Triple
T17050278
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hepburn Act |
E413675
|
entity |
| Predicate | allowed |
P273
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Interstate Commerce Commission to examine railroad financial records |
E343840
|
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: Interstate Commerce Commission to examine railroad financial records | Statement: [Hepburn Act, allowed, Interstate Commerce Commission to examine railroad financial records]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Commission to examine railroad financial records Context triple: [Hepburn Act, allowed, Interstate Commerce Commission to examine railroad financial records]
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A.
Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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B.
United States federal control of railroads
United States federal control of railroads was the World War I–era period (1917–1920) when the U.S. government temporarily nationalized and centrally managed the country’s railroads to improve efficiency for wartime transportation needs.
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C.
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association was an 1897 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that held railroad rate-fixing agreements violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, even if the rates were reasonable.
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D.
Interstate Commerce Commission
chosen
The Interstate Commerce Commission was the first U.S. federal regulatory agency, created in 1887 to oversee and regulate railroad rates and later other modes of interstate transportation.
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E.
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act is a landmark 1887 U.S. federal law that established federal regulation of railroads and later other carriers to ensure fair rates and prohibit discriminatory practices in interstate transportation.
- 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_69d886cde3d481908d4d01ba88ba7eb7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3daa1aeac81909e8d97bd708c6b71 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a012341b8e88190a2bee865be5ca1c1 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.