Triple
T240966
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Clean Water Act |
E4930
|
entity |
| Predicate | amends |
P1121
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E31158
|
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: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 | Statement: [Clean Water Act, amends, Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 Context triple: [Clean Water Act, amends, Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948]
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A.
Water Quality Act of 1965
The Water Quality Act of 1965 was a U.S. federal law that strengthened national efforts to control water pollution by requiring states to establish and enforce water quality standards for interstate waters.
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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.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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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D.
National Environmental Policy Act
The National Environmental Policy Act is a foundational U.S. environmental law that requires federal agencies to assess and disclose the environmental impacts of their proposed actions through processes like Environmental Impact Statements.
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E.
Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933
The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 was New Deal legislation that created the Civilian Conservation Corps to provide jobs through natural resource conservation and public works projects during the Great Depression.
- 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: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 Triple: [Clean Water Act, amends, Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
Water Quality Act of 1965
The Water Quality Act of 1965 was a U.S. federal law that strengthened national efforts to control water pollution by requiring states to establish and enforce water quality standards for interstate waters.
-
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.
-
C.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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.
-
D.
National Environmental Policy Act
The National Environmental Policy Act is a foundational U.S. environmental law that requires federal agencies to assess and disclose the environmental impacts of their proposed actions through processes like Environmental Impact Statements.
-
E.
Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933
The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 was New Deal legislation that created the Civilian Conservation Corps to provide jobs through natural resource conservation and public works projects during the Great Depression.
- 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_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25cece92481908b8125badc7c2b1e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a36960563881908ef098239cd87291 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a369d3b3448190bcf799ec9f4f8f76 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a36a3215508190be525ec8625e9a9f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.