Triple

T14966868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Interstate Commerce Act E373211 entity
Predicate amended P1121 FINISHED
Object Hepburn Act E413675 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Hepburn Act | Statement: [Interstate Commerce Act, amended, Hepburn Act]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hepburn Act
Context triple: [Interstate Commerce Act, amended, Hepburn Act]
  • A. Hepburn Act chosen
    The Hepburn Act was a 1906 U.S. federal law that significantly strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission’s power to regulate railroad rates and practices as part of Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive Era reforms.
  • B. Wheeler–Howard Act
    The Wheeler–Howard Act, formally known as the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, is a U.S. federal law that ended the allotment of tribal lands and aimed to restore tribal self-government and communal landholding for Native American tribes.
  • C. McFadden Act of 1927
    The McFadden Act of 1927 was a U.S. federal law that regulated national banks’ branching and effectively restricted interstate banking, helping to shape the geographically fragmented structure of American banking for much of the 20th century.
  • D. Elkins Act
    The Elkins Act was a 1903 U.S. federal law that strengthened regulation of railroads by prohibiting discriminatory rebates and reinforcing the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d85ccbbcd48190acb56e7cf104d8ad elicitation completed
NER batch_69ded6e2fdcc8190bffe603db3388736 ner completed
NED1 batch_69fe8be122688190b20fe4450786158a ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:47 a.m.