce and marketing software.

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Prudential

Person_Source = John McPeake

Company_Rated = Salesforce.com

Trend = initiated

Company_Source = Prudential

Person_Source = John McPeake

Company_Rated = Art Technology Group Inc.

Trend = initiated

Extracts references to bankruptcy issues that involve companies: Corporate insolvencies and bankruptcies, where a company has filed for bankruptcy or been declared insolvent.

Voluntary and involuntary insolvency proceedings including creditor protection actions such as Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy code proceedings in the U.S. and administration orders elsewhere as well receiverships.

Company ceasing trading, bankruptcy court rulings and a company's emergence from a bankruptcy protection or administration process.

Company: Canonic name of the bankrupted company (required).

BankruptcyStatus: Normalized bankruptcy status, for example: "applied"; "possible apply"; "expected to emerge" (optional).

Date: Any relevant date (e.g., filling | any announcement date) (optional).

DateString: temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the bankruptcy, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: an absolute date mentioned in the sentence in reference to the bankruptcy, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Example 1.

German holding company WCM Inc. said on Wednesday it had applied for insolvency

Extracted instances:

Company = WCM Inc.

BankruptcyStatus = applied

DateString = Wednesday

Date = 2007-06-13

Example 2.

DOV Pharma Inc. says may file for bankruptcy.

Extracted instances:

Company = Dov Pharma Inc..

BankruptcyStatus = possible apply

Example 3.

Winn-Dixie ready to seek OK to exit bankruptcy.

Extracted instances:

Company = Winn-Dixie.

BankruptcyStatus = expected to emerge

Extracts references to bonus shares issues (in the past, present or future).

Company: Canonic name of the company that issued, postpoined, plans to issue or will issue bonus shares (required).

Ratio: The proportion between the number of shares held by the shareholders and the number of shares they will receive (optional).

Date: The date of the announcement. (optional)

DateString: Temporal phrase indicating the announcement date. (optional)

Date_Issued: The date of the issue. (optional)

Status: Extracted status based on the context of the issue action. Possible values: "announced", "planned", "cancelled", "postponed", "rumored", "known", and "closed". (required)

Example 1.

Malaysia's Public Bank said on Monday it plans to issue one bonus share for every four existing.

Extracted instances:

Company = Public Bank

Ratio = 1:4

DateString = on Monday

Date = 2007-11-19

Status = planned

Extracts a reference to a business agreement, signed recently or in the past, between two or more companies.

Note: Agreements phrased as "alliances" or "partnerships" are extracted as an Alliance. "Weaker" contacts are extracted as a BusinessRelation.

Company1: Company that is involved in a business activity with another company (required).

Company2: Second company that is involved in the business activity with the first company (required).

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

BusinessRelationType: Type of the business relation if indicated in the sentence, for example: licensing agreement. (optional)

DateString: temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the relation, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: an absolute date mentioned in the sentence in reference to the relation, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Values are as follows:

• announced: references a completed action (e.g., "announce", "confirm", "consummation", "definitive") or an actual event using a day name or other recent, time indications ("yesterday", "this morning", etc.).
• planned: references an indication of a plan (e.g., "proposed", "intention", "plan"), a future intention (e.g., "will", "shall"), or the negation of a cancellation (e.g., "was not cancelled", "did not reject").
• cancelled: references an indication of cancellation (e.g., "failure", "unsuccessful", "terminated").
• postponed: references an indication of postponement (e.g., "delay", "postponed").
• rumored: references an action verb, modified to indicate a possibility (e.g., "would", "could", "shouldn't").
• known: reference to past actions, or else used when none of the above value indications are relevant.

Example 1.

SmartForce (Nasdaq:SMTF), the world's largest e-Learning company, today announced an agreement with DigitalMed, a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC), to provide e-Learning for the health care industry.

Extracted instances:

Company = SmartForce

Company = DigitalMed

Status = announced

BusinessRelationType = agreement

DateString = today

Date = 2001-04-18

Example 2.

