Triple

T5502914
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steamboat Inspection Service E144368 entity
Predicate legalBasis P125 FINISHED
Object Steamboat Act of 1852
The Steamboat Act of 1852 was a U.S. federal law that significantly strengthened safety regulations for steamboats, particularly by mandating inspections and licensing to reduce boiler explosions and protect passengers.
E530660 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: Steamboat Act of 1852 | Statement: [Steamboat Inspection Service, legalBasis, Steamboat Act of 1852]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steamboat Act of 1852
Context triple: [Steamboat Inspection Service, legalBasis, Steamboat Act of 1852]
  • A. Rivers and Harbors Act (United States)
    The Rivers and Harbors Act (United States) is a foundational federal law that regulates the construction, alteration, and obstruction of navigable waters to protect navigation and, in later amendments, aspects of water quality and environmental resources.
  • B. Staggers Rail Act
    The Staggers Rail Act was a landmark 1980 U.S. federal law that largely deregulated the railroad industry, giving rail carriers greater freedom in setting rates and services to improve their financial stability and competitiveness.
  • C. Cullom Act
    The Cullom Act was a late 19th-century U.S. federal law associated with Senator Shelby M. Cullom, best known for addressing issues of interstate commerce regulation.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Merchant Marine Act of 1920
    The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the Jones Act, is a U.S. federal law that regulates maritime commerce by requiring goods transported between U.S. ports to be carried on U.S.-built, -owned, and -crewed vessels.
  • 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: Steamboat Act of 1852
Triple: [Steamboat Inspection Service, legalBasis, Steamboat Act of 1852]
Generated description
The Steamboat Act of 1852 was a U.S. federal law that significantly strengthened safety regulations for steamboats, particularly by mandating inspections and licensing to reduce boiler explosions and protect passengers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steamboat Act of 1852
Target entity description: The Steamboat Act of 1852 was a U.S. federal law that significantly strengthened safety regulations for steamboats, particularly by mandating inspections and licensing to reduce boiler explosions and protect passengers.
  • A. Rivers and Harbors Act (United States)
    The Rivers and Harbors Act (United States) is a foundational federal law that regulates the construction, alteration, and obstruction of navigable waters to protect navigation and, in later amendments, aspects of water quality and environmental resources.
  • B. Staggers Rail Act
    The Staggers Rail Act was a landmark 1980 U.S. federal law that largely deregulated the railroad industry, giving rail carriers greater freedom in setting rates and services to improve their financial stability and competitiveness.
  • C. Cullom Act
    The Cullom Act was a late 19th-century U.S. federal law associated with Senator Shelby M. Cullom, best known for addressing issues of interstate commerce regulation.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Merchant Marine Act of 1920
    The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the Jones Act, is a U.S. federal law that regulates maritime commerce by requiring goods transported between U.S. ports to be carried on U.S.-built, -owned, and -crewed vessels.
  • 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_69c008f5a2748190bce7a39aabf87a6d completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01f0bbea48190bb6fecaee9c0b1d0 completed March 22, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c027a67d648190ac8d097202c8ec3d completed March 22, 2026, 5:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c037b4e04881908d07e704f2a161bb completed March 22, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0384d023081909cb0d4ba4b80c07e completed March 22, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:32 p.m.