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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

EntertainmentAwardEvent = Oscar

Extracts a proper name of a man-made, specific physical entity.

Facility: Name of the facility.

Note: Ambiguous organizations/facilities such as courts, embassies, consulates, radio stations and TV stations will be tagged as Facility only if there is one or more explicit location/building indicators, e.g., "the Parliament building", "The crowd outside the Stanislaus County Courthouse". Places such as parks, borders, settlements, farms, parking lots, etc., will not be extracted, but theme parks or amusement parks will be extracted. Universities and hospitals are tagged as Facility.

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 instances:

Holiday = Eid Al-Adha (normalized)

Example 2.

Parades will take place during the Latvian Foundation Day.

Extracted instances:

Holiday = Latvia's Foundation Day (normalized)

Example 3.

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

Extracted instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

MusicGroup = Queen

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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

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)

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

Extracts information about two major types of political event: Voting and Other. While the first refers to any voting event, e.g., election, primary, etc., the latter refers to an event with political reference such as rallies, demonstrations, debates, speeches, etc.

PoliticalEvent: Any voting or other political event.

PoliticalEventType: Event type: one of “Voting”, "Withdrawal", "Leaving Office", "Inaguration" or “Other”

Date: Relevant date of the Event, e.g., election date.

DateString: Temporal phrase as it appears in the text.

Location: Relevant location of the Event.

Example 1.

Conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi won Italy's general elections.

Extracted instances:

PoliticalEvent= general elections

PoliticalEventType = Voting

Location = Italy

Example 2.

On January 20, 2009 the next president of the United States will be sworn in on the steps of the capitol.

Extracted instances:

PoliticalEvent= the next president of the United States will be sworn in

PoliticalEventType = Inauguration

Date = 2009-01-20

Example 3.

Romney hunted for votes among Cuban-American Republicans at a rally in a Miami suburb, vowing to "never give in" to Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Extracted instance:

PoliticalEvent= rally

PoliticalEventType = Other

Location = Miami

Extracts information concerning people's positions.

Position: the person's position.

Example 1.

Dave Rivello, special agent with Drug Enforcement Agency in Salisbury, said the drugs first were distributed mostly in the Salisbury area.

Extracted instances:

Position = special agent

Example 2.

Former Paterson Mayor Martin G. Barnes pleaded guilty in July.

Extracted instances:

Position = Mayor

Example 3.

A judge investigating suspicions that Total paid bribes to access markets has opened legal proceedings against one of the oil giant's Middle East directors.

Extracted instances:

Position = judge

This entity type extracts references to products. The product type is extracted for the following product types: drug products, electronic products, car models, aircraft models, and weapons.

Product: Name of the product.

ProductType: Currently the only extracted product types are:

• Drug
• Car
• Aircraft
• Electronics
• Weapon

Note: For product types other than these, ProductType=Other.

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 instances:

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

Example 4.

The 9.1-megapixel EX-Z85 comes across as a pretty basic ultracompact camera.

Extracted instances:

Product = Casio Exilim™ EX-Z85 Digital Camera

ProductType = Electronics

Example 5.

Adobe's Photoshop family of products is the ultimate playground for bringing out the best in digital images.

Extracted instances:

Product = Photoshop

ProductType = Other

Example 6.

More than 50 mortars have been fired at Israel, including 14 Hamas-made Qassam rockets.

Extracted instances:

Product = Qassam rockets

ProductType = Weapon

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 instances:

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 instances:

PublishedMedium = The Boston Globe

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

PublishedMedium = The Oakland Tribune

Example 3.

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

Extracted instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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 instances:

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

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

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

Example 3.

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

Extracted instances:

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 (optional).

Note:  At least one of Company_Acquirer or Company_BeingAcquired attributes is 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 Music Group 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 = The EMI Group

Company_BeingAcquired = Warner Music

Status = planned

DateString = September

Date = 2006-09-00

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

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

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

Company: 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)" (required).

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).

FinancialTrend: 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

FinancialTrend = 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

Company_Rated = Art Technology Group Inc.

FinancialTrend = initiated

Extracts references to the arrest of a person or a group of persons.

Person: the person that was arrested (required).

Charge: the primary (optional).

Charge: additional charge (optional).

Charge: aadditional charge (optional).

OtherCharges: Other charges (optional).

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

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

Example 1.

Issac's brother Ramzi Issac, who was arrested along with the London suspect, was also charged with possessing false documents

Extracted instances:

Person = Ramzi Issac

Charge = possessing false documents

Example 2.

Also arrested Monday were his 33-year-old son Justin Zivojinovich and his wife, Michelle, 30.

Extracted instances:

Person = Justin Zivojinovich

Date = 2009-03-02

DateString = Monday

Person = Michelle

Date = 2009-03-02

DateString = Monday

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).

Status: 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.

Status = applied

DateString = Wednesday

Date = 2009-03-04

Example 2.

DOV Pharma Inc. says it may file for bankruptcy.

Extracted instances:

Company = Dov Pharma Inc.

Status = possible apply

Example 3.

Winn-Dixie ready to seek OK to exit bankruptcy.

Extracted instances:

Company = Winn-Dixie

Status = 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).

BonusSharesRatio: 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).

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

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

BonusSharesRatio = 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.

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

Company: 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 Ltd. 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 Ltd.

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).

Status: Status of 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

Status = announced

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

Status = announced

Example 3.

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

Extracted instance:

Company = Commercial Capital Bancorp, Inc.

DateString = May 2004

Date = 2004-05-00

Status = planned

Extracts references to a company's change in its accounting method or policy, i.e., change of fiscal year, change of depreciation policy or new accounting standards.

Company: Canonic name of the company changing its accounting method/policy. (required)

AccountingChangeType: Change type of accounting method/policy. Possible values are: "FY" (fiscal year), "depreciation policy" or "accounting standard" (required).

Date: Normalized date of announcement of the change, e.g., "2007-06-30" (optional).

DateString: Date of announcement (not normalized) of the change, e.g., "today," "September 30" (optional).

Status: Extracted based on the context of the change action (required).

Example 1.

On June 2, 2004, Elizabeth Arden, Inc.'s Board of Directors approved a fiscal year-end change from January 31 to June 30.

Extracted instance:

Company = Elizabeth Arden, Inc.

AccountingChangeType = FY

Date = 2004-06-02

DateString = June 2, 2004

Status = announced

Example 2.

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) today announced that, effective January 1, 1999, it will adopt a new accounting standard pertaining to costs related to start-up activities.

Extracted instance:

Company = Lockheed Martin Corporation.

AccountingChangeType = accounting standard

Date = 2009-02-08

DateString = today

Status = announced

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).

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted instances:

Company_Parent = White Electronic Designs

Company_Affiliate = Panelview Incorporated

AffiliateRelationType = subsidiary

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Company_Parent = News Corporation Company

Company_Affiliate = NDS Group plc

AffiliateRelationType = child

Instance 2:

Company_Parent = Royal Philips Electronics

Company_Affiliate = Philips Semiconductors

AffiliateRelationType = division

Example 3.

Altria announced that it would spin off its international division, Philip Morris International.

