Extracts a reference to an anniversary.

Anniversary: Event being commemorated.

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

Anniversary = first anniversary of the train bombings in Madrid

Example 2.

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

Extracted instance:

Anniversary = 10th anniversary of the massacre of Bosnian Muslims

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.

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

City = the Hague

Example 2.

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

Extracted instance:

City = Alkhan-Yurt

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

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

Extracted instance:

Continent = South America

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

Country = Cyprus

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Country = East Timor
Country = Indonesia

Extracts an email address.

Example 1.

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

Extracted instances:

EmailAddress= info@softwareshelf.co.uk

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

Facility: Name of the facility.

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted instances:

Facility = Montgomery Mall

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Facility = Pratica di Mare military air 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.

Example 1.

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

Extracted instances:

Fax = +49 (0) 89 613 676 33

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Fax = 334/473-6503

Extracts references of holidays.

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

Holiday = Eid Al-Adha (normalized)

Example 2.

Parades will take place during the Latvian Foundation Day.

Extracted instance:

Holiday = Latvia's Foundation Day (normalized)

Example 3.

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

Extracted instance:

Holiday = St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

IndustryTerm = avionics products

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

IndustryTerm = e-business

IndustryTerm = e-health

IndustryTerm = pharmaceutical

Example 1.

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

Extracted instances:

Currency = USD

Currency = USD

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Currency = DKK

Currency = DKK

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

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

NaturalDisaster = Hurricane Katrina

Example 2.

Insurer Safeco Corp on Friday estimated claims stemming from recent California wildfires at $35 million in pretax losses.

Extracted instance:

NaturalDisaster = wildfire

Example 3.

An avalanche near a gas pipeline project in far western China buried at least 12 workers, with four confirmed dead...

Extracted instance:

NaturalDisaster = avalanche

Extracts a name of a specific geographical (not man-made) 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

Example 1.

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

Extracted instances:

Organization = FDA

Example 2.

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

Extracted instance:

Organization = Consumer Healthcare Products Association

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

1. A full or partial person name.
2. A full or partial person name with aliases, nicknames or tribal names. In such cases, the normalized name includes the alias/nickname/tribal name inside quotes or parentheses at the middle or end of the name, according to its appearance in the document. If there is a sequence of two aliases for the same person, they appear with a "/" between them. If later in the document, the alias/nickname/tribal name appears by itself, 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.

Example 1:

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

Extracted instance:

Person = Mashood Abiola

Example 2:

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

Extracted instance:

Person = Zhang Qiyue

Example 3:

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

Extracted instances:

Person = Khalaf Abbas

Person = Khalaf Abbas

Example 4.

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

Extracted instances:

Person = Mahmoud Abbas(Abu Mazen)

Person = Mahmoud Abbas(Abu Mazen)

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

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted instances:

ProvinceOrState = Alberta

ProvinceOrState = British Columbia

Example 2.

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

Extracted instance:

ProvinceOrState = Bac Can

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

Extracted instance:

Region = Far East

Extracts a technology name or a description of the 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

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

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

Example 2.

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

Extracted instance:

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

Example 3.

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

Extracted instance:

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

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

May also be extracted from the document title.

Company_Acquirer: Company that acquires another company (optional).

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

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

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 relevan
t

Example 1.

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

Extracted instances:

Company_Acquirer = Ericsson Business Innovation

Company_BeingAcquired = Mediatude

Status = announced

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Company_Acquirer = EMI

Company_BeingAcquired = Warner Music

Status = known

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

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

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

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

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.

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

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).

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

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.

Quarter = Q2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = RBC

Person_Source = Jordan Rohan

Company_Rated = aQuantive

Trend = upgraded

Rank_New = Outperform

Rank_Old = Sector Perform

Example 2.

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

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Prudential

Person_Source = John McPeake

Company_Rated = Salesforce.com

Trend = initiated

Company_Source = Prudential

Person_Source = John McPeake

Company_Rated = Art Technology Group Inc.

Trend = initiated

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

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

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

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

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted instances:

Company = WCM Inc.

BankruptcyStatus = applied

Example 2.

DOV Pharma says may file for bankruptcy.

Extracted instances:

Company = Dov Pharma.

BankruptcyStatus = possible apply

Example 3.

Winn-Dixie ready to seek OK to exit bankruptcy.

Extracted instances:

Company = Winn-Dixie.

BankruptcyStatus = expected to emerge

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

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

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

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

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

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

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Company = LookSmart

Company = MSN

Status = cancelled

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:

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

Example 3.

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

Extracted instances:

Company = Commercial Capital Bancorp, Inc

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).

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Parent = White Electronic Designs

Company_Affiliate = Panelview Incorporated

Relation = subsidiary

Example 2.

