Triple

T5699953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Navigation Act 1663 E125633 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Second Navigation Act
The Second Navigation Act was a 1663 English law that tightened mercantilist control over colonial trade by requiring most goods bound for the American colonies to pass through England first.
E539412 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: Second Navigation Act | Statement: [Navigation Act 1663, alsoKnownAs, Second Navigation Act]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Navigation Act
Context triple: [Navigation Act 1663, alsoKnownAs, Second Navigation Act]
  • A. Geary Act
    The Geary Act was an 1892 U.S. law that extended and intensified Chinese exclusion by requiring Chinese residents to carry residency permits and imposing harsh penalties for noncompliance.
  • 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. Naval Act of 1794
    The Naval Act of 1794 was a foundational U.S. law that authorized the construction of the nation’s first frigates, effectively establishing the United States Navy as a permanent military force.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Second Navigation Act
Triple: [Navigation Act 1663, alsoKnownAs, Second Navigation Act]
Generated description
The Second Navigation Act was a 1663 English law that tightened mercantilist control over colonial trade by requiring most goods bound for the American colonies to pass through England first.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Navigation Act
Target entity description: The Second Navigation Act was a 1663 English law that tightened mercantilist control over colonial trade by requiring most goods bound for the American colonies to pass through England first.
  • A. Geary Act
    The Geary Act was an 1892 U.S. law that extended and intensified Chinese exclusion by requiring Chinese residents to carry residency permits and imposing harsh penalties for noncompliance.
  • 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. Naval Act of 1794
    The Naval Act of 1794 was a foundational U.S. law that authorized the construction of the nation’s first frigates, effectively establishing the United States Navy as a permanent military force.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69c0082c96988190b3a6a201edce472a completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0241030408190be774a5d2ca6e999 completed March 22, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c05a5c89b88190a397c6b1dcb9c3e8 completed March 22, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05bb76a748190a3b1a289dbd92dee completed March 22, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c05c498c4c8190bfa3ac17fba2b152 completed March 22, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:45 p.m.