Extracted instances:

Company_Parent = Altria Group, Inc.

Company_Affiliate = Philip Morris International

AffiliateRelationType = spinoff

Extracts information about competition between companies.

Company1, Company2: Companies involved in competition (required).

Example 1.

Shares of EDS's closest competitors - Infosys Technologies (nasdaq:INFY - news - people), Computer Sciences Corporation (nyse: CSC - news - people) and Accenture (nyse: ACN - news - people) - were all down Tuesday as investors did the math.

Extracted instances:

Company1 = EDS, Company2 = Infosys Technologies

Company1 = EDS, Company2 = Computer Sciences Corporation

Company1 = EDS, Company2 = Accenture

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'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

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)" (required).

Example 1. Announcing the publication itself of the financial results:

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

Extracted instances:

Company = Stein Mart, Inc.

Quarter = Q1

FinancialMetric = Financial Results

Example 2.

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. Consolidated net sales were $1,377,380,000 compared with $1,342,222,000 for the fourth quarter of 2007.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Company = Hershey Food Corporation

Quarter = FY

Year = 2008

FinancialMetric = Earnings

Instance 2:

Company = Hershey Food Corporation

Quarter = Q4

Year = 2008

FinancialMetric = Earnings 

Instance 3:

Company = Hershey Food Corporation

Quarter = Q4

Year = 2008

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).

FinancialTrend: 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)" (required

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.

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. “Hershey's strong fourth quarter results represent a solid end to the year" said David J. West, President and Chief Executive Officer. “For 2009, we expect net sales growth of 2-3 percent.

Company = Hershey Food Corporation

Quarter = FY

Year = 2009

FinancialMetric = Revenues

FinancialTrend = higher 

Extracts the number of workers in a company. If mentioned, the location and/or unit are also extracted.

Company: the Company’s name (required).

EmployeesNumber: number of employees in company (required).

Unit: name of unit or department (optional).

Location: location of company (optional).

LocationType: city, country, continent (optional)

Example 1.

Wachovia has 120,000 employees nationwide.

Extracted instances:

Company = Wachovia Corp.

EmployeesNumber = 120,000

Location = nationwide

Example 2.

The Coca-Cola Co. says it is cutting information technology jobs in a bid to become more efficient. Company spokesman Dana Bolden would not say Thursday how many jobs will be eliminated, but said there will not be a major reduction in staff. The IT department has 1,100 employees.

Extracted instances:

Company = Coca-Cola Co.

EmployeesNumber = 1,100

Unit = IT

Example 3.

Nokia is focused on wireless and wired telecommunications, with 128,445 employees in 120 countries.

Extracted instances:

Company = Nokia Oyj

Employees = 128,445.

Location = in 120 countries.

Extracts two types of company expansion: a company entering a new market, and a company creating a new unit.

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

ExpansionType: “New Market” or “New Unit” (required).

Location: the location of the new unit/new market (optional).

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

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).

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

Example 1.

Lenovo Company enters netbook market.

Extracted instances:

Company = Lenovo Company

ExpansionType = New Market

Status = known

Example 2.

French car manufacturer Peugeot Citroen has announced plans to build its first factory in Russia.

Extracted instances:

Company = Peugeot SA

ExpansionType = New Market

Location = Russia

Status = planned

Example 3.

DGSE Companies, Inc. Announces Creation of Superior Precious Metals, Inc.

Extracted instances:

Company = Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange

ExpansionType = New Unit

Status = announced

Extracts interruption of regular activity in a company due to unexpected external events.

Company: the company affected by force majeure. (required)

Location: where the event or incident occurred (optional).

ForceMajeure: the cause affecting normal activity in company (optional).

Date: when the incident occurred (optional)

DateString: the time expression as appears in the text (optional).

Example 1.

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. announced that a construction incident caused by one of its electrical subcontractors working on the Pasadena, Texas, polysilicon facility expansion resulted in a power outage to the entire site, although the power was eventually restored later the same day.

Extracted instances:

Company = MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.

Location = Pasadena, Texas

ForceMajeure = construction incident

Example 2.

A fire broke out at Finnish oil refiner Neste Oil's 50,000 barrels per day Naantali refinery in western Finland on Saturday, delaying restart of the plant by several days, the plant spokesman said.

Extracted instance:

Company = Neste Oil Oyj

Location = Finland

Date = 2008-10-11

DateString = on Saturday

ForceMajeure = fire

Company: the name of the company (required).

Year: the year the company was founded (required).

Example 1.

V-Access (India) Pvt. Ltd. was formed in 1996. It is a 100% subsidiary of Vadain Beheer Group.

Extracted instances:

Company = V-Access (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Year = 1899

Example 2.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) came into existence on 1st October 1964.

Extracted instances:

Company = Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Year = 1964

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

Extracts production stoppages brought about by labor disagreements, negotiations etc.

Company: Canonic name of the company affected by the labor issue (required).

Location: where the event or incident occurred (optional).

Date: when the incident occurred (optional).

DateString: the time expression as appears in the text. Status: status of employees or union strike (optional).

Status: Status of the labor disagreement (required).

Example 1.

Workers at Greek telecoms group OTE staged a 24-hour strike on Tuesday to protest against planned changes they say will affect job security, as well as the group's further privatization.

Extracted instance:

Company = Hellenic Telecommunication organization

Location = Greece

Date = 2008-09-16

DateString = on Tuesday

Status = known

Example 2.

A strike at Chile's Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, entered a third week on Monday with the union rejecting a new wage offer and the company inviting workers to negotiate individual contracts.

Extracted instances:

Company = Escondida

Location = Chile

Date = 2008-08-21

DateString = on Monday

Status = continued

Extracts references to an event of a company reducing its workforce by cutting the number of employees, jobs, positions, etc.

Company: Canonic name of the company involved in the layoff event (required).

Status: The status of the layoff event. Extracted based on the context (required).

Date: A relevant date (normalized) mentioned in the context (optional).

DateString: Temporal phrase mentioned in the sentence in reference to the layoffs, not normalized, e.g., “today”, “Monday”, “November 15th” (optional).

EmployeesNumber: The number of employees involved in the layoff event. Number modification is normalized to “over” “under” “up to” “at least” or none (optional).

EmployeesPercentage: The percentage of employees (out of the total company’s workforce) involved in the layoff event. Modification normalized as in EmployeesNumber (optional).

Example 1. 

General Motors Corp. announced today a reduction in workforce.

Extracted Instance:

Company = General Motors Corp.

Status = announced

DateString = today

Example 2.

During 2008, Hewlett-Packard laid off 2 percent of its staff, or about 1,770 workers.

Extracted Instances:

Instance 1:

Company = Hewlett-Packard.

Status = known

Date = 2008-00-00

DateString = During 2008

EmployeesPercentage = 2%

Instance 2:

Company = Hewlett-Packard.

Status = known

Date = 2008-00-00

DateString = last year

EmployeesNumber = 1,770

Example 3. 

Door-to-door newspaper sales will be dropped, and more than 200 telemarketing jobs will be eliminated, The Los Angeles Times said.

