Triple
T12011563
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co. |
E285915
|
entity |
| Predicate | holding |
P2237
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FINISHED |
| Object | The Kansas Natural Gas Price Protection Act did not violate the Contract Clause as applied to the contracts at issue. |
E938878
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: The Kansas Natural Gas Price Protection Act did not violate the Contract Clause as applied to the contracts at issue. | Statement: [Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co., holding, The Kansas Natural Gas Price Protection Act did not violate the Contract Clause as applied to the contracts at issue.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Kansas Natural Gas Price Protection Act did not violate the Contract Clause as applied to the contracts at issue. Context triple: [Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co., holding, The Kansas Natural Gas Price Protection Act did not violate the Contract Clause as applied to the contracts at issue.]
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A.
Natural Gas Act
The Natural Gas Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the interstate transmission and sale of natural gas, granting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authority over rates and infrastructure.
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B.
Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution
chosen
The Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution is a provision in Article I, Section 10 that restricts states from passing laws that impair the obligation of existing contracts.
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C.
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978
The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 is a U.S. federal law that restructured the natural gas market by gradually deregulating wellhead prices and integrating interstate and intrastate gas markets in response to 1970s energy shortages.
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D.
Interstate Commerce Act anti-discrimination provisions
The Interstate Commerce Act anti-discrimination provisions were federal rules that prohibited unequal treatment of passengers and shippers by interstate carriers, forming a key legal basis for challenging segregation and other discriminatory practices in transportation.
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E.
Illinois Public Utilities Act
The Illinois Public Utilities Act is a key state law that regulates the rates, services, and operations of public utilities in Illinois, including electricity, gas, water, and telecommunications providers.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ab45a368819084fce08bf0dc3705 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903d7777481908cd5a001f75e2ee3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f48b363c6481908c8414c1eecc14f5 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.