Triple
T1956970
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British ensign system |
E42290
|
entity |
| Predicate | governedBy |
P46
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merchant Shipping Acts |
E42289
|
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: Merchant Shipping Acts | Statement: [British ensign system, governedBy, Merchant Shipping Acts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merchant Shipping Acts Context triple: [British ensign system, governedBy, Merchant Shipping Acts]
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A.
Merchant Shipping Act
chosen
The Merchant Shipping Act is a key piece of United Kingdom legislation that regulates British merchant vessels, their registration, safety standards, and the rules under which they operate at sea.
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B.
Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946
The Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 was a U.S. law that governed the post–World War II disposal and sale of surplus merchant vessels, shaping the structure and reserve capacity of the American merchant marine.
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C.
Merchant Marine Act of 1970
The Merchant Marine Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded national maritime policy, including shipbuilding and fleet modernization programs, to strengthen the American merchant marine.
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D.
Navigation Acts (England)
The Navigation Acts were a series of 17th- and 18th-century English laws that regulated colonial trade to strengthen English shipping and ensure that commerce with its colonies benefited England.
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E.
Merchant Marine Act of 1936
The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a U.S. federal law that established policies and programs to develop and maintain a strong American merchant marine for commerce and national defense.
- 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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb37c60148190823f6a2a73b949e8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae031cc7948190a4d9593cd118c149 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.