Triple

T5623658
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 4th United States Congress E147667 entity
Predicate enactedLaw P6890 FINISHED
Object Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision)
The Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision) was a U.S. federal statute that updated and expanded the early national postal system, defining postal routes, services, and regulations for mail delivery across the growing United States.
E478715 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: Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision) | Statement: [4th United States Congress, enactedLaw, Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision)
Context triple: [4th United States Congress, enactedLaw, Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision)]
  • 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. Post Offices and Post Roads Clause
    The Post Offices and Post Roads Clause is a constitutional provision granting Congress the power to establish and regulate a national postal system and the routes over which mail is carried.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Post Office Act 1969
    The Post Office Act 1969 is a UK law that reorganized the country's postal and telecommunications services, transforming them into a public corporation separate from direct government control.
  • E. Commutation Act 1784
    The Commutation Act 1784 was a key fiscal reform introduced by William Pitt the Younger that drastically reduced tea duties to curb smuggling and stabilize British revenue.
  • 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: Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision)
Triple: [4th United States Congress, enactedLaw, Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision)]
Generated description
The Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision) was a U.S. federal statute that updated and expanded the early national postal system, defining postal routes, services, and regulations for mail delivery across the growing United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision)
Target entity description: The Act establishing the Post Office and Post Roads (1796 revision) was a U.S. federal statute that updated and expanded the early national postal system, defining postal routes, services, and regulations for mail delivery across the growing United States.
  • A. Postal Service Act of 1792 chosen
    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. Post Offices and Post Roads Clause
    The Post Offices and Post Roads Clause is a constitutional provision granting Congress the power to establish and regulate a national postal system and the routes over which mail is carried.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Post Office Act 1969
    The Post Office Act 1969 is a UK law that reorganized the country's postal and telecommunications services, transforming them into a public corporation separate from direct government control.
  • E. Commutation Act 1784
    The Commutation Act 1784 was a key fiscal reform introduced by William Pitt the Younger that drastically reduced tea duties to curb smuggling and stabilize British revenue.
  • F. None of above.

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_69c00906f2a88190a992c66b13d606d4 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02214b4948190b71a9f59499092f6 completed March 22, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c04d5da9cc819097281dd6aa405e62 completed March 22, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c04edaa7408190811007d27549a35d completed March 22, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c04ff40ce88190a9aa8886c22386e1 completed March 22, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:40 p.m.