Triple

T259827
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act E5516 entity
Predicate replaced P101 FINISHED
Object Fordney–McCumber Tariff
The Fordney–McCumber Tariff was a 1922 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties to protect American industry and agriculture during the post–World War I era.
E34368 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: Fordney–McCumber Tariff | Statement: [Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, replaced, Fordney–McCumber Tariff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fordney–McCumber Tariff
Context triple: [Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, replaced, Fordney–McCumber Tariff]
  • A. Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
    The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was a 1930 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties, widely blamed for worsening international trade tensions and deepening the Great Depression.
  • B. Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
    The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act was a 1934 U.S. law that empowered the president to negotiate bilateral tariff-reduction agreements, marking a major shift toward freer international trade and away from protectionism.
  • C. Trade Expansion Act of 1962
    The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 is a U.S. federal law that significantly broadened presidential authority to negotiate international trade agreements and reduce tariffs, laying groundwork for modern American trade policy institutions.
  • D. McMahon Act
    The McMahon Act is a landmark 1946 U.S. law that established civilian control over nuclear energy and restricted the sharing of atomic information, laying the foundation for American nuclear policy during the early Cold War.
  • E. Shipping Act of 1916
    The Shipping Act of 1916 was a foundational U.S. maritime law that established federal regulation of ocean shipping practices and created the United States Shipping Board to oversee fair competition and rates in international trade.
  • 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: Fordney–McCumber Tariff
Triple: [Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, replaced, Fordney–McCumber Tariff]
Generated description
The Fordney–McCumber Tariff was a 1922 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties to protect American industry and agriculture during the post–World War I era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fordney–McCumber Tariff
Target entity description: The Fordney–McCumber Tariff was a 1922 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties to protect American industry and agriculture during the post–World War I era.
  • A. Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
    The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was a 1930 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties, widely blamed for worsening international trade tensions and deepening the Great Depression.
  • B. Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
    The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act was a 1934 U.S. law that empowered the president to negotiate bilateral tariff-reduction agreements, marking a major shift toward freer international trade and away from protectionism.
  • C. Trade Expansion Act of 1962
    The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 is a U.S. federal law that significantly broadened presidential authority to negotiate international trade agreements and reduce tariffs, laying groundwork for modern American trade policy institutions.
  • D. McMahon Act
    The McMahon Act is a landmark 1946 U.S. law that established civilian control over nuclear energy and restricted the sharing of atomic information, laying the foundation for American nuclear policy during the early Cold War.
  • E. Shipping Act of 1916
    The Shipping Act of 1916 was a foundational U.S. maritime law that established federal regulation of ocean shipping practices and created the United States Shipping Board to oversee fair competition and rates in international trade.
  • 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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d72dad4819092c9502e6e4edc44 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a389ab230c8190982eead1ef7b5c75 completed March 1, 2026, 12:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a38a0114b481908c9363e926b4b3ae completed March 1, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a38a699a6081908c167ce9ad55a660 completed March 1, 2026, 12:38 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.