Triple
T5782228
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Homestead Act of 1862 |
E128185
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedLegislation |
P3136
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Desert Land Act
The Desert Land Act was a U.S. federal law enacted in 1877 to encourage the irrigation and settlement of arid public lands in the American West by allowing individuals to acquire large tracts cheaply if they agreed to irrigate them.
|
E545334
|
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: Desert Land Act | Statement: [Homestead Act of 1862, relatedLegislation, Desert Land Act]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Desert Land Act Context triple: [Homestead Act of 1862, relatedLegislation, Desert Land Act]
-
A.
Homestead Act of 1862
The Homestead Act of 1862 was a landmark U.S. law that encouraged westward expansion by granting settlers ownership of public land, typically 160 acres, if they lived on and improved it for a set period.
-
B.
Reclamation Act of 1902
The Reclamation Act of 1902 is a U.S. federal law that launched large-scale, federally funded irrigation and water management projects to promote agricultural development and settlement in the arid Western states.
-
C.
Taylor Grazing Act
The Taylor Grazing Act is a 1934 U.S. federal law that established a system to regulate and manage livestock grazing on public lands to prevent overgrazing and land degradation.
-
D.
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936
The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 was a New Deal-era U.S. law that encouraged farmers to adopt soil-conserving practices by providing federal subsidies, aiming to combat erosion and environmental damage highlighted by the Dust Bowl.
-
E.
Mineral Leasing Act
The Mineral Leasing Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the leasing and development of publicly owned mineral resources such as oil, gas, coal, and other fuels on federal lands.
- 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: Desert Land Act Triple: [Homestead Act of 1862, relatedLegislation, Desert Land Act]
Generated description
The Desert Land Act was a U.S. federal law enacted in 1877 to encourage the irrigation and settlement of arid public lands in the American West by allowing individuals to acquire large tracts cheaply if they agreed to irrigate them.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Desert Land Act Target entity description: The Desert Land Act was a U.S. federal law enacted in 1877 to encourage the irrigation and settlement of arid public lands in the American West by allowing individuals to acquire large tracts cheaply if they agreed to irrigate them.
-
A.
Homestead Act of 1862
The Homestead Act of 1862 was a landmark U.S. law that encouraged westward expansion by granting settlers ownership of public land, typically 160 acres, if they lived on and improved it for a set period.
-
B.
Reclamation Act of 1902
The Reclamation Act of 1902 is a U.S. federal law that launched large-scale, federally funded irrigation and water management projects to promote agricultural development and settlement in the arid Western states.
-
C.
Taylor Grazing Act
The Taylor Grazing Act is a 1934 U.S. federal law that established a system to regulate and manage livestock grazing on public lands to prevent overgrazing and land degradation.
-
D.
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936
The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 was a New Deal-era U.S. law that encouraged farmers to adopt soil-conserving practices by providing federal subsidies, aiming to combat erosion and environmental damage highlighted by the Dust Bowl.
-
E.
Mineral Leasing Act
The Mineral Leasing Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the leasing and development of publicly owned mineral resources such as oil, gas, coal, and other fuels on federal lands.
- 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_69c0084450048190bc647b649a05136b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c02a17315881908aa12a830ba5f22b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07e7773888190bd8c3e1d7df62f5c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c086cd0904819089dbacd6c948abec |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0873661788190847751ba82975e82 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:20 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:50 p.m.