Extracted Instance:

Company = The Los Angeles Times

Status = planned

EmployeesNumber = over 200

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)

Status: 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 = International Business Machines Corporation

Company_Plaintiff = TomTom BV

LawsuitClass = lawsuit

DateString = Thursday

Date = 2009-03-05

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

Status = wins summary judgment
 

Extracts a reference to any change in listing for a company in any known stock exchange, i.e., companies added or removed from any one of the stock exchanges.

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

StockExchange: Canonic name of Stock Market in which the change is relevant. (required)

ChangeType: Could be either “enters”, as in “enters the stock exchange”) or “leaves”. (required).

Date: The formatted date (in YYYY/MM/DD format) on which the change took place resolved according to the publication date (optional)

DateString: The date reference as it appears in the text, not normalized (optional).

Ticker: The company’s ticker symbol in the relevant stock exchange (optional).

Example 1.

Camtek Ltd.chose to delist its shares from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in 2003.

Extracted instances:

Company = Camtek Ltd

StockExchange = TASE

ChangeType = leaves

Date = 2003-00-00

DateString = in 2003

Example 2.

Getty Images Inc. will move from Nasdaq to NYSE.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1: 

Company = Getty Images Inc.

StockExchange = NASDAQ

ChangeType = leaves

Instance 2:

Company =Getty Images Inc.

StockExchange = TASE

ChangeType = enters

Example 3.

Marconi's American Depository Receipts Ltd. will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol MRCIY.

Extracted instance: 

Company = Marconi's American Depository Receipts Ltd.

StockExchange = NASDAQ

ChangeType = enters

Ticker = MRCIY

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).

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

CompanyLocationType: 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

CompanyLocationType = headquaters

City = San Diego, California, United States

ProvinceOrState = California, United States

CompanyLocationType = headquarters

Example 2.

Ore.-based PixelWorks Inc.

Extracted instances:

Company = PixelsWorks Inc.

ProvinceOrState = Oregon, United States

CompanyLocationType = 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).

Facility: 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.

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

Extracted instances:

Company = ABN Amro

CompanyMeetingType = Shareholders’ Meeting

Status = announced

Date = Sept. 20

Date = 2009-09-20

Example 2.

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 instances:

Company = Amedia Networks, Inc.

CompanyMeetingType = Shareholders' Meeting

Status = announced

Date = 2007-08-14

DateString  = Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Facility = Sheraton Eatontown Hotel

Extracts references to the event of changing the name of a company.

Company_FormerName: Canonic name of the company before the name change (required).

Company_NewName: Canonic name of the company after the name change (required).

Status: The status of the name change process (required).

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

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

Ticker: The company’s stock symbol (ticker symbol), either new or updated, including possible extension provided after a dot (optional).

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

Example 1.

Troubled drug development company SFBC International said on Monday it has changed its name to PharmaNet Development Group Inc. and will be traded on Nasdaq under the stock symbol "PDGI".

Extracted instances:

Company_FormerName = SFBC International

Company_NewName = PharmaNet Development Group Inc.

Status = announced

DateString = Monday

Date = 2008-12-22

Ticker = PDGI

StockExchange = Nasdaq

Example 2.

As part of continuing reorganization, the name change to Traxxec, Inc. (formerly Columbia River Resources, Inc.) became effective from August 11th, 2008.

Extracted instances:

Company_FormerName = Columbia River Resources Inc.

Company_NewName = Traxxec Inc.

Status = known

DateString = August 11th, 2008

Date = 2008-08-11

Extracts references to companies and their products.

Company: Canonic name of a company whose product is mentioned in the text. (required)

Product: Name of the product (required).

ProductType: The type of the product (required). Currently the only extracted product types are:

• drug
• car
• aircraft
• electronics
• weapon

Note: For product types other than these, ProductType=Other.

Example 1.

Adobe's Photoshop family of products is the ultimate playground for bringing out the best in digital images.

Extracted instances:

Company = Adobe Systems Inc.

Product = Photoshop

ProductType = Other

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Company = Ford Motor Co.

Product = Ford Focus

ProductType = Car

Example 3.

Boeing is introducing the 787 Dreamliner which includes new technologies to create better environmental performance for commercial jetliners.

Extracted instances:

Company = The Boeing Co.

Product = 787 Dreamliner

ProductType = Aircraft

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 instances:

Company = Badger Income Fund

Status = delayed

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Company = Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Status = announced

DateString = Thursday

Date = 2006-10-26

Extracts references to a company restatement of its financial statement for some period(s).

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

Quarter: Restatement quarter (optional).

Year: Restatement year (optional).

Date: Normalized date of announcement (optional).

DateString: Temporal phrase (not normalized) mentioned in the sentence in reference to the announcement (optional).

Status: The status of the restatement event (required).

Example 1.

AMIS Holdings, Inc. announced that the audit committee has completed its review, and as a result, the Company has decided to restate its consolidated financial statements for the first and second quarters of fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Company = AMIS Holdings, Inc.

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2007

Status = announced

Instance 2:

Company = AMIS Holdings, Inc.

Quarter = Q2

Year = 2007

Status = announced

Example 2.

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. announced that it is planning to restate its financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Company = Columbia Laboratories, Inc

Quarter = FY

Year = 2005

Status = planned

Instance 2:

Company = Columbia Laboratories, Inc

Quarter = FY

Year = 2006

Status = planned

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 distributing RC 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 instances:

Company = Baltimore Technologies

Ticker = BALT

StockExchange = NASDAQ

Company = Baltimore Technologies

Ticker = BLM

StockExchange = LSE

Extract references to customer companies or organizations using products of provider companies. The product can be either product name or product description.

Company_Customer: Canonic name of the company that purchased a product or service (optional).

Organization_Customer: Canonic name of organization that purchased a product or service (optional).

Note: At least one of the Company_Customer / Organization_Customer attributes is required.

Company_Provider: Canonic name of a company that provides the product.

Product: Name of the product.

ProductType: In case the product is of type Drug/Weapon/Electronic/Car/Aircraft: one of these values. Otherwise, the value will be 'Other'.

Note: At least one of the Product / ProductDescription / Company_Provider attributes is required.

Note: Either both Product and ProductType or Company_Provider attributes is required.

DateString: The date reference as it appears in the text, not normalized (optional).

Date: The date, in YYYY/MM/DD format (optional).

Status: The usage status (announced, known etc.) (required)

Example 1.

BakBone Software(R) (TSX: BKB, OTC Pink Sheets: BKBO), a global provider of data protection software, is using the AppExchange on-demand platform.

Extracted instances:

Company_Customer = BakBone Software

Product = AppExchange

ProductType = Other

Status = announced

Example 2.

It has been announced that The US Army will use Microsoft's IPTV Edition software.

Extracted instances:

Organization_Customer = United States Army

Company_Provider = Microsoft Corporation

Product = IPTV Edition

ProductType = Other

Status = announced

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).

ConferenceCallType: 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 instances:

Company = Research In Motion Ltd.

Status = postponed

ConferenceCallType = earnings

Quarter = Q2

Example 2.