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Parent = Royal Philips Electronics

Company_Affiliate = Philips Semiconductors

Relation = division

Company_Parent = News Corporation

Company_Affiliate = NDS Group plc

Relation = Child

Extracts references to a customer of the company.

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

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

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

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Provider = Curtis

Company_Customer = Bi-Way Stores

Company_Provider = Curtis

Company_Customer = Wal-Mart

Company_Provider = Curtis

Company_Customer = Family Dollar

Example 2.

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Provider = SuperFlex

Company_Customer = British Telecom

Company_Provider = SuperFlex

Company_Customer = NonStopNet

Company_Provider = SuperFlex

Organization_Customer = Virtual University of ITESM

Company_Provider = SuperFlex

Company_Customer = General Dynamics

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

May also be extracted from the document title.

Company: Company announcing the earnings (required).

Quarter: Portion of the year (required).

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

1. Announcing the publication itself of the financial results:

Extracted instances:

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2006

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

2. Actual figure results:

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

Extracted instances:

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2006

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2006

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2006

Company = Stein Mart, Inc

Quarter = Q1

Year = 2005

3. Announcing the publication itself of the financial results:

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

Extracted instances:

Company = Blue Coat(R) Systems, Inc.

Quarter = Q4

Year = 2006

Company = Blue Coat(R) Systems, Inc.

Quarter = Q4

Year = 2005

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

Quarter: Portion of the year (optional).

Year (optional).

Trend Higher or Lower (optional).

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

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Company_Rated = Cisco Systems Inc.

Quarter = Q3

Trend = Lower

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

Company_Investor: Company making the investment. (optional)

Status: Extracted based on the context (required).

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

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Company = Expertcity, Inc.

Company_Investor = Sun Microsystems

Status = known

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

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

Corporate Litigation: Lawsuits / Litigation involving corporate entities which 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.

Example 1.

Kodak says wins summary judgment in class action

Extracted instances:

Company_Sued = Kodak

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Company_Sued = IBM

Company_Plaintiff = TomTom

Example 3.

Eastman Kodak Co., the world's top maker of photographic film, on Monday 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted Instances:

Company = RC Networks

City = San Diego

ProvinceOrState = California

Country = United States

Example 2.

Ore.-based PixelWorks

Extracted Instances:

Company = PixelsWorks Inc.

ProvinceOrState = Oregon

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: he status of the meeting (required).

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

Company = Plaintree Systems Inc.

CompanyMeetingType = AGM

Status = delayed

Example 2.

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

Extracted instance:

Company = Avis Budget Group, Inc.

CompanyMeetingType = Shareholders’ Meeting

Status = planned

Example 3.

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

Extracted instance:

Company = Amedia Networks, Inc.

CompanyMeetingType = AGM

Status = planned

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).

Example 1.

Badger Income Fund said on Friday it will delay a planned corporate reorganization

Extracted instance:

Company = Badger Income Fund

Status = delayed

Example 2.

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

Extracted instance:

Company = Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Status = announced

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

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

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

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

Status: Status of the conference call (required).

Values are as follows:

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

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

Company = Research In Motion Ltd.

Status = postponed

CCallType = earnings

Quarter = Q2

Example 2.

Raiffeisen, Vontobel to hold joint conference call.

Extracted instance:

Company = Raiffeisen

Status = planned

Company = Vontobel

Status = planned

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

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

Company_Rated: Canonic name of the rated company.

Organization_Rated: Canonic name of the rated organization.

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

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

Rank_New: Current ranking of the company.

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

Rank_Old: Previous ranking of the company (optional).

Example 1.

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Standard and Poor’s Rating Services

Company_Rated = Fosun International Ltd.

Trend = Assigns

Rank_New = BB

Example 2.

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = RenRe Ltd.

Rank_New = A-

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = RenRe Ltd.

Rank_New = BBB+

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = RenRe Ltd.

Rank_New = A+

Example 3.

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

ACE Limited

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

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = ACE Limited

Trend = Affirms

Rank_New = A-

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = ACE Limited

Trend = Affirms

Rank_New = A-

Example 4.

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

Extracted Instances:

Company_Source = Fitch Ratings

Company_Rated = UNOVA Inc.

Trend = Raises

Rank_New = BB-

Rank_Old = B-

Extracts a reference to a family relation between two persons.

Person: Person name of the subject.

Person_Relative: Person name of the family relative.

FamilyRelationType: Family relationship of Person_Relative to Person.

Example 1.

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

Extracted Instances:

Person = Gusti Made Mudita

Person_Relative = Ni Gusti Ayu Kartini

FamilyRelationType = daughter

Example 2.

