Triple
T18551020
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | EPA Office of Water |
E453378
|
entity |
| Predicate | overseesProgram |
P86
|
FINISHED |
| Object | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System | Statement: [EPA Office of Water, overseesProgram, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Context triple: [EPA Office of Water, overseesProgram, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System]
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A.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
chosen
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.
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B.
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act is a landmark U.S. environmental law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waters and sets water quality standards to protect human health and aquatic ecosystems.
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C.
Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting program
The Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting program is a U.S. federal regulatory system that governs the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters and wetlands, requiring permits to protect aquatic ecosystems while allowing necessary development.
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D.
Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act is California’s primary water quality law, establishing the framework for regulating and protecting the state’s surface and groundwater resources.
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E.
Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 was the United States’ first major federal law aimed at reducing water pollution and protecting the nation’s surface waters.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d388b0c881908e610a1c45b52640 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e53800c0fc819097782f1e81574598 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 8:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:38 a.m.