Triple

T3615218
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boynton v. Virginia E76583 entity
Predicate statuteInterpreted P2241 FINISHED
Object Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act is a landmark 1887 U.S. federal law that established federal regulation of railroads and later other carriers to ensure fair rates and prohibit discriminatory practices in interstate transportation.
E373211 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: Interstate Commerce Act | Statement: [Boynton v. Virginia, statuteInterpreted, Interstate Commerce Act]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Act
Context triple: [Boynton v. Virginia, statuteInterpreted, Interstate Commerce Act]
  • A. Sherman Antitrust Act
    The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark 1890 U.S. federal law that outlawed monopolistic business practices and formed the foundation of American antitrust policy.
  • B. Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
    The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
  • C. Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
    The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 is a landmark U.S. law that created the Federal Trade Commission and empowered it to prevent unfair methods of competition and deceptive business practices.
  • D. Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914
    The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 is a U.S. law that strengthened and clarified antitrust regulations by targeting specific anti-competitive practices and providing greater protections for labor unions and consumers.
  • E. Wheeler–Howard Act
    The Wheeler–Howard Act, formally known as the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, is a U.S. federal law that ended the allotment of tribal lands and aimed to restore tribal self-government and communal landholding for Native American tribes.
  • 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: Interstate Commerce Act
Triple: [Boynton v. Virginia, statuteInterpreted, Interstate Commerce Act]
Generated description
The Interstate Commerce Act is a landmark 1887 U.S. federal law that established federal regulation of railroads and later other carriers to ensure fair rates and prohibit discriminatory practices in interstate transportation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Act
Target entity description: The Interstate Commerce Act is a landmark 1887 U.S. federal law that established federal regulation of railroads and later other carriers to ensure fair rates and prohibit discriminatory practices in interstate transportation.
  • A. Sherman Antitrust Act
    The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark 1890 U.S. federal law that outlawed monopolistic business practices and formed the foundation of American antitrust policy.
  • B. Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
    The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
  • C. Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
    The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 is a landmark U.S. law that created the Federal Trade Commission and empowered it to prevent unfair methods of competition and deceptive business practices.
  • D. Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914
    The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 is a U.S. law that strengthened and clarified antitrust regulations by targeting specific anti-competitive practices and providing greater protections for labor unions and consumers.
  • E. Wheeler–Howard Act
    The Wheeler–Howard Act, formally known as the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, is a U.S. federal law that ended the allotment of tribal lands and aimed to restore tribal self-government and communal landholding for Native American tribes.
  • 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_69ad85da0ba481908b3b48c69efe2b98 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc27b5e008190a72a8dab7d736e64 completed March 8, 2026, 6:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b433184a4081908598f4084e959c2e completed March 13, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b436e75b6081908a64983955504af8 completed March 13, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b43aa17e048190a39eb22a5be9da0c completed March 13, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.