Triple
T17050277
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hepburn Act |
E413675
|
entity |
| Predicate | allowed |
P273
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates |
E87608
|
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: Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates | Statement: [Hepburn Act, allowed, Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates Context triple: [Hepburn Act, allowed, Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad rates]
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A.
Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
chosen
The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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B.
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act is a landmark 1887 U.S. federal law that established federal regulation of railroads and later other carriers to ensure fair rates and prohibit discriminatory practices in interstate transportation.
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C.
United States federal control of railroads
United States federal control of railroads was the World War I–era period (1917–1920) when the U.S. government temporarily nationalized and centrally managed the country’s railroads to improve efficiency for wartime transportation needs.
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D.
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association was an 1897 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that held railroad rate-fixing agreements violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, even if the rates were reasonable.
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E.
Staggers Rail Act
The Staggers Rail Act was a landmark 1980 U.S. federal law that largely deregulated the railroad industry, giving rail carriers greater freedom in setting rates and services to improve their financial stability and competitiveness.
- 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_69d886cde3d481908d4d01ba88ba7eb7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3daa1aeac81909e8d97bd708c6b71 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a012341b8e88190a2bee865be5ca1c1 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 12:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.