An Event Type, or Classifier, is a machine learning model designed to identify and surface documents and events on a particular topic. When searching, this lets you quickly narrow down to a more relevant set of results without the need of complex booleans (and with greater accuracy).
The Event Types dropdown can be found at the end of the search bar:
When an Event Type matches up to an event, the corresponding Event Type will be displayed underneath the event on the Feed:
To understand the context of the mention, navigate to the event overview page, click on the classifier, and the classifier context box will pop up:
Current Classifiers/Event Types
Company Leadership Changes: This Event Type focuses on new executive and board of directors hires, fires, and dismissals. This Event Type has been trained to surface this activity across all of our Tracked Organizations.
Corruption - This event type focuses on the following sub-topics within "corruption":
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Bribery | The act of giving, attempting to give, or offering a bribe in exchange for certain favors |
Misappropriation of funds | The intentional and illegal use of money for a purpose distinct from its intended function |
Racketeer | The consistent and organized act of earning money illegally |
Trafficking | To deal or trade in something illegal |
Laundering | The concealment of the origins of illegally obtained money, typically by means of transfers involving foreign banks or legitimate businesses. |
Influence peddling | Influence peddling is the illegal practice of using one's influence in government or connections with persons in authority to obtain favors or preferential treatment for another, usually in return for payment. Also called traffic of influence or trading in influence. |
Embezzlement | Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer |
Extortion | The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats |
Cybersecurity: This Event Type focuses on the inability of a company to prevent a malicious act against information systems that compromises company-secured data. This Event Type has been trained to surface this activity across all of our Tracked Organizations.
Diplomacy: This Event Type was trained to consider the factors from the "Yes" column, and to not consider any factors from the "No" column.
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Disputed Information: This Event Type was designed to detect disputes across a span of coverage, from foreign affairs and politics to sports, pop culture, and legal proceedings. Primer has defined disputes to exist when at least 2 diametrically opposing claims are in a document. The claims Primer identifies are extracted sentences that are designed to describe what the dispute is about.
Disputes of opinion were omitted, and the classifier is trained only to identify factual disputed information.
Economics and Trade: This Event Type was trained to consider the factors from the "Yes" column, and to not consider any factors from the "No" column.
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Fraud: This Event Type focuses on actions by a company or its employees that violate labor laws or requirements. Additionally, actions by an employee to illegally benefit personally at the expense of a company or its customers has also been included. This Event Type has been trained to surface this activity across all of our Tracked Organizations.
Illicit Finance: This Event Type was trained to consider the factors from the "Yes" column, and to not consider any factors from the "No" column.
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Information Operations: This Event Type was trained to consider the factors from the "Yes" column, and to not consider any factors from the "No" column.
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Intelligence: This Event Type was trained to consider the factors from the "Yes" column, and to not consider any factors from the "No" column.
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Law Enforcement: This Event Type was trained to consider the factors from the "Yes" column, and to not consider any factors from the "No" column.
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Mergers & Acquisitions: This Event Type focuses on the following definitions for an "Acquisition" and "Merger":
Acquisition - A company acquires, takes over, buys, purchases, purchases stake in a separate company, corporation, business, firm, enterprise, organization, entity. An acquisition occurs when the acquiring company obtains more than 50% ownership in the target company. As part of the exchange, the acquiring company often purchases the target company's stock and other assets.
Merger - Company agrees to merge, absorb with another company, corporation, business, firm, enterprise, organization, entity Speculation of Acquisition - speculation of acquisition activity by the company (e.g. they may be attempting to acquire another company) or of the company (e.g. another company may be attempting to acquire them).
This Event Type has been trained to surface this activity across all of our Tracked Organizations
Military: This Event Type was trained to consider the factors from the "Yes" column, and to not consider any factors from the "No" column.
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Outsourcing or Non-U.S. Company: This Event Type will capture a company’s relationship with a foreign entity through its supply chain. Examples would include a company with overseas production facilities, manufactures, or suppliers. Additionally, examples that mention a company with foreign subsidiaries, manufacturers, or suppliers should be included. Positive examples should include a company name and an indication that the company operates either directly in a foreign country as part of its supply chain (e.g., an overseas plant or production facility) or through a third party supplier located in another country.
Poor Financial Performance: This Event Type will capture all indications of poor financial performance of a company. Poor financial performance is a situation in which a company experiences poor revenue or cash flow issues. A company cannot meet its debt covenants if it is performing poorly. Having to use credit facilities another example of poor financial performance. Additional indicators include issuance of profit warning, forecasts of poor cash flow, issuances of new equity shares and bonds, indications of debt levels and short selling or short seller reports.
Strategic Partnership: This Event Type will capture all new partnerships including new alliances, new strategic partnerships and joint ventures that a vendor has been involved in. A new partnership event is defined when a company establishes, agrees to, enters partnership, announces partnership with another company, corporation, business, firm, enterprise, organization or entity. Alliances may include outsourcing, affiliate marketing, technology licensing, product licensing, franchising, and distribution relationships. Joint ventures are formalized through contractual agreement and result in creation of a separate business entity. The event type will identify new partnerships rather than identify existing partnerships. The acquisition of one company by another does not constitute a new partnership.
Third Party Risk: This Event Type will identify risks associated with a third party vendor, contractor, or subcontractor. Risks would include but not limited to cybersecurity breaches, fraudulent or criminal activity, or corruption. The goal of the Third Party Risk event type is to identify indirect risks to a supply chain. That is, risk that may arise in an organization that is not directly associated with the company in focus but could nonetheless be exposed to the risk of another organization indirectly linked.