Raiffeisen Group and Bank Vontobel to hold joint conference call.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Company = Raiffeisen Group

 Status = planned

Instance 2:

Company = Bank Vontobel

Status = planned

Extracts references to a conviction of an individual or group of people.

Person: Name of the person, if named, normalized to the fullest name available in the document (required).

Charge: Phrase describing the offense / charge (optional).

Charge: Phrase describing the second offense / charge, if available (optional).

Charge: Phrase describing the third offense / charge, if available (optional).

OtherCharges: Additional charges, if available (optional).

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

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

Example 1.

Mr. al-Sirri himself was sentenced to death in absentia in an Egyptian court in 1994 for his role in an assassination attempt on the Egyptian prime minister.

Extracted instances:

Person = al-Sirri

Charge = assassination attempt on the Egyptian prime minister

DateString = in 1994

Date = 1994-00-00

Example 2.

Guilherme “Will” Barbosa, 21, of Brockton, Mass., faces a maximum sentence of six years in prison when he is sentenced in Columbia County Court. He was found guilty of two aggravated assault counts, as well as lesser charges of simple assault and reckless endangerment.

Extracted instances:

Person = Guilherme “Will” Barbosa

Charge = aggravated assault

Charge = simple assault

Charge = reckless endangerment

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.

FinancialTrend: 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.

FinancialTrend = Assigns

Rank_New = BB

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = RenRe Ltd.

Rank_New = A-

Instance 2:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = RenRe Ltd.

Rank_New = BBB+

Instance 3:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = RenRe Ltd.

Rank_New = A+

Example 3.

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

Extracted instances:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = UNOVA Inc.

FinancialTrend = Raises

Rank_New = BB-

Rank_Old = B-

Extracts Debt Financing information from the finance related documents

Company: Canonic name of company which is in need of DebtFinancing, to boost its finances (required).

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

DebtType: The debt entities involved (required).

DebtAction: Extracted based on the context (required).

Date: The formatted date (in YYYY/MM/DD format) on which the transaction took place (optional).

DateString: The date reference as it appears in the text, not normalized (optional).

Example 1. 

Verizon entered into a $7.55 billion 364-day credit facility.

Extracted Instances:

Company = Verizon Communications Inc.

Status = announced

DebtType = credit facility

DebtAction = entered

Example 2.

Time Warner Cable Inc. (“TWC”), a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. completed its offering of $2.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes on 12th January 2008.

Extracted Instances:

Company = Time Warner Cable Inc.

Status = announced

DebtType = senior unsecured notes

DebtAction = completed

Date = 2008-01-12

DateString = 12th January 2008

Extracts references to a delay in filing reports by a company.

Company: Canonic name of the company delayed in filing (required). 

FilingType: Canonic names of the report. Name values are "Form 10-K" (Form 10-K or Form 10-KSB), "Form 20-F", "Form 10-Q" (Form 10-Q or Form 10-QSB or other quarterly report), "annual report" and "interim report". If none of the above can be identified, the original text is used (required). 

Quarter: Fiscal period of the filing; values are "Q1" (first quarter), "Q2" (second quarter), "Q3" (third quarter), "Q4" (fourth quarter), "Q" (quarter), "H1" ( first half year), "H2" (second half year), "FY" (full year) (optional).

Year: Year of the filing (optional).

Status: Status of the delay, extracted based on the context of the delayed filing action.(required).

Example 1.

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed a Form 12b-25 today providing for a 15-calendar-day extension for submitting its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

Extracted instances:

Company = King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

FilingType = Form 10-K

Quarter = FY

Year = 2002

Status = announced 

Extracts information about diplomatic relations between diplomatic entities (i.e., countries, governments, minority groups, regions, international organizations or a person who is a spokesperson for a group).

DiplomaticEntity1: Canonic name or description of entities that can be involved in international relations: country, governments, minority groups, region, international organization (NATO, UN, NGOs) and person who is a spokesman for a group.

DiplomaticAction: Normalized Action type taken by one group towards another.

DiplomaticEntity2: Canonic name or description of entities that can be involved in international relations: country, governments, minority groups, region, international organization (NATO, UN, NGOs) and person who is a spokesman for a group.

Location: Name of geographic location where the action took place (optional).

Date: Absolute date mentioned in the text, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date (optional).

DateString: Temporal phrase as it appears in the text (optional).

Example 1.

Poland and the Baltic states came together on Saturday to issue a harsh condemnation of Russia for what they described as aggression in Georgia and urged NATO and the European Union to oppose it.

Instance 1:

DiplomaticEntity1 = Poland

DiplomaticAction = condemnation

DiplomaticEntity2 = Russia

Date = 2008-08-09

Extracted instance 2:

DiplomaticEntity1 = Baltic states

DiplomaticAction = condemnation

DiplomaticEntity2 = Russia

Date = 2008-08-09

Example 2.

Bulgaria and China strengthen miliary cooperation.

DiplomaticEntity1 = Bulgaria

DiplomaticAction = Military Alliance

DiplomaticEntity2 = China

Example 3.

Russia responded by saying it was suspending military cooperation with Latvia, Estonia and Norway.

Instance 1:

DiplomaticEntity1 = Russia

DiplomaticAction = Military Alliance Suspension

DiplomaticEntity2 = Latvia

Instance 2:

DiplomaticEntity1 = Russia

DiplomaticAction = Military Alliance Suspension

DiplomaticEntity2 = Estonia

Instance 3:

DiplomaticEntity1 = Russia

DiplomaticAction = Military Alliance Suspension

DiplomaticEntity2 = Norway

Extracts information about dividends paid to shareholders by a company.

Company: The company that announces dividend (required).

Status: The status of the dividend, e.g., planned, announced (required).

Quarter: The quarter for which the dividend is to be paid (optional).

Year: The year for which the dividend is to be paid (optional).

DividendType: The type of the dividend. Possible values: Cash, Shares (optional).

Example 1.

South African short-term insurer Santam reported annual results that beat expectations on Wednesday and said it will pay a special cash dividend, sending its stock nearly seven percent higher.

Extracted instance:

Company = Santam

Status = announced

DividendType = cash

Example 2.

"We have a good level of yearly free cash flow, about $800 million for the entire Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. group. Most likely we are enhancing our dividend payout to 70 percent of core earnings in 2007," he added.

Extracted instance:

Company = Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.

Status = planned

Quarter = FY

Year = 2007

Extracts an announcement about a recent appointment, retirement (including dismissal) or promotion of an executive (or several executives) in a company or organization. May also be extracted from the document title.

Company: Company in which the management change takes place.

Organization: Organization in which the management change takes place.

Person: Full name of the person mentioned within the document (optional).

Position: Position that the person will hold or held.

ChangeType: "enters", "leaves", "retired" (required).

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

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

EmploymentChangeStatus: Status of the employment change (planned, known, announced, etc.) (required).

Notes:

• One of the following is required: Company, Organization or Position. Company and Organization are mutually exclusive. Only one of the two can be used.
• A retirement action does not require a position, company or organization.

Example 1.

Electronic component developer Panja Inc. said it has appointed Berry Cash as chairman of the company.

