Triple
T8821712
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 |
E209918
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedTo |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act |
E94785
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act | Statement: [Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, relatedTo, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act Context triple: [Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, relatedTo, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act]
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A.
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
chosen
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was an 1883 U.S. federal law that established a merit-based system for government employment, reducing patronage and the spoils system in the civil service.
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B.
Underwood–Simmons Act
The Underwood–Simmons Act was a 1913 U.S. law that significantly reduced tariff rates and introduced a federal income tax following the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment.
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C.
Elkins Act
The Elkins Act was a 1903 U.S. federal law that strengthened regulation of railroads by prohibiting discriminatory rebates and reinforcing the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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D.
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 is a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled the federal personnel system by restructuring agencies, strengthening merit principles, and introducing new mechanisms for performance management and employee protections.
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E.
Tenure of Office Act
The Tenure of Office Act was an 1867 U.S. federal law that restricted the president’s power to remove certain officeholders without Senate approval, and its alleged violation by President Andrew Johnson was central to his impeachment.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8364e13081909c85fe80f44fe86f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc601126248190b6f10c22f1aeac9a |
completed | April 1, 2026, midnight |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf6fd064208190b1c8e1e1848763d2 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:46 p.m.