Triple

T221533
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merchant Marine Act of 1936 E4223 entity
Predicate partiallySupersededBy P101 FINISHED
Object Merchant Marine Act of 1970
The Merchant Marine Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded national maritime policy, including shipbuilding and fleet modernization programs, to strengthen the American merchant marine.
E28656 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Merchant Marine Act of 1970 | Statement: [Merchant Marine Act of 1936, partiallySupersededBy, Merchant Marine Act of 1970]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merchant Marine Act of 1970
Context triple: [Merchant Marine Act of 1936, partiallySupersededBy, Merchant Marine Act of 1970]
  • A. Merchant Marine Act of 1936
    The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a U.S. federal law that established policies and programs to develop and maintain a strong American merchant marine for commerce and national defense.
  • B. Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
    The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is a U.S. federal law that clarified and limited employers’ liability for compensating workers’ preliminary and postliminary activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
  • C. Trade Expansion Act of 1962
    The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 is a U.S. federal law that significantly broadened presidential authority to negotiate international trade agreements and reduce tariffs, laying groundwork for modern American trade policy institutions.
  • D. Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
    The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized and modernized American foreign aid programs, establishing the framework for economic and military assistance to other countries.
  • E. Federal Aviation Act of 1958
    The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is a landmark U.S. law that overhauled federal regulation of civil aviation and created a centralized authority to ensure the safety and management of the national airspace system.
  • 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: Merchant Marine Act of 1970
Triple: [Merchant Marine Act of 1936, partiallySupersededBy, Merchant Marine Act of 1970]
Generated description
The Merchant Marine Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded national maritime policy, including shipbuilding and fleet modernization programs, to strengthen the American merchant marine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merchant Marine Act of 1970
Target entity description: The Merchant Marine Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded national maritime policy, including shipbuilding and fleet modernization programs, to strengthen the American merchant marine.
  • A. Merchant Marine Act of 1936
    The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a U.S. federal law that established policies and programs to develop and maintain a strong American merchant marine for commerce and national defense.
  • B. Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
    The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is a U.S. federal law that clarified and limited employers’ liability for compensating workers’ preliminary and postliminary activities under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
  • C. Trade Expansion Act of 1962
    The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 is a U.S. federal law that significantly broadened presidential authority to negotiate international trade agreements and reduce tariffs, laying groundwork for modern American trade policy institutions.
  • D. Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
    The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized and modernized American foreign aid programs, establishing the framework for economic and military assistance to other countries.
  • E. Federal Aviation Act of 1958
    The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is a landmark U.S. law that overhauled federal regulation of civil aviation and created a centralized authority to ensure the safety and management of the national airspace system.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: partiallySupersededBy
Context triple: [Merchant Marine Act of 1936, partiallySupersededBy, Merchant Marine Act of 1970]
  • A. wasSupersededBy chosen
    Indicates that one entity has been replaced or made obsolete by another entity that takes over its role or function.
  • B. supersededInPrecisionBy
    Indicates that one entity’s level of precision has been replaced or overtaken by another entity’s greater precision.
  • C. partlyDefinedBy
    Indicates that one entity’s nature, role, or characteristics are only partially determined or specified by another entity.
  • D. partiallyReauthorizedBy
    Indicates that an existing authorization or approval has been renewed or extended only in part by another entity or action, rather than fully reauthorized.
  • E. cededTo
    Indicates that control, ownership, or authority over something was formally transferred from one entity to another.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2573508588190b522c2476d91acfe completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25efd0df48190b8fef4c422a1265f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3527641a081908fbcd0b16fc1c19e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3559bd7808190b5676537827aba91 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a356327bd881909b3e9895a3b81c9e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a25b54d790819093b35bd1a6f00f92 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:04 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.