Triple
T1961098
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 96th United States Congress |
E42387
|
entity |
| Predicate | passedAct |
P6890
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Motor Carrier Act of 1980
The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 is a U.S. federal law that significantly deregulated the trucking industry, promoting increased competition and reducing federal control over motor carriers.
|
E219373
|
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: Motor Carrier Act of 1980 | Statement: [96th United States Congress, passedAct, Motor Carrier Act of 1980]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Motor Carrier Act of 1980 Context triple: [96th United States Congress, passedAct, Motor Carrier Act of 1980]
-
A.
Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999
The Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 is a U.S. federal law enacted to enhance commercial motor vehicle safety and oversight, including by creating a dedicated federal agency to regulate the trucking and bus industries.
-
B.
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is a landmark U.S. federal law that reoriented national transportation policy toward integrated, multimodal planning and investment, emphasizing flexibility, environmental considerations, and state and local decision-making.
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C.
Highway Safety Act of 1970
The Highway Safety Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that significantly strengthened national efforts to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities, including by establishing a centralized framework for vehicle and road safety regulation.
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D.
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is a U.S. federal law that clarified and limited employers’ liability for compensating workers’ preliminary and postliminary activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
-
E.
Shipping Act of 1984
The Shipping Act of 1984 is a U.S. federal law that modernized and deregulated the international ocean shipping industry by promoting competition and reducing government oversight of carrier agreements and practices.
- 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: Motor Carrier Act of 1980 Triple: [96th United States Congress, passedAct, Motor Carrier Act of 1980]
Generated description
The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 is a U.S. federal law that significantly deregulated the trucking industry, promoting increased competition and reducing federal control over motor carriers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Motor Carrier Act of 1980 Target entity description: The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 is a U.S. federal law that significantly deregulated the trucking industry, promoting increased competition and reducing federal control over motor carriers.
-
A.
Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999
The Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 is a U.S. federal law enacted to enhance commercial motor vehicle safety and oversight, including by creating a dedicated federal agency to regulate the trucking and bus industries.
-
B.
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is a landmark U.S. federal law that reoriented national transportation policy toward integrated, multimodal planning and investment, emphasizing flexibility, environmental considerations, and state and local decision-making.
-
C.
Highway Safety Act of 1970
The Highway Safety Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that significantly strengthened national efforts to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities, including by establishing a centralized framework for vehicle and road safety regulation.
-
D.
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is a U.S. federal law that clarified and limited employers’ liability for compensating workers’ preliminary and postliminary activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
-
E.
Shipping Act of 1984
The Shipping Act of 1984 is a U.S. federal law that modernized and deregulated the international ocean shipping industry by promoting competition and reducing government oversight of carrier agreements and practices.
- 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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb380bfc08190ae80f8e6570494b8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfbcea048819091d705095f0d3f68 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adfc8efb0c81908bce5a4a13359801 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adfd8115d481909716e11b943cbf61 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.