Triple

T4902750
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Second United States Congress E109839 entity
Predicate passed P3127 FINISHED
Object Postal Service Act of 1792
The Postal Service Act of 1792 was a foundational U.S. law that established the national postal system, promoted the circulation of newspapers and information, and guaranteed low-cost, secure mail delivery as a key element of American democracy.
E478715 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: Postal Service Act of 1792 | Statement: [Second United States Congress, passed, Postal Service Act of 1792]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postal Service Act of 1792
Context triple: [Second United States Congress, passed, Postal Service Act of 1792]
  • A. Postal Reorganization Act of 1970
    The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.
  • B. Post Offices and Post Roads Clause
    The Post Offices and Post Roads Clause is a constitutional provision granting Congress the power to establish and regulate a national postal system and the routes over which mail is carried.
  • C. Neale’s Patent for North American postal services
    Neale’s Patent for North American postal services was a late 17th-century English crown grant that gave Thomas Neale the exclusive right to establish and operate a centralized postal system across the North American colonies.
  • D. Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
    The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act is a 2006 U.S. federal law that overhauled the Postal Service’s regulatory framework, including its finances, pricing, and oversight structure.
  • E. Post Office Act 1969
    The Post Office Act 1969 is a UK law that reorganized the country's postal and telecommunications services, transforming them into a public corporation separate from direct government control.
  • 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: Postal Service Act of 1792
Triple: [Second United States Congress, passed, Postal Service Act of 1792]
Generated description
The Postal Service Act of 1792 was a foundational U.S. law that established the national postal system, promoted the circulation of newspapers and information, and guaranteed low-cost, secure mail delivery as a key element of American democracy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postal Service Act of 1792
Target entity description: The Postal Service Act of 1792 was a foundational U.S. law that established the national postal system, promoted the circulation of newspapers and information, and guaranteed low-cost, secure mail delivery as a key element of American democracy.
  • A. Postal Reorganization Act of 1970
    The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.
  • B. Post Offices and Post Roads Clause
    The Post Offices and Post Roads Clause is a constitutional provision granting Congress the power to establish and regulate a national postal system and the routes over which mail is carried.
  • C. Neale’s Patent for North American postal services
    Neale’s Patent for North American postal services was a late 17th-century English crown grant that gave Thomas Neale the exclusive right to establish and operate a centralized postal system across the North American colonies.
  • D. Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
    The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act is a 2006 U.S. federal law that overhauled the Postal Service’s regulatory framework, including its finances, pricing, and oversight structure.
  • E. Post Office Act 1969
    The Post Office Act 1969 is a UK law that reorganized the country's postal and telecommunications services, transforming them into a public corporation separate from direct government control.
  • 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_69bd441180708190ba42ffb44fea533a completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6e4f1fd4819092812504c3529cad completed March 20, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be6fd6ce008190ae7897bc58a2e786 completed March 21, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be70752384819088ce3b6d00dd166a completed March 21, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be7126d1648190b3b0aa89891f02df completed March 21, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.