Mann–Elkins Act
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The Mann–Elkins Act was a 1910 U.S. federal law that strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission’s power to regulate railroad rates and extended its authority to telephone, telegraph, and cable companies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mann–Elkins Act canonical | 4 |
| Mann–Elkins Act of 1910 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4086911 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mann–Elkins Act Context triple: [Hepburn Act, followedBy, Mann–Elkins Act]
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A.
Wheeler–Howard Act
The Wheeler–Howard Act, formally known as the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, is a U.S. federal law that ended the allotment of tribal lands and aimed to restore tribal self-government and communal landholding for Native American tribes.
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B.
McFadden Act of 1927
The McFadden Act of 1927 was a U.S. federal law that regulated national banks’ branching and effectively restricted interstate banking, helping to shape the geographically fragmented structure of American banking for much of the 20th century.
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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.
Hepburn Act
The Hepburn Act was a 1906 U.S. federal law that significantly strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission’s power to regulate railroad rates and practices as part of Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive Era reforms.
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E.
Wagner–Steagall Act
The Wagner–Steagall Act was a landmark 1937 U.S. federal law that created a permanent public housing program aimed at providing decent, affordable housing for low-income families.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mann–Elkins Act Target entity description: The Mann–Elkins Act was a 1910 U.S. federal law that strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission’s power to regulate railroad rates and extended its authority to telephone, telegraph, and cable companies.
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A.
Wheeler–Howard Act
The Wheeler–Howard Act, formally known as the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, is a U.S. federal law that ended the allotment of tribal lands and aimed to restore tribal self-government and communal landholding for Native American tribes.
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B.
McFadden Act of 1927
The McFadden Act of 1927 was a U.S. federal law that regulated national banks’ branching and effectively restricted interstate banking, helping to shape the geographically fragmented structure of American banking for much of the 20th century.
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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.
Hepburn Act
The Hepburn Act was a 1906 U.S. federal law that significantly strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission’s power to regulate railroad rates and practices as part of Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive Era reforms.
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E.
Wagner–Steagall Act
The Wagner–Steagall Act was a landmark 1937 U.S. federal law that created a permanent public housing program aimed at providing decent, affordable housing for low-income families.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
ⓘ
regulatory law ⓘ |
| affectedIndustry |
railroad industry in the United States
ⓘ
telecommunications industry in the United States ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
extend federal oversight to communications carriers
ⓘ
prevent unreasonable railroad rates ⓘ strengthen federal regulation of railroads ⓘ |
| amended | Interstate Commerce Act ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdOrModifiedInstitution | Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1910-06-18 ⓘ |
| enactedUnderAdministrationOf |
William Howard Taft
ⓘ
linked to:
President William Howard Taft
|
| extendedAuthorityTo |
cable companies
ⓘ
telegraph companies ⓘ telephone companies ⓘ |
| extendedPowersOf | Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | legislative branch of the United States ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Progressive Era ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| legalForm | statute ⓘ |
| legalStatus | amendment to Interstate Commerce Act ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
James Robert Mann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Benton Elkins ⓘ |
| partOf |
Progressive Era reforms
ⓘ
linked to:
Progressive Era
|
| policyArea |
communications regulation
ⓘ
economic regulation ⓘ transportation regulation ⓘ |
| presidentAtEnactment |
William Howard Taft
ⓘ
linked to:
President William Howard Taft
|
| regulates | common carriers engaged in interstate commerce ⓘ |
| regulatorySubject |
railroad industry
ⓘ
railroad rates ⓘ |
| signedBy |
William Howard Taft
ⓘ
linked to:
President William Howard Taft
|
| strengthened | Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
United States communications law history
ⓘ
United States transportation law history ⓘ |
| topic | federal regulation of common carriers ⓘ |
| typeOfRegulation | rate regulation ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1910 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mann–Elkins Act Description of subject: The Mann–Elkins Act was a 1910 U.S. federal law that strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission’s power to regulate railroad rates and extended its authority to telephone, telegraph, and cable companies.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.