LookSmart said it swung to a third-quarter profit from its year-ago loss as revenues climbed 70 percent ahead of the January end of its key licensing agreement with MSN.

Extracted instances:

Company = LookSmart

Company = MSN

Status = cancelled

BusinessRelationType = key licensing agreement

Extracts references to a company’s plan to repurchase its own securities in the open market (buyback events).

Company: Canonic name of the company performing the buyback (required).

DateString: Temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the buyback, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: Timeframe for buyback or announcement date (optional) given as absolute date, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Example 1.

Avocent Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has approved stock repurchase program which authorizes the repurchase of up to two million of its common shares

Extracted instances:

Company = Avocent Corporation

DateString = today

Date = 2007-02-11

Example 2.

EarthLink, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELNK), one of the nation’s leading internet service providers (ISPs), today announced that its Board of Directors has expanded its share repurchase program, authorizing the purchase of an additional $100 million of its outstanding shares of common stock.

Extracted instances:

Company = EarthLink, Inc

DateString = today

Date = 2007-02-11

Example 3.

The program will take effect upon completion of the Company’s stock repurchase program which was authorized in May 2004.

Extracted instances:

Company = Commercial Capital Bancorp, Inc

DateString = May 2004

Date = 2004-05-00

Extracts references to a parent company or subsidiary relationship between two companies.

Company_Affiliate: Company that is a subsidiary or division of another company (required).

Company_Parent: Company that is a parent of another company (required).

AffiliateRelation: Nature of the relationship between a Company_Affiliate and Company_Parent, for example: subsidiary, division, child or parent (required).

Example 1.

To learn more about White Electronic Designs' subsidiaryPanelview Incorporated, please visit its website.

Extracted Instances:

Company_Parent = White Electronic Designs

Company_Affiliate = Panelview Incorporated

AffiliateRelation = subsidiary

Example 2.

Philips Semiconductors, a division of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI), and NDS Group plc (Nasdaq: NNDS; EASDAQ), a News Corporation company, announced an agreement.

Extracted Instances:

Company_Parent = Royal Philips Electronics

Company_Affiliate = Philips Semiconductors

AffiliateRelation = division

Company_Parent = News Corporation

Company_Affiliate = NDS Group plc

AffiliateRelation = Child

Extracts references to a customer of the company.

Company_Provider: Company that sells the product or service (required).

Company_Customer: Company that purchases products or services from the Company_Provider.

Organization_Customer: Organization that purchases products or services from the Company_Provider.

Note: One and only one of the Company_Customer/ Organization_Customer attributes is required.

Example 1.

Curtis, develops, markets and distributes ... The Company's customers include mass merchandisers such as Bi-Way Stores,Wal-Mart and Family Dollar.

Extracted Instances:

Company_Provider = Curtis

Company_Customer = Bi-Way Stores

Company_Provider = Curtis

Company_Customer = Wal-Mart

Company_Provider = Curtis

Company_Customer = Family Dollar

Example 2.

SuperFlex is currently used by such notable clients as British Telecom, NonStopNet, Kingston TLI, Telefonica, GTE, Hutchison, the Virtual University of ITESM and General Dynamics.

Extracted Instances:

Company_Provider = SuperFlex

Company_Customer = British Telecom

Company_Provider = SuperFlex

Company_Customer = NonStopNet

Company_Provider = SuperFlex

Organization_Customer = Virtual University of ITESM

Company_Provider = SuperFlex

Company_Customer = General Dynamics

Extracts references to an official announcement, made by the publicly traded company itself, regarding its financial earnings results.

May also be extracted from the document title.

Company: Company announcing the earnings (required).

Quarter: Portion of the year (required).

Year: The year (financial/fiscal year) to which the reported figure relates (optional).

FinancialMetric: The reported metric, normalized to the most commonly used terms. The possible metrics (normalized) are "Revenues", "Earnings", "Net Loss", "Earnings Per-Share (Diluted)", "Loss Per-Share (Diluted)" (mandatory).

1. Announcing the publication itself of the financial results:

Stein Mart, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMRT - News) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended April 29, 2006.