Extracted instances:

Company = Panja Inc.

Person = Berry Cash

Position = chairman

ChangeType = enters

EmploymentChangeStatus = announced

Example 2.

Bank One Corp. said that president Verne Istock will retire Sept. 30.

Extracted instances:

Company = Bank One Corp.

Person = Verne Istock

Position = president

ChangeType = leaves

DateString = Sept. 30

Date = 2001-09-30

EmploymentChangeStatus = planned

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 instances:

Person_Employer = E.J. Ridings

Person_Employee = Jan Scheck

Position = national sales manager

Extracts instances of an issue having an effect on the environment at any particular location or on a particular date.

EnvironmentalIssue: Name of the environmental issue (required).

Location: where the issue occurred (optional)

LocationType: city, province/state, country (optional).

Date: when the issue occurred (optional).

DateString: the date as it appears in the text (optional).

Example 1.

Each year we lose many coconut trees on our shore lines because of tidal erosion from sea level rise.

Extracted instances:

EnvironmentalIssue = sea level rise

Example 2.

Overfishing over historical times is largely responsible for the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems around North America.

Extracted instances:

EnvironmentalIssue = Overfishing

Location = around North America

LocationType = NP

Extracts references to an animal/plant life almost ceasing to exist.

Species: Plants/animal which is affected (required).

Location: Location of the species.

Date: Date of the extinction/status change of the species.

DateString: the date as it appears in the text.

Example 1.

The Chinese paddle fish and the dog-eating catfish in Southeast Asia are on the brink of extinction because of pollution, overfishing and dam building.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1

Species = The Chinese paddle fish

Location = Southeast Asia

Instance 2

Species = dog-eating catfish

Location = Southeast Asia

Example 2.

In 1967, after years of over-hunting and habitat loss, the gator was listed as an endangered species.

Extracted instances:

Species = the gator

Date = 1967-00-00

DateString = 1967

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 Mohamad 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)

ProductType: The type of the product (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)

FDAStage = INDA

Status = NA

ProductType = drug

Extracts references to an indictment of a person or group of people (charged with criminal offenses).

Person: Name of the person, if named, normalized to the fullest name available in the document (required).

Charge: Phrase describing the offense/charge (optional).

Charge: Phrase describing the second offense/charge, if available (optional).

Charge: Phrase describing the third offense/charge, if available (optional).

OtherCharges: Additional charges, if available (optional).

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

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

Example 1.

Ibrahim Muktar Said was charged Sunday night in connection with the failed Hackney bus bombing.

Extracted instances:

Person = Ibrahim Muktar Said

Charge = failed Hackney bus bombing

DateString = Sunday night

Date = 2009-03-08

Example 2.

Jermaine Wallace, 25, of Salisbury, and Natasha Adams, 25, of Bowie, were charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and money laundering.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Person = Jermaine Wallace

Charge = conspiracy to distribute cocaine

Charge = money laundering

Instance 2:

Person = Natasha Adams

Charge = conspiracy to distribute cocaine

Charge = money laundering

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 instances:

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 instances:

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.

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

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

Company: 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 Systems (ACSS).

Extracted instances:

Company = L-3 Communications

Company = Thales Avionics

Status = announced

Example 2.

Building on the success of the MSNBC joint venture created by Microsoft and NBC in 1995, this new agreement brings together CNBC's powerful financial industry brand and programming expertise with Microsoft's extensive online distribution and technology experience.

Extracted instances:

Company = Microsoft

Company = NBC

Status = known

DateString = in 1995

Date = 1995-00-00

Extracts references to disasters and incidents that originate in non-natural processes such as fires, nuclear disasters, oil spills and explosions.

ManMadeDisaster: type of the disaster (required).

Location: where the disaster occurred (optional).

LocationType: city, province/state, country (optional).

Date: when did the disaster occur (optional).

DateString: the date as it appears in the text (optional).

Facility: the facility in which the incident occurred (optional).

Effect: the impact of the disaster or the damage caused following it.

Example 1.

A small fire at a seniors' complex in Halifax forced more than 30 residents from their rooms Monday morning.

Extracted instances:

DisasterType = fire

Location = Halifax

LocationType = city

Date = 2008-07-21

DateString = Monday morning

Effect = forced more than 30 residents from their rooms

Example 2.

Rehabilitated Penguins are Released Following Oil Spill in Uruguay.

Extracted instances:

DisasterType = oil spill

Location = Uruguay

Example 3.

A fire destroyed a Cargill Meat Solutions (unit of Cargill Inc) beef processing plant in Booneville, Arkansas on March 23, 2008.

Extracted instances:

DisasterType = fire

Location = Booneville

LocationType = City

Date = 2008-03-23

DateString = March 23, 2008

Effect = destroyed a Cargill Meat Solutions (unit of Cargill Inc) beef processing plant

Extracts a reference to a merger transaction (past, present or future). May also be extracted from the document title.

Company: First company involved in the merger (required).

Company: Second company involved in the merger (required).

Company: Third company involved in the merger (optional).

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

Date: An absolute date mentioned in the sentence in reference to the merger, 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; also used when none of the above value indications are relevant.

Example 1.

First Union Corp., the nation's sixth-largest bank, said it will merge with Wachovia Corp.

Extracted instances:

Company = First Union Corp.

Company = Wachovia Corp.

Status = planned

Extracts references to movie releases (past, present or future) or mentions of new movies.

Movie: Name of the movie. (required)

DateString: Temporal phrase describing the release date. (optional)

Date: Normalized date of the release. (optional)

Status: Indicating the status of the release (required). Possible values are:

• New: for releases during the current month or future releases.
• Known: all other cases, when there is no clear indication for a recent or future release.

Example 1.

The latest Will Smith movie, "Hancock", will hit theaters Wednesday, July 2.

Extracted instances:

Movie = Hancock

DateString = Wednesday, July 2

Date = 2008-07-02

Status = New

Extracts references to music album releases (past, present or future) or mentions of new music albums.

MusicAlbum: Name of the music album.

Person_Performer: Name of the person releasing the music album. (optional)

MusicGroup_Performer: Name of the music group releasing the music album. (optional)

DateString: Temporal phrase describing the release date. (optional)

Date: Normalized date of the release. (optional)

Status: Indicating the status of the release (required). Possible values are:

• New: for releases during the current month or future releases.
• Known: all other cases, when there is no clear indication for a recent or future release.

Note: At least one of the following attributes is required: Person, Performer, MusicGroup Performer.

Example 1.

In 2001, In Flames' first live album was released, and gave the public an insight into the band's live competence.

Extracted instances:

MusicGroup_Performer = In Flames

DateString = 2001

Date = 2001-00-00

Status = Known

Extracts references to natural disasters – e.g., hurricanes, earthquakes, floods - occurring anywhere in the world.

NaturalDisaster: type of the disaster (required).

Location: where the disaster occurred (optional).

LocationType: city, province/state, country (optional).

Date: when did the disaster occur (optional).

DateString: the date as it appears in the text (optional.)

Effect: the impact of the disaster or the damage caused following it.

Example 1.

