Triple

T2774280
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 109th United States Congress E61530 entity
Predicate passedAct P6890 FINISHED
Object Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) is a major U.S. federal transportation funding and authorization law that set national policy and funding levels for highways, transit, and safety programs in the mid-2000s.
E297382 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: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users | Statement: [109th United States Congress, passedAct, Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
Context triple: [109th United States Congress, passedAct, Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users]
  • A. Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
    The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is a major U.S. federal transportation law enacted in 1998 that authorized surface transportation programs, emphasized equity and environmental considerations, and expanded data and planning requirements for transportation agencies.
  • B. Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act
    The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act is a U.S. federal law enacted in 2015 that authorizes long-term funding and policy for the nation’s surface transportation infrastructure, including highways, transit, and safety programs.
  • C. Department of Transportation Act
    The Department of Transportation Act is the U.S. federal law enacted in 1966 that created the United States Department of Transportation to coordinate and oversee national transportation policies and programs.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
    The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established major federal funding and support for public transit systems in urban areas.
  • 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: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
Triple: [109th United States Congress, passedAct, Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users]
Generated description
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) is a major U.S. federal transportation funding and authorization law that set national policy and funding levels for highways, transit, and safety programs in the mid-2000s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
Target entity description: The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) is a major U.S. federal transportation funding and authorization law that set national policy and funding levels for highways, transit, and safety programs in the mid-2000s.
  • A. Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
    The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is a major U.S. federal transportation law enacted in 1998 that authorized surface transportation programs, emphasized equity and environmental considerations, and expanded data and planning requirements for transportation agencies.
  • B. Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act
    The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act is a U.S. federal law enacted in 2015 that authorizes long-term funding and policy for the nation’s surface transportation infrastructure, including highways, transit, and safety programs.
  • C. Department of Transportation Act
    The Department of Transportation Act is the U.S. federal law enacted in 1966 that created the United States Department of Transportation to coordinate and oversee national transportation policies and programs.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
    The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established major federal funding and support for public transit systems in urban areas.
  • 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_69ab4b7cd13481909174bca9809ed259 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdd7f9570819087f1b1cb59d68586 completed March 7, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc058c8a48190bbd151251678b4ee completed March 10, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc15513f48190a22f83571be2e0bd completed March 10, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc1c9440c8190abf9dc063109af45 completed March 10, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.