Triple

T21596703
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 E532918 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Post Roads Act of 1912
The Post Roads Act of 1912 was a U.S. federal law that expanded federal involvement in funding and improving postal and rural roads, laying groundwork for later comprehensive highway legislation.
E1492370 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: Post Roads Act of 1912 | Statement: [Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, precededBy, Post Roads Act of 1912]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Post Roads Act of 1912
Context triple: [Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, precededBy, Post Roads Act of 1912]
  • A. Postal Service Act of 1792
    The Postal Service Act of 1792 was a foundational U.S. law that established the national postal system, promoted the circulation of newspapers and information, and guaranteed low-cost, secure mail delivery as a key element of American democracy.
  • B. Federal Highway Act of 1921
    The Federal Highway Act of 1921 was a landmark U.S. law that established a national system of federal-aid highways and laid the foundation for modern federal highway policy and administration.
  • C. Federal Aid Road Act of 1916
    The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 was a landmark U.S. law that first established federal funding and oversight for state highway construction, laying the foundation for the modern national road system.
  • D. Transportation Act of 1920
    The Transportation Act of 1920 was a major U.S. federal law that reorganized and returned railroads to private control after World War I, strengthening federal regulation and stabilizing the rail industry.
  • E. Postal Reorganization Act of 1970
    The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.
  • 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: Post Roads Act of 1912
Triple: [Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, precededBy, Post Roads Act of 1912]
Generated description
The Post Roads Act of 1912 was a U.S. federal law that expanded federal involvement in funding and improving postal and rural roads, laying groundwork for later comprehensive highway legislation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Post Roads Act of 1912
Target entity description: The Post Roads Act of 1912 was a U.S. federal law that expanded federal involvement in funding and improving postal and rural roads, laying groundwork for later comprehensive highway legislation.
  • A. Postal Service Act of 1792
    The Postal Service Act of 1792 was a foundational U.S. law that established the national postal system, promoted the circulation of newspapers and information, and guaranteed low-cost, secure mail delivery as a key element of American democracy.
  • B. Federal Highway Act of 1921
    The Federal Highway Act of 1921 was a landmark U.S. law that established a national system of federal-aid highways and laid the foundation for modern federal highway policy and administration.
  • C. Federal Aid Road Act of 1916
    The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 was a landmark U.S. law that first established federal funding and oversight for state highway construction, laying the foundation for the modern national road system.
  • D. Transportation Act of 1920
    The Transportation Act of 1920 was a major U.S. federal law that reorganized and returned railroads to private control after World War I, strengthening federal regulation and stabilizing the rail industry.
  • E. Postal Reorganization Act of 1970
    The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that transformed the Post Office Department into the independent United States Postal Service and modernized the nation’s postal system.
  • 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_69e0c46251648190876f0427cf2d321b completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69eefae20c8881909c5354313d06183a completed April 27, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09fd311894819091add0ade2c10c78 completed May 17, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09fe084a648190a37d701fb7f2f285 completed May 17, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09fecd7d688190b41ad68ff95ffab6 completed May 17, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:32 p.m.