Triple

T1892877
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Civil Service E41911 entity
Predicate governedBy P46 FINISHED
Object Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 is a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled the federal personnel system by restructuring agencies, strengthening merit principles, and introducing new mechanisms for performance management and employee protections.
E209918 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: Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 | Statement: [United States Civil Service, governedBy, Civil Service Reform Act of 1978]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Context triple: [United States Civil Service, governedBy, Civil Service Reform Act of 1978]
  • A. Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
    The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was a 1933 Nazi statute that purged Jews and political opponents from Germany’s civil service, marking an early legal step in the regime’s systematic persecution and exclusion policies.
  • B. Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was an 1883 U.S. federal law that established a merit-based system for government employment, reducing patronage and the spoils system in the civil service.
  • C. Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
    The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 is a U.S. federal law that requires agencies to set strategic goals, measure performance, and report on their results to improve government accountability and effectiveness.
  • D. Inspector General Act of 1978
    The Inspector General Act of 1978 is a U.S. federal law that created independent Offices of Inspector General across government agencies to combat waste, fraud, and abuse and to promote efficiency and accountability.
  • E. Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
    The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled the congressional budget process, curbed presidential impoundment of funds, and created key institutions such as the Congressional Budget Office.
  • 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: Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Triple: [United States Civil Service, governedBy, Civil Service Reform Act of 1978]
Generated description
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 is a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled the federal personnel system by restructuring agencies, strengthening merit principles, and introducing new mechanisms for performance management and employee protections.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Target entity description: The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 is a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled the federal personnel system by restructuring agencies, strengthening merit principles, and introducing new mechanisms for performance management and employee protections.
  • A. Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
    The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was a 1933 Nazi statute that purged Jews and political opponents from Germany’s civil service, marking an early legal step in the regime’s systematic persecution and exclusion policies.
  • B. Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
    The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was an 1883 U.S. federal law that established a merit-based system for government employment, reducing patronage and the spoils system in the civil service.
  • C. Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
    The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 is a U.S. federal law that requires agencies to set strategic goals, measure performance, and report on their results to improve government accountability and effectiveness.
  • D. Inspector General Act of 1978
    The Inspector General Act of 1978 is a U.S. federal law that created independent Offices of Inspector General across government agencies to combat waste, fraud, and abuse and to promote efficiency and accountability.
  • E. Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
    The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is a landmark U.S. federal law that overhauled the congressional budget process, curbed presidential impoundment of funds, and created key institutions such as the Congressional Budget Office.
  • 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_69a8864b6de0819098d089f6a1b910a7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb1480a6c81909fcf5cce4c42fed4 completed March 7, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69addf6aba788190bb30420375b5db7f completed March 8, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69addfe604708190b85d6f7261197537 completed March 8, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ade0919d748190a4326d4abca2c9eb completed March 8, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.