Extracted instances:

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2006

FinancialMetric = Financial Results

Note: This would be extracted even without the year and quarter.

2. Actual figure results:

For the first quarter of 2006, the Company earned $7.6 million or $0.17 per diluted share as compared to net income of $16.8 million or $0.38 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2005.

Extracted instances:

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2006

FinancialMetric = Earnings Per-Share

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2006

FinancialMetric = Earnings Per-Share (Diluted)

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2005

FinancialMetric = Earnings Per-Share

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2005

FinancialMetric = Earnings Per-Share (Diluted)

3. Announcing the publication itself of the financial results:

Blue Coat(R) Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI - News), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, 2006. Net revenue for the fourth quarter was $35.9 million, an increase of 26.5% compared to net revenue of $28.4 million for the same quarter last year.

Extracted instances:

Company = Blue Coat(R) Systems, Inc.

Quarter = Q4

Year = 2006

Company = Blue Coat(R) Systems, Inc.

Quarter = Q4

Year = 2005

FinancialMetric = Revenues 

Extracts references to a projected earnings, made by the publicly traded company itself.

Company: Company referenced, stating its own projected earnings (required).

Quarter: Portion of the year (optional).

Year (optional).

Trend Higher or Lower (optional).

FinancialMetric: The reported metric, normalized to the most commonly used terms. The possible metrics (normalized) are "Revenues", "Earnings", "Net Loss", "Earnings Per-Share (Diluted)", "Loss Per-Share (Diluted)" (mandatory).

Example 1.

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVTI - News), a leading supplier of CMOS image sensors, today reported financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended April 30, 2006.

Outlook

Based on current trends, the Company expects first quarter 2007 revenue will be in the range of $135-$145 million.

Extracted instances:

Company = OmniVision Technologies, Inc.

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2007

FinancialMetric = Revenues 

Example 2.

Internet age bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) also released disappointing news. The company said third-quarter revenue would slide 30% to $4.69 billion from $6.7 billion in the second quarter.

Extracted instances:

Company_Rated = company

Quarter = Q3

Trend = Lower

FinancialMetric = Revenues  

Extracts references to an investment in one company by another company.

Company: Company in which the investment was made (required).

Company_Investor: Company making the investment (optional).

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

DateString: Temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the investment event, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: An absolute date mentioned in the sentence in reference to the investment, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Example 1.

Health Web site drkoop.com Inc. said on Tuesday it received $20 million in equity financing, a new management team and a reconfigured board.

Extracted instances:

Company = drkoop.com Inc.

Status = announced

DateString = Tuesday

Date = 2000-08-22

Example 2.

Expertcity, Inc. is the leading provider of ... Investors include Sun Microsystems…

Extracted instances:

Company = Expertcity, Inc.

Company_Investor = Sun Microsystems

Status = known

Extracts references to one of the following legal issues that involve a company:

Class Action: A legal action against a company or companies where an individual represents a group in a court claim.

Corporate Litigation: Lawsuits/Litigation involving corporate entities that can have a material effect on the future actions/finances of the companies involved.

Company_Sued: Canonic name of the sued company.

SuedDescription: Descriptions of the sued entity (e.g., “'Light' cigarette” or “tobacco companies”).

Company_Plaintiff: Canonic name of the plaintiff company.

Person_Plaintiff: Canonic name of the plaintiff person.

LawsuitClass: Class action or lawsuit (default).

DateString: Temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the legal issues, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: An absolute date mentioned in the sentence in reference to the legal issues (such as filing date or announcement date), or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

LegalStatus: The status of the litigation or class action, mapped to one of the following values: "reject", "terminate", "rule against", "dismiss", "defend", "reinstate", "pending", "dismissed, with prejudice", "dismissed, without prejudice", "reach agreement", "settle", "agrees to settle", "financial terms were not disclosed", "remanded for further proceedings", "wins summary judgment", "granted summary judgment", "ruled unanimously in favor of...", given class action status", "certified".

Example 1.

