Nelson Act
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The Nelson Act, formally known as the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, was a landmark U.S. federal law that established a more permanent and comprehensive system for handling personal and corporate bankruptcy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nelson Act canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14298363 — 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: Nelson Act Context triple: [Bankruptcy Act of 1898, shortName, Nelson Act]
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Geary Act
The Geary Act was an 1892 U.S. law that extended and intensified Chinese exclusion by requiring Chinese residents to carry residency permits and imposing harsh penalties for noncompliance.
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B.
Forster Act
The Forster Act was a landmark 19th-century British law that established the framework for compulsory, state-supported elementary education in England and Wales.
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C.
Burke–Wadsworth Act
The Burke–Wadsworth Act was the landmark 1940 U.S. law that established the first peacetime military draft in American history, preparing the nation’s armed forces on the eve of World War II.
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D.
Glass–Owen Act
The Glass–Owen Act is the landmark 1913 U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to stabilize the financial system and manage monetary policy.
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E.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
- 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: Nelson Act Target entity description: The Nelson Act, formally known as the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, was a landmark U.S. federal law that established a more permanent and comprehensive system for handling personal and corporate bankruptcy.
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A.
Geary Act
The Geary Act was an 1892 U.S. law that extended and intensified Chinese exclusion by requiring Chinese residents to carry residency permits and imposing harsh penalties for noncompliance.
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B.
Forster Act
The Forster Act was a landmark 19th-century British law that established the framework for compulsory, state-supported elementary education in England and Wales.
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C.
Burke–Wadsworth Act
The Burke–Wadsworth Act was the landmark 1940 U.S. law that established the first peacetime military draft in American history, preparing the nation’s armed forces on the eve of World War II.
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D.
Glass–Owen Act
The Glass–Owen Act is the landmark 1913 U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to stabilize the financial system and manage monetary policy.
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E.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.