Triple
T1114467
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 |
E11064
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Homestead Act of 1862
The Homestead Act of 1862 was a landmark U.S. law that encouraged westward expansion by granting settlers ownership of public land, typically 160 acres, if they lived on and improved it for a set period.
|
E128185
|
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: Homestead Act of 1862 | Statement: [Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862, relatedTo, Homestead Act of 1862]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homestead Act of 1862 Context triple: [Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862, relatedTo, Homestead Act of 1862]
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A.
Land Ordinance of 1785
The Land Ordinance of 1785 was a foundational U.S. law that established the systematic surveying, division, and sale of western lands, shaping the grid-based layout of much of the United States.
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B.
Kansas–Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act was an 1854 U.S. law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and inflamed sectional tensions by allowing settlers there to decide the legality of slavery through popular sovereignty, effectively nullifying the Missouri Compromise.
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C.
the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 was a U.S. law that greatly increased federal purchases of silver, expanding the money supply and contributing to financial instability in the early 1890s.
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D.
Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862
The Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was a landmark U.S. federal law that authorized construction of the first transcontinental railroad and provided government support through land grants and bonds.
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E.
Bland–Allison Act
The Bland–Allison Act was an 1878 U.S. law that required the federal government to purchase and coin a limited amount of silver each month, partially restoring bimetallism after the “Crime of 1873.”
- 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: Homestead Act of 1862 Triple: [Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862, relatedTo, Homestead Act of 1862]
Generated description
The Homestead Act of 1862 was a landmark U.S. law that encouraged westward expansion by granting settlers ownership of public land, typically 160 acres, if they lived on and improved it for a set period.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homestead Act of 1862 Target entity description: The Homestead Act of 1862 was a landmark U.S. law that encouraged westward expansion by granting settlers ownership of public land, typically 160 acres, if they lived on and improved it for a set period.
-
A.
Land Ordinance of 1785
The Land Ordinance of 1785 was a foundational U.S. law that established the systematic surveying, division, and sale of western lands, shaping the grid-based layout of much of the United States.
-
B.
Kansas–Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act was an 1854 U.S. law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and inflamed sectional tensions by allowing settlers there to decide the legality of slavery through popular sovereignty, effectively nullifying the Missouri Compromise.
-
C.
the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 was a U.S. law that greatly increased federal purchases of silver, expanding the money supply and contributing to financial instability in the early 1890s.
-
D.
Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862
The Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was a landmark U.S. federal law that authorized construction of the first transcontinental railroad and provided government support through land grants and bonds.
-
E.
Bland–Allison Act
The Bland–Allison Act was an 1878 U.S. law that required the federal government to purchase and coin a limited amount of silver each month, partially restoring bimetallism after the “Crime of 1873.”
- 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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bba161e881908dcd1a66522abf5d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac539783188190896ab66306697b1c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac544fc41881908daff6b313622619 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac5526679081909c9f7458bd316ff6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.