A Dutch court ruled against navigation systems company TomTom on Thursday in a patent infringement lawsuit against rival navigation device maker IBM from the United States.

Extracted instances:

Company_Sued = IBM

Company_Plaintiff = TomTom

LawsuitClass = lawsuit

DateString = Thursday

Date = 2007-07-12

Example 2.

Eastman Kodak Co., the world's top maker of photographic film, said a federal court wins summary judgment in favor of the company in a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of shareholders.

Extracted instances:

Company_Sued = Eastman Kodak Co.

LawsuitClass = class action

Legal Status = wins summary judgment

Extracts references to the location (city and state or country if available) of the company’s headquarters.

Company: Company mentioned in the business document (required).

City: City, normalized to the full name, in which the company is located (optional).

ProvinceOrState: State or province, normalized to the full name, of the company location (optional).

Country: Country, normalized to the full name, of the country in which the company is located (optional).

Note: At least one of the City/ProvinceOrState/Country attributes is required.

LocationType: Normalized functional description of the company location, for example: "center of operations", "headquarters", "branch", "office", or "N/A" if not available (required).

Example 1.

RC Networks, headquartered in San Diego, Calif.,USA, is a privately held, venture-backed company.

Extracted Instances:

Company = RC Networks

City = San Diego

ProvinceOrState = California

Country = United States

LocationType = headquarters

Example 2.

Ore.-based PixelWorks

Extracted Instances:

Company = PixelsWorks Inc.

ProvinceOrState = Oregon

LocationType = N/A

Extracts references to a shareholders’ meeting held by a company.

Company: Canonic name of the reorganizing company (required).

CompanyMeetingType: The normalized meeting type, which can have the following values: AGM (Annual General Meeting), EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting) and Shareholders’ Meeting (required).

Country: The country in which the meeting is held (optional).

City: The city in which the meeting is held (optional).

ProvinceOrState: The state in which the meeting is held (optional).

Status: The status of the meeting (required).

MeetingSite: The site of the meeting, in most cases the facility in which the meeting was held (optional).

DateString: temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the meeting, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: Any relevant date - e.g., announcement date given as absolute date, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Example 1.

Plaintree Systems Inc. releases 2007 fiscal results and announces sale of property and delay of 2007 AGM.

Extracted instance:

Company = Plaintree Systems Inc.

CompanyMeetingType = AGM

Status = delayed

Example 2.

Separately, ABN Amro said it would hold a shareholder meeting Sept. 20 to debate the merits of the two bids.

Extracted instance:

Company = Avis Budget Group, Inc.

CompanyMeetingType = Shareholders’ Meeting

Status = planned

Date = Sept. 20

Date = 2007-09-20

Example 3.

Amedia Networks, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AANI - News), a provider of next generation media gateways to distribute and manage ultra-broadband triple-play services in the home, today announced that its 2007 Annual meeting of Stockholders will be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2007, at 8:30 AM at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel.

Extracted instance:

Company = Amedia Networks, Inc.

CompanyMeetingType = Shareholders' meeting

Status = planned

Date = 2007-08-14

MeetingSite = Sheraton Eatontown Hotel

Extracts references to the event of corporate reorganization/restructuring.

Company: Canonic name of the reorganizing company (required).

Status: The status of the reorganization process (required).

DateString: Temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the reorganization, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: An absolute date mentioned in the sentence in reference to the reorganization, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Example 1.

Badger Income Fund said it will delay a planned corporate reorganization

Extracted instance:

Company = Badger Income Fund

Status = delayed

Example 2.

Avis Budget Group, Inc. announced Thursday the restructuring of its Budget Truck Rental subsidiary.

Extracted instance:

Company = Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Status = announced

DateString = Thursday

Date = 2006-10-26

Extracts references to a technology employed by a company.

Company: Company that employs a technology (required).

Technology: Description of the technology employed (required).

Example 1.

Their expertise means that the company is ideally suited to distributingRC Networks' SDSL solutions, which complement the existing offerings.

