Triple

T1854502
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sugar Act 1764 E41670 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Molasses Act 1733
The Molasses Act 1733 was a British law imposing heavy duties on foreign molasses imported into the American colonies, aiming to protect British West Indies sugar interests and contributing to growing colonial resentment toward imperial trade restrictions.
E207490 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: Molasses Act 1733 | Statement: [Sugar Act 1764, precededBy, Molasses Act 1733]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Molasses Act 1733
Context triple: [Sugar Act 1764, precededBy, Molasses Act 1733]
  • A. Sugar Act 1764
    The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
  • B. Tea Act
    The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
  • C. Stamp Act 1765
    The Stamp Act 1765 was a British parliamentary tax on printed materials in the American colonies that sparked widespread protest and helped catalyze the movement toward the American Revolution.
  • D. Quartering Act
    The Quartering Act was a controversial law passed by the British Parliament requiring American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers, contributing significantly to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
  • E. Townshend Acts (tea tax component)
    The Townshend Acts (tea tax component) were British parliamentary measures that imposed duties on imported tea to the American colonies, becoming a major source of colonial resentment and a key trigger for events like the Boston Tea Party.
  • 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: Molasses Act 1733
Triple: [Sugar Act 1764, precededBy, Molasses Act 1733]
Generated description
The Molasses Act 1733 was a British law imposing heavy duties on foreign molasses imported into the American colonies, aiming to protect British West Indies sugar interests and contributing to growing colonial resentment toward imperial trade restrictions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Molasses Act 1733
Target entity description: The Molasses Act 1733 was a British law imposing heavy duties on foreign molasses imported into the American colonies, aiming to protect British West Indies sugar interests and contributing to growing colonial resentment toward imperial trade restrictions.
  • A. Sugar Act 1764
    The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
  • B. Tea Act
    The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
  • C. Stamp Act 1765
    The Stamp Act 1765 was a British parliamentary tax on printed materials in the American colonies that sparked widespread protest and helped catalyze the movement toward the American Revolution.
  • D. Quartering Act
    The Quartering Act was a controversial law passed by the British Parliament requiring American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers, contributing significantly to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
  • E. Townshend Acts (tea tax component)
    The Townshend Acts (tea tax component) were British parliamentary measures that imposed duties on imported tea to the American colonies, becoming a major source of colonial resentment and a key trigger for events like the Boston Tea Party.
  • 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_69a8864a83848190a4ec02721306c511 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb07d48c48190bcd34d6093ff5e78 completed March 7, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69add1c89bdc8190acf517a7731fa5c7 completed March 8, 2026, 7:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69add25c9c208190a576cf1123c0a2e6 completed March 8, 2026, 7:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69add32803a48190b8ff08c605790f22 completed March 8, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.