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

Extracted Instances:

Person = Mahathir Mohamad

Person_Relative = Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali

FamilyRelationType = wife

Extracts 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).

Example 1.

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

Extracted instance:

Company = SM Investments Corp.

Status = announced

Example 2.

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

Extracted instance:

Company = Science Applications International Corp.

Status = planned

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

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

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

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

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 today 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 instance:

Company = Microsoft

Company = NBC

Company_NewName = MSNBC

Status = known

Company: Company in which the management change takes place .

Organization: Organization in the management change takes place.

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

Position: Position that the person will hold or held .

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

Notes:

• One of the following: Company, Organization or Position, is required.
• 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 on Tuesday it has appointed Berry Cash as chairman of the company.

Extracted instances:

Company = Panja Inc.

Person = Berry Cash

Position = chairman

Action = enters

Example 2.

Bank One Corp. said on Tuesday that president Verne Istock, who lost out in a bid to become chief executive of the No. 4 U.S. bank holding company, will retire Sept. 30.

Extracted instances:

Company = Bank One Corp.

Person = Verne Istock

Position = president

Action = leaves

Company1: First company involved in the merger (required).

Company2: Second company involved in the merger (required).

Company3: Third company involved in the merger (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.

On April 20th, MBFI and MidCity Financial Corporation jointly announced they have signed a definitive agreement to merge their organizations.

Extracted instances:

Company = MBFI

Company = MidCity Financial Corporation

Status = known

Example 2.

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

Extracted instances:

Company = First Union Corp.

Company = Wachovia Corp.

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) that the person attended / 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:

Extracted Instances: (3 extracted instances)

Person = Ayesha Mahmood

Degree = bachelor

SchoolOrOrganization = Wayne State University

Person = Ayesha Mahmood

Degree = master of science

SchoolOrOrganization = Wayne State University

Person = Ayesha Mahmood

Degree = doctor of philosophy

SchoolOrOrganization = Wayne State University

Example 3. Honors

He 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: (3 extracted instances)

Person = Joel E. Horowitz

Degree = bachelor of arts

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

Person = Joel E. Horowitz

Degree = Juris Doctor

SchoolOrOrganization = New England School of Law

Person = Joel E. Horowitz

Degree = Master of Laws

SchoolOrOrganization = Georgetown University Law Center

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

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

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.

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 = Taiwan

Example 2:

Reg Empey, Northern Ireland's minister for enterprise, trade and investment

Extracted instances:

Person = Reg Empey

Position = minister for enterprise, trade and investment

Country = Northern Ireland

Example 3:

Lt. Gov. Mark Schweiker today announced that…

Extracted instances:

Person = Mark Schweiker

Position = Lt. Gov.

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

Position: Position that the person held (required).

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.

Example 1:

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

Extracted instances:

Person = Bill Clinton

Position = President

Person = Boris Yeltsin

Position = President

Country = Russia

Example 2:

Winthrop, who was elected Arkansas' governor in 1966

Extracted instances:

Person = Winthrop Rockefeller

Position = governor

ProvinceOrState = Arkansas

Example 3:

John Smith was the president of Liberia from 1966 to 1970.

Extracted instances:

Person = John Smith

Position = president

Country = Liberia

Person: Name of the person to whom the information refers (required).

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

Company: Company affiliated with the position (optional).

Organization: Organization affiliated with the position (optional).

Notes: Company and Organization are mutually exclusive. Either Position, Company or Organization is required.

Example 1:

Berry Cash, 61, has served as a… He also serves on the boards of several companies, including Ciena Corp. and i2 Technologies Inc.

Extracted instances:

Person = Berry Cash

Position = director

Company = Ciena Corp.

Person = Berry Cash

Position = director

Company = i2 Technologies Inc.

Example 2:

“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 Providers

Example 3:

He 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.

Person: Name of the person to whom the information refers (required).

Position: Title that the person held (optional).

Company: Company affiliated with the position (optional).

Organization: Organization affiliated with the position (optional).

Notes: Company and Organization are mutually exclusive. Either Position, Company or Organization is required.

Example 1:

Lane, the president and COO of Oracle until this June

Extracted instances:

Person = Ray Lane

Position = president and COO

Company = Oracle

Example 2:

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.

Example 3:

Mr. Kevin McNerney has joined ... Prior to McGaw, he held various positions at Mentor Corporation and Baxter HealthCare.

Extracted instances:

Person = Kevin McNerney

Company = Mentor Corporation

Person = Kevin McNerney

Company = Baxter HealthCare

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

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

Example 2:

Poniard Pharmaceuticals to Seek Shareholder Approval for Reverse Stock Split

Extracted instances:

Company = Poniard Pharmaceuticals