Triple

T18042005

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986	`E431673`	entity
Predicate	replaced	`P101`	FINISHED
Object	Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 The Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 was a landmark British law that first regulated the use of live animals in scientific experiments by requiring licensing and imposing conditions to limit suffering.	`E1302640`	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: Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 | Statement: [Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, replaced, Cruelty to Animals Act 1876]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cruelty to Animals Act 1876
Context triple: [Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, replaced, Cruelty to Animals Act 1876]

A. Protection of Animals Act 1911
The Protection of Animals Act 1911 was a landmark UK law that for much of the 20th century formed the core legal framework for preventing cruelty to domestic and captive animals.
B. Animal Welfare Act
The Animal Welfare Act is a key U.S. federal law that sets minimum standards for the treatment and care of certain animals used in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers.
C. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is a key piece of UK legislation that regulates the use of animals in scientific research, setting strict standards for licensing, welfare, and ethical oversight.
D. Horse Protection Act
The Horse Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that prohibits the abusive practice of "soring" horses and authorizes inspection and enforcement to protect horses from inhumane treatment in shows, sales, and exhibitions.
E. Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885
The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 was a British statute best known for strengthening laws on sexual offences, including the controversial Section 11 that criminalized male homosexual acts short of sodomy.
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: Cruelty to Animals Act 1876
Triple: [Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, replaced, Cruelty to Animals Act 1876]

Generated description

The Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 was a landmark British law that first regulated the use of live animals in scientific experiments by requiring licensing and imposing conditions to limit suffering.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cruelty to Animals Act 1876
Target entity description: The Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 was a landmark British law that first regulated the use of live animals in scientific experiments by requiring licensing and imposing conditions to limit suffering.

A. Protection of Animals Act 1911
The Protection of Animals Act 1911 was a landmark UK law that for much of the 20th century formed the core legal framework for preventing cruelty to domestic and captive animals.
B. Animal Welfare Act
The Animal Welfare Act is a key U.S. federal law that sets minimum standards for the treatment and care of certain animals used in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers.
C. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is a key piece of UK legislation that regulates the use of animals in scientific research, setting strict standards for licensing, welfare, and ethical oversight.
D. Horse Protection Act
The Horse Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that prohibits the abusive practice of "soring" horses and authorizes inspection and enforcement to protect horses from inhumane treatment in shows, sales, and exhibitions.
E. Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885
The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 was a British statute best known for strengthening laws on sexual offences, including the controversial Section 11 that criminalized male homosexual acts short of sodomy.
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_69d8b906482481908183315b9ecf9994`	completed	April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e4bfef454c8190ad3787502f2bdd34`	completed	April 19, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a0349b8930c8190bbd871393b4b949e`	completed	May 12, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a034b0817408190817e4a3ee0003d57`	completed	May 12, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a034bdf5c808190ac329e663e220f1b`	completed	May 12, 2026, 3:48 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:25 a.m.