Triple

T1444980
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clean Water Act E31156 entity
Predicate authorizes P273 FINISHED
Object total maximum daily loads program
The total maximum daily loads program is a U.S. water quality regulatory framework that sets pollutant limits for impaired water bodies to ensure they meet designated water quality standards.
E165695 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: total maximum daily loads program | Statement: [Clean Water Act, authorizes, total maximum daily loads program]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: total maximum daily loads program
Context triple: [Clean Water Act, authorizes, total maximum daily loads program]
  • A. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
    The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
  • B. Prevention of Significant Deterioration program
    The Prevention of Significant Deterioration program is a U.S. air quality permitting system that limits emissions from new or modified major pollution sources in areas that already meet national air quality standards.
  • C. Acid Rain Program
    The Acid Rain Program is a U.S. federal regulatory initiative that uses a cap-and-trade system to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in order to combat acid rain and improve air quality.
  • D. Underground Injection Control program
    The Underground Injection Control program is a U.S. regulatory framework that oversees and permits the injection of fluids into underground wells to protect groundwater resources from contamination.
  • E. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
    The National Primary Drinking Water Regulations are U.S. federal standards that set legally enforceable limits on contaminants in public drinking water systems to protect human health.
  • 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: total maximum daily loads program
Triple: [Clean Water Act, authorizes, total maximum daily loads program]
Generated description
The total maximum daily loads program is a U.S. water quality regulatory framework that sets pollutant limits for impaired water bodies to ensure they meet designated water quality standards.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: total maximum daily loads program
Target entity description: The total maximum daily loads program is a U.S. water quality regulatory framework that sets pollutant limits for impaired water bodies to ensure they meet designated water quality standards.
  • A. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
    The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
  • B. Prevention of Significant Deterioration program
    The Prevention of Significant Deterioration program is a U.S. air quality permitting system that limits emissions from new or modified major pollution sources in areas that already meet national air quality standards.
  • C. Acid Rain Program
    The Acid Rain Program is a U.S. federal regulatory initiative that uses a cap-and-trade system to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in order to combat acid rain and improve air quality.
  • D. Underground Injection Control program
    The Underground Injection Control program is a U.S. regulatory framework that oversees and permits the injection of fluids into underground wells to protect groundwater resources from contamination.
  • E. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
    The National Primary Drinking Water Regulations are U.S. federal standards that set legally enforceable limits on contaminants in public drinking water systems to protect human health.
  • 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_69a4991633388190a4d61b5a98aa407a completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5353fdc819090481cbdd1162929 completed March 1, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad08c046b08190a448ba2549dc5e00 completed March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad09ec3b388190b492e8959a3617c9 completed March 8, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0aefb1c88190a368d68454a0b9d0 completed March 8, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.