Triple

T1022857
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Railroad Administration E22076 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Transportation Act of 1920
The Transportation Act of 1920 was a major U.S. federal law that reorganized and returned railroads to private control after World War I, strengthening federal regulation and stabilizing the rail industry.
E121805 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Transportation Act of 1920 | Statement: [United States Railroad Administration, influenced, Transportation Act of 1920]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transportation Act of 1920
Context triple: [United States Railroad Administration, influenced, Transportation Act of 1920]
  • A. Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
    The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
  • B. Rogers Act of 1924
    The Rogers Act of 1924 was a U.S. law that unified and professionalized the country’s diplomatic and consular services into a single merit-based Foreign Service.
  • C. Wheeler-Rayburn Act
    The Wheeler-Rayburn Act is a New Deal-era U.S. federal law that restructured and regulated electric utility holding companies to curb monopolistic practices and protect consumers and investors.
  • D. Wagner–Steagall Act
    The Wagner–Steagall Act was a landmark 1937 U.S. federal law that created a permanent public housing program aimed at providing decent, affordable housing for low-income families.
  • E. Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
    The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is a U.S. federal law that clarified and limited employers’ liability for compensating workers’ preliminary and postliminary activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Transportation Act of 1920
Triple: [United States Railroad Administration, influenced, Transportation Act of 1920]
Generated description
The Transportation Act of 1920 was a major U.S. federal law that reorganized and returned railroads to private control after World War I, strengthening federal regulation and stabilizing the rail industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transportation Act of 1920
Target entity description: The Transportation Act of 1920 was a major U.S. federal law that reorganized and returned railroads to private control after World War I, strengthening federal regulation and stabilizing the rail industry.
  • A. Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
    The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
  • B. Rogers Act of 1924
    The Rogers Act of 1924 was a U.S. law that unified and professionalized the country’s diplomatic and consular services into a single merit-based Foreign Service.
  • C. Wheeler-Rayburn Act
    The Wheeler-Rayburn Act is a New Deal-era U.S. federal law that restructured and regulated electric utility holding companies to curb monopolistic practices and protect consumers and investors.
  • D. Wagner–Steagall Act
    The Wagner–Steagall Act was a landmark 1937 U.S. federal law that created a permanent public housing program aimed at providing decent, affordable housing for low-income families.
  • E. Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
    The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is a U.S. federal law that clarified and limited employers’ liability for compensating workers’ preliminary and postliminary activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a493d6e380819097b384986ffc315c completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7e0f8908190bfe0a4cd8b31dfed completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bb63f14819098f5e32af3b98508 completed March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3de4fbb88190855cf92af51fe70b completed March 7, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3e45d9e88190bc88d037c00c3ecc completed March 7, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.