National Insurance Act 1920
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The National Insurance Act 1920 was a British law that significantly expanded and reformed the system of unemployment insurance originally established in 1911, extending coverage to a much larger portion of the workforce.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| National Insurance Act 1920 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T360437 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Insurance Act 1920 Context triple: [National Insurance Act 1911, relatedTo, National Insurance Act 1920]
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A.
National Insurance Act 1911
The National Insurance Act 1911 was a landmark British social welfare law that introduced compulsory health and unemployment insurance for many workers, laying foundations for the modern welfare state.
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B.
National Insurance Act 1946
The National Insurance Act 1946 was a landmark British welfare reform law that created a comprehensive, compulsory social security system providing benefits for sickness, unemployment, retirement, and other contingencies for most of the population.
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C.
National Insurance Act 1913
The National Insurance Act 1913 was a British law that amended and extended the social insurance provisions introduced by the National Insurance Act 1911, refining the system of health and unemployment benefits for workers.
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D.
Old Age Pensions Act 1908
The Old Age Pensions Act 1908 was a landmark UK social welfare law that introduced non-contributory state pensions for elderly people with low incomes.
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E.
National Health Service Act 1946
The National Health Service Act 1946 was the landmark UK legislation that created a comprehensive, tax-funded national health service providing universal healthcare free at the point of use.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Insurance Act 1920 Target entity description: The National Insurance Act 1920 was a British law that significantly expanded and reformed the system of unemployment insurance originally established in 1911, extending coverage to a much larger portion of the workforce.
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A.
National Insurance Act 1911
The National Insurance Act 1911 was a landmark British social welfare law that introduced compulsory health and unemployment insurance for many workers, laying foundations for the modern welfare state.
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B.
National Insurance Act 1946
The National Insurance Act 1946 was a landmark British welfare reform law that created a comprehensive, compulsory social security system providing benefits for sickness, unemployment, retirement, and other contingencies for most of the population.
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C.
National Insurance Act 1913
The National Insurance Act 1913 was a British law that amended and extended the social insurance provisions introduced by the National Insurance Act 1911, refining the system of health and unemployment benefits for workers.
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D.
Old Age Pensions Act 1908
The Old Age Pensions Act 1908 was a landmark UK social welfare law that introduced non-contributory state pensions for elderly people with low incomes.
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E.
National Health Service Act 1946
The National Health Service Act 1946 was the landmark UK legislation that created a comprehensive, tax-funded national health service providing universal healthcare free at the point of use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
social security legislation ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
providing income support during unemployment
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reducing hardship caused by joblessness ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Great Britain ⓘ |
| basedOn | National Insurance Act 1911 ⓘ |
| chronology |
follows the National Insurance Act 1911
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precedes later comprehensive social insurance reforms in the 1940s ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| enactedInContextOf | post–World War I economic conditions ⓘ |
| expands | unemployment insurance coverage ⓘ |
| extendsCoverageTo |
a much larger portion of the British workforce
ⓘ
additional trades and industries beyond those covered in 1911 ⓘ |
| fieldOfLaw |
employment law
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social security law ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
employers’ contribution obligations
ⓘ
state responsibility for unemployment relief ⓘ workers in insured trades ⓘ |
| hasLegalForm | public general act ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| introduces | wider compulsory unemployment insurance ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | spent legislation ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
|
| partOf | development of the British welfare state ⓘ |
| policyArea |
employment policy
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social policy ⓘ |
| reforms |
National Insurance Act 1911
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surface form:
National Insurance Act 1911 unemployment provisions
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| regulates |
contributions to unemployment insurance
ⓘ
payment of unemployment benefits ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
National Insurance Act 1946
ⓘ
Unemployment Insurance Act 1921 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | National Insurance Act 1920 self-link ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
labour law
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social insurance ⓘ unemployment insurance ⓘ welfare state ⓘ |
| typeOfBenefit | contributory unemployment benefit ⓘ |
| yearOfAct | 1920 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: National Insurance Act 1920 Description of subject: The National Insurance Act 1920 was a British law that significantly expanded and reformed the system of unemployment insurance originally established in 1911, extending coverage to a much larger portion of the workforce.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.