Triple

T16398741
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject British Imperial units E398253 entity
Predicate legallyDefinedIn P62216 FINISHED
Object Weights and Measures Act 1878
The Weights and Measures Act 1878 was a key piece of UK legislation that standardized and regulated the system of measurement across Britain, establishing uniform legal definitions and enforcement for units of weight and measure.
E1211618 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: Weights and Measures Act 1878 | Statement: [British Imperial units, legallyDefinedIn, Weights and Measures Act 1878]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weights and Measures Act 1878
Context triple: [British Imperial units, legallyDefinedIn, Weights and Measures Act 1878]
  • A. Weights and Measures Act 1824
    The Weights and Measures Act 1824 was a landmark UK law that standardized and consolidated the system of measurement across Britain, forming the legal basis for the Imperial system.
  • B. Weights and Measures Act
    The Weights and Measures Act is a Canadian federal law that regulates the accuracy and use of measuring devices and standards in trade to ensure fair and reliable commercial transactions.
  • C. The Proclamation Regarding Weights and Measures
    The Proclamation Regarding Weights and Measures is a mural by Ford Madox Brown in Manchester Town Hall depicting a key moment in the city’s civic and commercial history through the standardization of trade measures.
  • D. Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660
    The Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660 was a Restoration-era English law that granted the Crown long-term customs revenues on imports and exports, helping to stabilize royal finances after the return of Charles II.
  • E. Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875
    The Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875 was a landmark British law that established standards and regulations to prevent the adulteration of food and medicine and protect consumers’ 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: Weights and Measures Act 1878
Triple: [British Imperial units, legallyDefinedIn, Weights and Measures Act 1878]
Generated description
The Weights and Measures Act 1878 was a key piece of UK legislation that standardized and regulated the system of measurement across Britain, establishing uniform legal definitions and enforcement for units of weight and measure.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Weights and Measures Act 1878
Target entity description: The Weights and Measures Act 1878 was a key piece of UK legislation that standardized and regulated the system of measurement across Britain, establishing uniform legal definitions and enforcement for units of weight and measure.
  • A. Weights and Measures Act 1824
    The Weights and Measures Act 1824 was a landmark UK law that standardized and consolidated the system of measurement across Britain, forming the legal basis for the Imperial system.
  • B. Weights and Measures Act
    The Weights and Measures Act is a Canadian federal law that regulates the accuracy and use of measuring devices and standards in trade to ensure fair and reliable commercial transactions.
  • C. The Proclamation Regarding Weights and Measures
    The Proclamation Regarding Weights and Measures is a mural by Ford Madox Brown in Manchester Town Hall depicting a key moment in the city’s civic and commercial history through the standardization of trade measures.
  • D. Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660
    The Tonnage and Poundage Act 1660 was a Restoration-era English law that granted the Crown long-term customs revenues on imports and exports, helping to stabilize royal finances after the return of Charles II.
  • E. Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875
    The Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875 was a landmark British law that established standards and regulations to prevent the adulteration of food and medicine and protect consumers’ 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_69d87f2950248190bc8ad9b9bebdc8c8 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e327cdc62481909de144b09a921e63 completed April 18, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a003c5bcc7c81909dc1d3a9a1b7f50a completed May 10, 2026, 8:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a003dd7e9d481908822da391112eb39 completed May 10, 2026, 8:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a003eb6aa748190b0c8866af405794a completed May 10, 2026, 8:15 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:09 a.m.