More than 250 people died when torrential rains and flooding swept China last month, according to the China Daily.

Extracted instances:

NaturalDisaster = flood

Location = China

Date = 2009-02-00

DateString = last month

Effect = More than 250 people died

Example 2.

A powerful quake in the northern prefecture of Miyagi on January 13 triggered landslides and killed 12 people.

Extracted instances:

NaturalDisaster = earthquake

Location = the northern prefecture of Miyagi

Date = 2009-01-13

DateString = January 13

Effect = triggered landslides and killed 12 people

Extracts references to companies or organizations filing for patent registration and information about the patent.

Company: Canonic name of the company filing for patent. (optional)

Organization: Canonic name of the organization filing for patent. (optional)

PatentDescription: Phrase describing the filed patent. (optional)

Date: Normalized date of the patent filing. (optional)

DateString: Temporal phrase describing the filing date. (optional)

Status: Status of the filing. Possible values are New (filed during this year) or Known (filed in the past - more than a year ago).

Note: At least one of Company or Organization is required.

Example 1.

Lixte Biotechnology Holdings announces filing of a New patent Application for Cancer Therapy Based on Targeting a Biomarker by Novel Investigational Agents Tuesday August 19, 8:15 am ET.

Extracted instances:

Company = Lixte Biotechnology Holdings

PatentDescription = Cancer Therapy Based on Targeting a Biomarker by Novel Investigational Agents

Date = 2008-8-19

DateString = Tuesday August 19

Status = New

Extracts references to patents being issued/granted for comanies or organizations who filed them. It also includes information about the issued patents.

Company: Canonic name of the company for which a patent is issued. (optional)

Organization: Canonic name of the organization for which a patent is issued. (optional)

PatentNumber: Patent number of the issued patent. (optional)

PatentDescription: Phrase describing the issued patent. (optional)

Date: Normalized date of the patent issuance. (optional)

DateString: Temporal phrase describing the issuance date. (optional)

Status: Status of the issuance. Possible values are New (issued during this year) or Known (issued in the past - more than a year ago).

Note: At least one of Company or Organization is required.

Example 1.

Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 7,410,978 (the "978 patent"), entitled "Once Daily Dosage Forms of Trospium," which is licensed exclusively to the Company by the patent's assignee, Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Extracted instances:

Company = Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

PatentNumber = 7,410,978 (the "978 patent")

PatentDescription = Once Daily Dosage Forms of Trospium

Date = 2005-07-15

DateString = today

Status = New

Extracts references to person's age, birthdate, birth place, and gender.

Person: Canonic name of the person to whom the attributes below correspond. (required)

Age: The person's age. (optional)

BirthDate: The person's date of birth. (optional)

BirthPlace: The person's place of birth. (optional)

Gender: The person's gender. Possible values are "F" (female) or "M" (male). (optional)

Note: At least one attribute (Age, BirthDate, BirthPlace, Gender)in addition to the person's name is required.

Example 1.

Syed Ahmad, 83, who was born in Kulim, Kedah, leaves behind four children from his first marriage with Toh Puan Sharifah Haniffah Syed Alwi.

Extracted instances:

Person = Syed Ahmad

Age = 83

BirthPlace = Kulim, Kedah

Gender = M

Example 2.

Mercedes-Benz Korea announced on Wednesday that Harald Behrend, 46, has been named as the new head of the company.

Extracted instances:

Person = Harald Behrend

Age = 46

Example 3.

Pennario was born in Buffalo on July 9, 1924. When he was 10 he and his family moved to Los Angeles.

Extracted instances:

Person = Leonard Pennario

BirthDate = 1924-07-09

BirthPlace = Buffalo

Gender = M

Extracts a reference to a political position that a person currently holds or held in the past, such as a judge or other senior civil servant or a professional position in a company or organization.

Note: Replaces the following Event&Facts which are no longer extracted: PersonProfessional, PersonProfessionalPast, PersonPolitical, and PersonPoliticalPast.

Person: Full name of a person to whom the information refers (required).

Position: Position that the person will hold or holds (required).

Company: Company affiliated with the position (optional).

Organization: Organization affiliated with the position (optional).

Country: Name of the country affiliated with the position (optional).

ProvinceOrState: Name of the province or state affiliated with the position (optional).

City: Name of the city affiliated with the position (optional).

Note: Country, ProvinceOrState and City are mutually exclusive.

CareerType: Type of career. One of the following: political, professional (required).

Status: Status of position. One of the following: past, current (required).

Example 1:

DeLay, a Texas Republican with close ties to Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian, went on the offensive on behalf of the investment bank.

Extracted instances:

Person = Chen Shui-bian

Position = President

Country = Republic of China

CareerType = political

Status = current

Example 2:

Former President Bill Clinton and former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, for example, quickly established a rapport that served both well.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Person = Bill Clinton

Position = President

CareerType = political

Status = past

Instance 2:

Person = Boris Yeltsin

Position = President

Country = Russia

CareerType = political

Status = past

Example 3:

"This is not a victimless crime," said Jim Kendall, president of the Washington Association of Internet Service Providers.

Extracted instances:

Person = Jim Kendall

Position = president

Organization = Washington Association of Internet Service Provider

CareerType = professional

Status = current

Example 4:

Daniel Messina has also served on the board of Magellan Health Services since 1998 and will continue to serve in that capacity

Extracted instances:

Person = Daniel Messina

Position = board member

Company = Magellan Health Services, Inc.

CareerType = professional

Status = current

Example 5.

Robert F. Hussey was President and Chief Executive Officer of MetroVision of North America, Inc., a cable television company, from February 1991 to April 1997.

Extracted instances:

Person = Robert F. Hussey

Position = President and Chief Executive Officer

Company = MetroVision of North America, Inc.

CareerType = professional

Status = past

Extracts references to communications (meetings, phone calls or direct verbal communication) between two or more people or groups of people. The references are to communication/meetings that actually took place, alleged to have taken place, or planned communication/meetings. The persons may be referred to by their actual explicit names (i.e., proper names) or by a description, or rarely by their organization or facility.

Person: Name of a person who is a participant in the communication.

PersonDescription (1): Description of a person who is a participant in the communication.

Person: Name of another person who is a participant in the communication.

PersonDescription: Description of another person who is a participant in the communication.

Facility: Name of a facility referenced in the communication.

OrganizationOrCompany: Name of a company or an organization that is a participant in the communication.

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

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

Status: "Announced" or "planned" (required).

Note: The above attributes represent the participants in the communication event. One of the following is required: Person1, Person2, or PersonDescription1. No more than two of the following attributes may be included in a single instance extraction: Person1, Person2, PersonDescription1, PersonDescription2, Organization and Facility.

Example 1.

Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas are scheduled to meet with U.S. President Bush on Wednesday at Aqaba, Jordan, to discuss the U.S.-backed "road map" to Middle East peace.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Person = Ariel Sharon

Person = Bush

DateString = Wednesday

Date = 2003-06-06

Status = planned

Instance 2:

Person = Mahmoud Abbas 

Person = Bush

DateString = Wednesday

Date = 2003-06-06

Status = planned

Example 2.