Extracted Instances:

Company = RC Networks

Technology = SDSL

Example 2.

Targeted Genetics Corporation develops gene therapy products for the treatment of acquired and inherited diseases.

Extracted Instances:

Company = Targeted Genetics Corporation

Technology = gene therapy

Extracts instances where the company name is followed by its stock symbol/s (tickere symbol/s) in parentheses.

Company: Canonic name of the company (required).

Ticker: Stock symbols (ticker symbols) including possible extensions provided after a dot. (required)

StockExchange: Normalized name of the stock exchange that the stock symbol relates to. (optional)

Example 1.

Baltimore Technologies (NASDAQ:BALT; London:BLM.

Extracted instance:

Company = Baltimore Technologies

Ticker = BALT

StockExchange = NASDAQ

Company = Baltimore Technologies

Ticker = BLM

StockExchange = LSE

Extracts references to conference calls (in the past, present or future) held by a company, usually to report their financial results for the latest period.

Company: Canonic name of the company that holds or schedules a conference call (required).

CCallType: The type of the conference call, based on the topics to be discussed. In most of the cases, conference calls are of type ‘earnings’ (optional).

Quarter: The quarter discussed in the conference call (optional).

Status: Status of the conference call (required).

Values are as follows:

• announced
• rumored
• planned
• cancelled
• postponed
• known

DateString: temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the conference call, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: The date of the conference call given as absolute date, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Example 1.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. postponed a conference call with investors and analysts to discuss second-quarter earnings, but gave no reason for the move.

Extracted instance:

Company = Research In Motion Ltd.

Status = postponed

CCallType = earnings

Quarter = Q2

Example 2.

Raiffeisen, Vontobel to hold joint conference call.

Extracted instance:

Company = Raiffeisen

Status = planned

Company = Vontobel

Status = planned

Extracts references to a recent rating from a rating agency, regarding the bonds of a company.

Company_Source: Investment bank (company) publishing the rating or recommendation (required).

Company_Rated: Canonic name of the rated company.

Organization_Rated: Canonic name of the rated organization.

Note: One of the Company_Rated/Organization_Rated attributes is required; they are mutually exclusive.

Trend: Current rating with respect to the previous rating. Can be one of the following: affirms, assigns, changes, cuts, expects to change, puts, raises, rates, removes, says, withdraws.

Rank_New: Current ranking of the company.

Note: At least one of the Trend/ Rank_New attributes is required.

Rank_Old: Previous ranking of the company (optional).

Example 1.

HONG KONG (Standard & Poor's) Sept. 27, 2005--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it had assigned its 'BB' long-term corporate credit rating to Fosun International Ltd. (Fosun).

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Standard and Poor’s Rating Services

Company_Rated = Fosun International Ltd.

Trend = Assigns

Rank_New = BB

Example 2.

This includes Fitch's 'A-' long-term and senior debt ratings and 'BBB+' preferred stock rating on RenRe, as well as its'A+' insurer financial strength rating on lead operating subsidiary,...

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = RenRe Ltd.

Rank_New = A-

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = RenRe Ltd.

Rank_New = BBB+

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = RenRe Ltd.

Rank_New = A+

Example 3.

The following ratings are affirmed by Fitch with a Stable Outlook:

ACE Limited

--Long-term issuer at 'A-';

--$500 million senior notes 6.0% fixed due April 1, 2007 at 'A-';

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = ACE Limited

Trend = Affirms

Rank_New = A-

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = ACE Limited

Trend = Affirms

Rank_New = A-

Example 4.

Fitch Ratings-New York-September 23, 2005: Fitch has upgradedUNOVA, Inc.'s (UNOVA) issuer default rating to 'BB-' from 'B-'

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = UNOVA Inc.

Trend = Raises

Rank_New = BB-

Rank_Old = B-

Extracts reference to person's employment by another person.

