Triple

T474344
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Central Valley Project E9027 entity
Predicate authorizationAct P13452 FINISHED
Object Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937
The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937 is a U.S. federal law that, among other water infrastructure measures, authorized major reclamation and water management projects in California’s Central Valley.
E59677 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937 | Statement: [Central Valley Project, authorizationAct, Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937
Context triple: [Central Valley Project, authorizationAct, Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937]
  • A. Merchant Marine Act of 1936
    The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a U.S. federal law that established policies and programs to develop and maintain a strong American merchant marine for commerce and national defense.
  • B. Merchant Marine Act of 1970
    The Merchant Marine Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded national maritime policy, including shipbuilding and fleet modernization programs, to strengthen the American merchant marine.
  • C. Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933
    The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 was New Deal legislation that created the Civilian Conservation Corps to provide jobs through natural resource conservation and public works projects during the Great Depression.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Wagner–Steagall Act
    The Wagner–Steagall Act was a landmark 1937 U.S. federal law that created a permanent public housing program aimed at providing decent, affordable housing for low-income families.
  • 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: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937
Triple: [Central Valley Project, authorizationAct, Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937]
Generated description
The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937 is a U.S. federal law that, among other water infrastructure measures, authorized major reclamation and water management projects in California’s Central Valley.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937
Target entity description: The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937 is a U.S. federal law that, among other water infrastructure measures, authorized major reclamation and water management projects in California’s Central Valley.
  • A. Merchant Marine Act of 1936
    The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a U.S. federal law that established policies and programs to develop and maintain a strong American merchant marine for commerce and national defense.
  • B. Merchant Marine Act of 1970
    The Merchant Marine Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded national maritime policy, including shipbuilding and fleet modernization programs, to strengthen the American merchant marine.
  • C. Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933
    The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 was New Deal legislation that created the Civilian Conservation Corps to provide jobs through natural resource conservation and public works projects during the Great Depression.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Wagner–Steagall Act
    The Wagner–Steagall Act was a landmark 1937 U.S. federal law that created a permanent public housing program aimed at providing decent, affordable housing for low-income families.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: authorizationAct
Context triple: [Central Valley Project, authorizationAct, Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937]
  • A. authority
    Indicates that one entity has the power, right, or official capacity to direct, control, or make decisions for another entity or over a particular domain.
  • B. legalAct
    Indicates that an entity performs, enacts, or is involved in a formal legal action, measure, or proceeding under a legal framework.
  • C. enactedBy
    Indicates that a law, policy, or formal measure is officially established or brought into effect by a specific authority or governing body.
  • D. allows
    Indicates that one entity grants permission, capability, or opportunity for another entity to perform an action or be in a certain state.
  • E. designatesAuthority
    Indicates that one entity formally assigns or confers decision-making power or control over something to another entity.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a2e7ff81708190b0507a24a997232c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f039f3d88190a7c93ecbf1bf5f58 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a468010c10819090d325d6c3d6f50c completed March 1, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a468b2515881908bc2beb93685f404 completed March 1, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a46912b7f48190979fb2ebd8e027e9 completed March 1, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2edeed31881908cf43beed410572d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a2eeba8a488190986cc7381332f783 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.