Minister of Interior Qaftan Majali visited CDD's headquarters in Amman.

Extracted instances:

Person = Qaftan Majali

Facility = CDD's headquarters

Status = announced

Example 3.

Members of Hamas met Friday night with officials of the PLO, according to the sources.

Extracted instances:

PersonDescription = Members of Hamas

PersonDescription = officials of the PLO

DateString = Friday

Date = 2004-05-14

Status = announced

Extracts references to academic degrees or certifications that a person (typically an executive) holds.

Person: Full name of a person mentioned in the document who received the degree or certification (required).

Certification: Professional certification attained (mutually exclusive with Degree) (optional).

Degree: Academic degree awarded (NOT including the specific department/field of study attained) (optional).

SchoolOrOrganization: Academic institution (typically a university or similar institution) that the person attended or attends (or by which the degree was awarded) (optional).

Example 1. Classical pattern

Mr. Liu graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in Economics in 1974

Extracted instances:

Person = Ron Liu

Degree = bachelor of arts

SchoolOrOrganization = UCLA

Example 2.

Dr. Ayesha Mahmood holds a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry, a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Wayne State University (WSU).

Extracted instances: (3 extracted instances)

Person = Ayesha Mahmood

Degree = bachelor of arts

SchoolOrOrganization = Wayne State University

Person = Ayesha Mahmood

Degree = master of science

SchoolOrOrganization = Wayne State University

Person = Ayesha Mahmood

Degree = Doctorate in Philosophy

SchoolOrOrganization = Wayne State University

Example 3. Honors

Joel E. Horowitz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University's School of Public and International Affairs in 1975, a Juris Doctor (Magna Cum Laude) from the New England School of Law in 1978, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Person = Joel E. Horowitz

Degree = bachelor of arts

SchoolOrOrganization = George Washington University's School of Public and International Affairs

Instance 2:

Person = Joel E. Horowitz

Degree = Juris Doctor

SchoolOrOrganization = New England School of Law

Instance 3:

Person = Joel E. Horowitz

Degree = Master of Laws

SchoolOrOrganization = Georgetown University Law Center

Extracts references to mentions of a person name associated with an email address.

Person: Canonic name of the person to whom the email address corresponds. (required)

EmailAddress: Email address of the person. (required)

Example 1:

Cynthia Jackson, +1-254-710-7628 (office), +1-254-749-4055 (cell), Cynthia_Jackson@baylor.edu

Extracted instances:

Person = Cynthia Jackson

EmailAddress = Cynthia_Jackson@baylor.edu

Extracts references to symmetric relationships between people. The relationships could be one of the following: Business, Friends, Academic, Military Service, Politics, Romantic.

Person: Canonic name of the person involved in the relation. (required)

Person: Canonic name of the other person involved in the relation. (required)

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

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

PersonRelationType: Type of relationship between two people. Possible values are Business, Friends, Academic, Military_service, Politics, Romantic. (required)

Example 1:

Mark McDonald and Ray Odierno served together in combat in 2008, and McDonald said Odierno was an "absolute joy" to work with.

Extracted instances:

Person = Mark McDonald

Person = Ray Odierno

DateString = in 2008

Date = 2008-00-00

PersonRelationType = Military_service

Extracts references to past, present or future travel of people, from one concrete place (origin) to another (destination).

Person: Name of the traveling person.

LocationOrigin: Name of the place of travel origin.

LocationDestination: Name of travel destination.

DateString: Temporal phrase describing the date of travel (optional).

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

Status: The possible values are: past, future, possible_past, possible_future.

Note: At least one of the following attributes is required: TravelOrigin or TravelDestination.

Example 1.

In another sign of easing tensions, Indian officials said that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee might visit Pakistan early next year for a regional summit.

Extracted instances:

Person = Atal Bihari Vajpayee

LocationDestination = Pakistan

DateString = next year

Date = 2003-00-00

Status = possible_future 

Example 2.

The couple, Ada Lorenzo, 52, and Celedonio Placencia, 62, has arrived in Havana from Paris.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Person = Ada Lorenzo

LocationOrigin = Paris

LocationDestination = Havana

Status = past

Instance 2:

Person = Celedonio Placencia

TravelOrigin = Paris

TravelDestination = Havana

Status = past

Extracts information about endorsements between parties, people or lobbies.

GroupEndorsee: Canonic name of the political entity (i.e., person/party/lobby) that received the endorsement.

GroupEndorser: Canonic name of the political entity (i.e., person/party/lobby) that applied the endorsement.

Example 1.

Defense Forces commander General Constantine Chiwenga and police chief Augustine Chihuri issued tough statements ahead of the poll backing Mugabe.

Extracted instances:

Example 1:

Instance 1:

GroupEndorsed = Robert Mugabe

GroupEndorser = Constantine Chiwenga

Instance 2:

GroupEndorsed = Robert Mugabe

GroupEndorser = Augustine Chihuri

Example 2:

Obama wins endorsement of government employees union

Extracted instance:

GroupEndorsed = Barack Obama

GroupEndorser = government employees union

Example 3:

...he's backing Republican presidential candidate John McCain

Extracted instance:

GroupEndorsed = John McCain

GroupEndorser = Joe Lieberman

Extracts a reference to a mentioned relation between two political entities, such as political parties, people or lobbies. These relationships can be of two types: "alliance" or "rivalry".

Note: Endorsment relationships are not extracted.

PoliticalEntity1: First political entity in the relation (required).

PoliticalEntity2: Second political entity in the relation (required).

PoliticalRelationshipType: Relation type: “Alliance” or “Rivalry” (required).

Example 1.

Following the elections campaign, Shimon Peres, 80, has harshly criticized Ariel Sharon.

Extracted instance:

PoliticalEntity1= Shimon Peres

PoliticalEntity2 = Ariel Sharon

PoliticalRelationshipType = Rivalry

Example 2.

The Democrats' expected coalition partners include the Liberal Democratic Party, whose leader Cedomir Jovanovic continued to his second term.

Extracted instance:

PoliticalEntity1 = Democrats

PoliticalEntity2 = Liberal Democratic Party

PoliticalRelationshipType =Alliance

Extracts information about results of a vote, received in a poll.

PoliticalEvent: Any specific voting event (optional).

WinningCandidate: Canonic name of the winning Person or Political party.

Opponent: Canonic name of the opposing Person or Political party.

PollConductor: Name of the company/organization conducting the poll (optional).

Date: Relevant date of the Voting Event, e.g., election date (optional).

DateString: Temporal phrase as it appears in the text.

Location: Relevant location of the Voting Event (optional).

Example 1.

An extreme nationalist party allied to indicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic won Serbia's parliamentary elections Sunday but failed to get the majority needed to govern, exit polls show.

Extracted instance:

PoliticalEvent= parliamentary elections

WinningCandidate = Slobodan Milosevic

Date = 2003-03-28

Location = Serbia

Example 2.

(AP) Exit polls showed conservative challenger Angela Merkel's party leading in German parliamentary elections Sunday.

Extracted instances:

PoliticalEvent= parliamentary elections

WinningCandidate = Angela Merkel

PollConductor = AP

Date = 2005-09-18

Example 3.

