Triple
T1955105
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Townshend Acts era |
E42249
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasPart |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Commissioners of Customs Act 1767
The Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 was a British law that created a new customs board in the American colonies to more strictly enforce trade regulations and raise revenue, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
|
E218405
|
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: Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 | Statement: [Townshend Acts era, hasPart, Commissioners of Customs Act 1767]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 Context triple: [Townshend Acts era, hasPart, Commissioners of Customs Act 1767]
-
A.
Revenue Act 1766
The Revenue Act of 1766 was a British law that revised colonial taxation after the repeal of earlier duties, forming part of the broader imperial policies that fueled growing tensions between Britain and its American colonies.
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B.
Sugar Act 1764
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
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C.
Molasses Act 1733
The Molasses Act 1733 was a British law imposing heavy duties on foreign molasses imported into the American colonies, aiming to protect British West Indies sugar interests and contributing to growing colonial resentment toward imperial trade restrictions.
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D.
Declaratory Act 1766
The Declaratory Act of 1766 was a British law asserting Parliament’s full authority to make binding laws for the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever,” passed alongside the repeal of the Stamp Act and heightening colonial tensions that led toward the American Revolution.
-
E.
India Act 1784
The India Act 1784 was a British law that restructured the governance of the East India Company and placed its political administration in India under closer control of the British government.
- 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: Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 Triple: [Townshend Acts era, hasPart, Commissioners of Customs Act 1767]
Generated description
The Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 was a British law that created a new customs board in the American colonies to more strictly enforce trade regulations and raise revenue, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 Target entity description: The Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 was a British law that created a new customs board in the American colonies to more strictly enforce trade regulations and raise revenue, contributing to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
-
A.
Revenue Act 1766
The Revenue Act of 1766 was a British law that revised colonial taxation after the repeal of earlier duties, forming part of the broader imperial policies that fueled growing tensions between Britain and its American colonies.
-
B.
Sugar Act 1764
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British revenue-raising law that tightened customs enforcement and imposed duties on sugar and molasses in the American colonies, contributing to growing colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
-
C.
Molasses Act 1733
The Molasses Act 1733 was a British law imposing heavy duties on foreign molasses imported into the American colonies, aiming to protect British West Indies sugar interests and contributing to growing colonial resentment toward imperial trade restrictions.
-
D.
Declaratory Act 1766
The Declaratory Act of 1766 was a British law asserting Parliament’s full authority to make binding laws for the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever,” passed alongside the repeal of the Stamp Act and heightening colonial tensions that led toward the American Revolution.
-
E.
India Act 1784
The India Act 1784 was a British law that restructured the governance of the East India Company and placed its political administration in India under closer control of the British government.
- 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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb353aa8c81909810347f9981a02f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfbc8146c819084d3dc3b16efb123 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adfc6bd8e08190a065a89ab3412126 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adfcee414c8190b1a0574f6bd55602 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.