Triple

T2862375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846 E63351 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Tariff of 1857
The Tariff of 1857 was a U.S. federal law that significantly reduced import duties, reflecting Southern and Western free-trade sentiment and contributing to pre–Civil War economic tensions.
E309395 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: Tariff of 1857 | Statement: [Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846, relatedTo, Tariff of 1857]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tariff of 1857
Context triple: [Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846, relatedTo, Tariff of 1857]
  • A. 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.
  • B. McKinley Tariff
    The McKinley Tariff was an 1890 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties to protect domestic industries, becoming one of the most controversial high-tariff measures of the late 19th century.
  • C. Underwood Tariff Act
    The Underwood Tariff Act was a 1913 U.S. law that significantly lowered tariff rates and introduced a federal income tax, marking a major progressive reform in national economic policy.
  • D. Walker Tariff of 1846
    The Walker Tariff of 1846 was a major U.S. revenue-focused tariff law that significantly reduced protectionist duties, reflecting the Democratic Party’s free-trade principles during James K. Polk’s presidency.
  • E. Tariff of 1832
    The Tariff of 1832 was a U.S. federal customs law that modestly reduced earlier tariff rates but remained protectionist enough to provoke fierce Southern opposition and help trigger the Nullification Crisis.
  • 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: Tariff of 1857
Triple: [Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846, relatedTo, Tariff of 1857]
Generated description
The Tariff of 1857 was a U.S. federal law that significantly reduced import duties, reflecting Southern and Western free-trade sentiment and contributing to pre–Civil War economic tensions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tariff of 1857
Target entity description: The Tariff of 1857 was a U.S. federal law that significantly reduced import duties, reflecting Southern and Western free-trade sentiment and contributing to pre–Civil War economic tensions.
  • A. 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.
  • B. McKinley Tariff
    The McKinley Tariff was an 1890 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties to protect domestic industries, becoming one of the most controversial high-tariff measures of the late 19th century.
  • C. Underwood Tariff Act
    The Underwood Tariff Act was a 1913 U.S. law that significantly lowered tariff rates and introduced a federal income tax, marking a major progressive reform in national economic policy.
  • D. Walker Tariff of 1846
    The Walker Tariff of 1846 was a major U.S. revenue-focused tariff law that significantly reduced protectionist duties, reflecting the Democratic Party’s free-trade principles during James K. Polk’s presidency.
  • E. Tariff of 1832
    The Tariff of 1832 was a U.S. federal customs law that modestly reduced earlier tariff rates but remained protectionist enough to provoke fierce Southern opposition and help trigger the Nullification Crisis.
  • 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_69ab4c41e8c08190a9e8f5249cc12610 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdfb6e6988190b832ee05d8420633 completed March 7, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b055e0c8088190a0fa67c9c14fc29b completed March 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0639974448190b59b6d8ed951f69f completed March 10, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b063f9172481908e68c97059cf4b89 completed March 10, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.