CNN-Opinion Research Corp. poll put Huckabee over Romney.

Extracted instance:

WinningCandidate = Mike Huckabee

Opponent = Mitt Romney

PollConductor = CNN-Opinion Research Corp.

Extracts information concerning problems found in products. It may also extract information about product issues where no specific product is mentioned if the company is identified.

Product: Name of a specific, identified product or general description (required).

Example 1.

Consumers are being warned to stop using the blinds immediately.

Extracted instances:

Product = blinds

ProductType = Other

Status = known

Example 2.

Zimmer Ltd. is not admitting that their product is defective.

Extracted instances:

Product = product

ProductType = Other

Comapny = Zimmer Ltd.

Status = announced

 Example 3.

Actavis Totowas LLC., manufacturer of the recalled defective heart drug Digitek, has announced a voluntary recall of all drug products manufactured in its Little Falls, NJ facility.

Extracted instances:

Product = Digitek

ProductType = Drug

Company = Actavis Totowas LLC

Status = announced

Extracts references to recall of products.

Company_Recalling: Canonic name of a company that recalls the product(required).

Product: Canonic name of the recalled product (required).

ProductType: Currently the only extracted product types are:

• drug
• car
• aircraft
• electronics
• weapon

Note: For product types other than these, ProductType = Other (required).

Date: The date of the recall or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date (optional).

DateString: the date as it appears in the text (optional).

Company_Distributor: Canonic name of the product’s distributor (or Manufacturer's Agent) (optional).

RecalledQuantity: The recalled quantity (optional).

Status: The status of the recall (required).

Example 1.

FDA says Teva is recalling some Acetaminophen products.

Extracted instances:

Company_Recalling = Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD

Product = Acetaminophen

ProductType = Drug

Example 2.

Supervalu Inc. (NYSE:SVU) announced yesterday the precautionary recall of trail mix and fruit and nut trail mix products sold under the Acme, Albertsons, Jewel and Shaw brands.

Extracted instances:

Company_Recalling = Supervalu Inc.

Product = trail mix

ProductType = Other

Date = 2009-03-08

DateString = yesterday

 Example 3.

Toyota is recalling about 533,000 of its Sequoia sports cars.

Extracted instances:

Company_Recalling = Toyota Motors Corporation

Product = Sequoia

ProductType = Car

RecalledQuantity = about 533,000

Status = announced

Extracts references to a company releasing a product including the release status.

Company: Canonic name of a company that released a product (required).

Product: Canonic name of the product (required).

ProductType: Currently the only extracted product types are:

• drug
• car
• aircraft
• electronics
• weapon

Note: For product types other than these, ProductType=Other (required).

Status: The status of the product release - announced, known or delayed (required).

Date: The date of the release or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the article's publication date (optional).

DateString: the date as it appears in the text (optional).

Example 1.

iPerceptions, Inc. (www.iperceptions360.com), an Application Service Provider (ASP) based in New York with offices in Montreal, recently launched a unique optimizing solution, WebValidator.

Extracted instances:

Company = iPerceptions, Inc.

Product = WebValidator

ProductType = Other

Status = known

DateString = recently

Example 2.

WebSideStory, Inc. (www.websidestory.com), the world's leading provider of hosted e-business intelligence services, today announced the release of the latest version of its HitBox Enterprise service, Version 6.5.

Extracted instances:

Company = WebSideStory, Inc.

Product = HitBox Enterprise 6.5

ProductType = Other

Date = 2008-03-09

DateString = today

Status = announced

Example 3.

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will delay the release of its Office 2007 Applications Suite.

Extracted instances:

Company = Microsoft Corporation

Product = Office 2007 Applications Suite

ProductType = Other

Date = 2006-06-27

DateString = Thursday

Status = delayed

Extracts quotes from people.

Person: Person who communicated the quotation. (required)

Quote: Direct or indirect excerpt of spoken communication. (required)

Example 1.

"It's going to have a real impact on the level of services" Acting Treasurer David Rousseau said at a briefing for reporters.

Extracted instances:

Person = David Rousseau

Quote = It's going to have a real impact on the level of services

Extracts references to stockissuances by companies, which aren't initial issuances. (Initial issuance of stock is extracted by the IPO event/fact.)

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

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)

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

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

Example 1.

Lumera Corporation plans to raise $17 mln from private offer.

Extracted instances:

Company = Lumera Corporation

Status = planned

Extracts references to a stock split declared by a company.

Company: Company in which the stock split was made (required).

StockSplitRatio: Ratio of the split if indicated (optional).

Example 1:

The Board of Directors of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW; CW.B) today declared a two-for-one split of the company's Common Stock.

Extracted instances:

Company = Curtiss-Wright Corporation

StockSplitRatio = 2:1

Example 2:

Poniard Pharmaceuticals to Seek Shareholder Approval for Reverse Stock Split

Extracted instances:

Company = Poniard Pharmaceuticals

Extracts references to the trial of a person or group of people.

Person: Name of the person, if named, normalized to the fullest name available in the document (required).

Charge: Phrase describing the offense/charge (optional).

Charge: Phrase describing the second offense/charge, if available (optional).

Charge: Phrase describing the third offense/charge, if available. (optional)

OtherCharges: Additional charges, if available (optional).

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

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

Example 1.

Judge Brinkema announced the schedule for the penalty phase of Zacarias Moussaoui's trial Friday.

Extracted instances:

Person = Zacarias Moussaoui

DateString = Friday

Date = 2009-03-06

Example 2.

Jermaine Wallace, 25, of Salisbury, and Natasha Adams, 25, of Bowie, were charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and money laundering.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Person = Jermaine Wallace

Charge = conspiracy to distribute cocaine

Charge = money laundering

Instance 2:

Person = Natasha Adams

Charge = conspiracy to distribute cocaine

Charge = money laundering

Extracts information about results of a vote.

PoliticalEvent: Name of event (optional).

WinningCandidate: Canonic name of the winning Person or Political party.

Opponent: Canonic name of the opposing Person or Political party.

Date: Absolute date mentioned in the text, or a resolved date based on DateString and relative to the publication date.

DateString: Relevant date of the Voting Event, e.g., election date (optional).

Location: Relevant location of the Voting Event (optional).

Example 1.

Socialist Segolene Royal, who lost to Sarkozy in the presidential race last month, urged voters Friday in a low-income neighborhood in Argenteuil outside Paris to turn out in larger numbers for the runoff than during the first round, when just barely 60 percent cast ballots.

Extracted instance:

PollEventType= presidential race

WinningCandidate = Nicolas Sarkozy

Opponent = Sergolene Royal

Date = 2007-05-00

Example 2.

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who finished third in both Tennessee and Virginia.

Extracted instance 1:

Opponent= Wesley Clark

Location = Tennessee

Extracted instance 2:

Opponent= Wesley Clark

Location = Virginia

Example 3.

Boris Johnson defeated Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral election.

Extracted instance:

PoliticalEvent = mayoral election

WinningCandidate = Boris Johnson

Opponent = Ken Livingstone

Location = London