Person_Employer: Canonic name of the person-employer. (required)

Person_Employee: Canonic name of the person-employee. (required)

Position: Position that person will hold or holds. (optional)

Date: Temporal phrase describing the hiring date. (optional)

DateString: Normalized date of the hiring. (optional)

Example 1:

Jan Scheck ended up being hired by Mr. E.J. Ridings at Trump Mortgage as national sales manager, but left the firm this year after his one-year contract was up.

Extracted instance:

Person_Employer = E.J. Ridings

Person_Employee = Jan Scheck

Position = national sales manager

Extracts a reference to a family relation between two persons.

Person: Person name of the subject.

Person_Relative: Person name of the family relative.

FamilyRelationType: Family relationship of Person_Relative to Person.

Example 1.

Gusti Made Mudita's daughter, Ni Gusti Ayu Kartini, 34, was missing in the explosion.

Extracted Instances:

Person = Gusti Made Mudita

Person_Relative = Ni Gusti Ayu Kartini

FamilyRelationType = daughter

Example 2.

Mahathir was to be accompanied by his wife Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali.

Extracted Instances:

Person = Mahathir Mohamad

Person_Relative = Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali

FamilyRelationType = wife

Extracts mentions of FDA phases for drugs - the stage in the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval process.

Company: Canonic name of the drug manufacturer. (required)

Product: Name of the drug in question. (required)

FDAStage: Stage in the approval process, such as: Fast Track Status, Phase 3 Trial, Halt of Study, INDA (Investigational New Drug Application), etc. (required)

Status: Normalized status of the stage (planned, completed, ongoing or NA). Mostly applies to Trials. (required)

Example 1.

Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC
Bulletin Board: PVCT) announced today it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Provecta(TM), an advanced drug therapy designed to treat
breast, liver, prostate and other potentially deadly cancers.”

Extracted Instances:

Company = Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Product = Provecta(TM)

FDA Stage = INDA

Status = NA

Extracts references to an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of stock by a company.

Company: Canonic name of the company issuing shares (required).

Status: The status of the issuance. Possible values are: planned, announced, delayed, and known (required).

DateString: temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the public offering, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: Any relevant date e.g., announcement date given as absolute date, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Example 1.

SM Investments Corp. has set the price of the Philippines' largest initial public offering at 250 pesos ($4.6) per share to raise a total 28.75 billion pesos ($530 million), traders said on Friday.

Extracted instance:

Company = SM Investments Corp.

Status = announced

DateString = Friday

Date = 2007-07-02

Example 2.

Science Applications International Corp. on Monday set its planned initial public offering at 75 million shares at an estimated price of $13 to $15 each.

Extracted instance:

Company = Science Applications International Corp.

Status = planned

DateString = Monday

Date = 2007-06-13

Extracts a reference to a joint-venture agreement, signed recently or in the past. May also be extracted from the document title.

Company1: First company that is involved in the joint venture with one or more other companies (required).

Company2: Second company involved in the joint venture (optional).

Company3: Third company involved in the joint venture (optional).

Company_NewName: New company name, if any, resulting from the joint venture involving the companies (optional).

DateString: Temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to joint venture, for example: yesterday, next month, etc. (optional)

Date: An absolute date mentioned in the sentence in reference to the joint venture, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date. (optional)

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

Values are as follows:

• announced: references a completed action (e.g., "announce", "confirm", "consummation", "definitive") or an actual event using a day name or other recent, time indications ("yesterday", "this morning", etc.).
• planned: references an indication of a plan (e.g., "proposed", "intention", "plan"), a future intention (e.g., "will", "shall"), or the negation of a cancellation (e.g., "was not cancelled", "did not reject").
• cancelled: references an indication of cancellation (e.g., "failure", "unsuccessful", "terminated").
• postponed: references an indication of postponement (e.g., "delay", "postponed") rumored: references an action verb, modified to indicate a possibility (e.g., "would", "could", "shouldn't").
• known: reference to past actions, or else used when none of the above value indications are relevant.

Example 1.

L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) and Thales Avionics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thales (formerly Thomson-CSF) specializing in avionics and aircraft cabin electronics, announced that they have signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to operate the assets of L-3's Aviation Communications & Surveillance S