Triple
T3140327
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American System (economic plan) |
E65629
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entity |
| Predicate | relatedEvent |
P37
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Tariff of 1816
The Tariff of 1816 was the first major protective tariff in U.S. history, enacted after the War of 1812 to shield emerging American industries from foreign competition and support Henry Clay’s American System.
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E332630
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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 1816 | Statement: [American System (economic plan), relatedEvent, Tariff of 1816]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tariff of 1816 Context triple: [American System (economic plan), relatedEvent, Tariff of 1816]
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A.
Tariff of 1828
The Tariff of 1828 was a highly protective U.S. import tax law, dubbed the "Tariff of Abominations," that inflamed sectional tensions by severely disadvantaging the Southern economy.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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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.
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E.
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.
- 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 1816 Triple: [American System (economic plan), relatedEvent, Tariff of 1816]
Generated description
The Tariff of 1816 was the first major protective tariff in U.S. history, enacted after the War of 1812 to shield emerging American industries from foreign competition and support Henry Clay’s American System.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tariff of 1816 Target entity description: The Tariff of 1816 was the first major protective tariff in U.S. history, enacted after the War of 1812 to shield emerging American industries from foreign competition and support Henry Clay’s American System.
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A.
Tariff of 1828
The Tariff of 1828 was a highly protective U.S. import tax law, dubbed the "Tariff of Abominations," that inflamed sectional tensions by severely disadvantaging the Southern economy.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
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.
-
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.
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.
- 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_69ad8582f564819088c27e1f96153938 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada57743e08190a1069c62e32f1bd4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b224e4df38819089d0a11016a85ad8 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 2:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b228c1b568819088dc5ce4a15fedc2 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b22ccd34a8819089e207b6ee1f634a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 3:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:05 p.m.