Triple

T2657384
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clinton administration E54644 entity
Predicate signed P173 FINISHED
Object Telecommunications Act of 1996
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled communications regulation to promote competition and deregulation in broadcasting, cable, and telephone services, including the emerging internet.
E286358 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: Telecommunications Act of 1996 | Statement: [Clinton administration, signed, Telecommunications Act of 1996]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telecommunications Act of 1996
Context triple: [Clinton administration, signed, Telecommunications Act of 1996]
  • A. United States v. AT&T
    United States v. AT&T was a landmark antitrust lawsuit in which the U.S. government forced the breakup of the Bell System telecommunications monopoly in the early 1980s.
  • B. Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
    The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 is a U.S. federal law that deregulated interstate banking by allowing bank holding companies and banks to expand and operate branches across state lines, reshaping the national banking landscape.
  • C. Communications Act of 1934
    The Communications Act of 1934 is a landmark U.S. federal law that consolidated and expanded regulation of interstate and foreign communications, establishing a comprehensive framework for overseeing radio, telephone, and later other electronic communications services.
  • D. Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
    The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 is a U.S. federal law that abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and restructured federal regulation of surface transportation, including creating the Surface Transportation Board.
  • E. Clinger–Cohen Act of 1996
    The Clinger–Cohen Act of 1996 is a U.S. federal law that reformed how the government acquires, manages, and uses information technology by emphasizing performance-based management and the establishment of agency Chief Information Officers.
  • 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: Telecommunications Act of 1996
Triple: [Clinton administration, signed, Telecommunications Act of 1996]
Generated description
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled communications regulation to promote competition and deregulation in broadcasting, cable, and telephone services, including the emerging internet.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Telecommunications Act of 1996
Target entity description: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled communications regulation to promote competition and deregulation in broadcasting, cable, and telephone services, including the emerging internet.
  • A. United States v. AT&T
    United States v. AT&T was a landmark antitrust lawsuit in which the U.S. government forced the breakup of the Bell System telecommunications monopoly in the early 1980s.
  • B. Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
    The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 is a U.S. federal law that deregulated interstate banking by allowing bank holding companies and banks to expand and operate branches across state lines, reshaping the national banking landscape.
  • C. Communications Act of 1934
    The Communications Act of 1934 is a landmark U.S. federal law that consolidated and expanded regulation of interstate and foreign communications, establishing a comprehensive framework for overseeing radio, telephone, and later other electronic communications services.
  • D. Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
    The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 is a U.S. federal law that abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and restructured federal regulation of surface transportation, including creating the Surface Transportation Board.
  • E. Clinger–Cohen Act of 1996
    The Clinger–Cohen Act of 1996 is a U.S. federal law that reformed how the government acquires, manages, and uses information technology by emphasizing performance-based management and the establishment of agency Chief Information Officers.
  • 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_69ab49e028948190b97e01d73548b1d9 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd94c61a08190bdf5e1caeff3e788 completed March 7, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af98d535388190979a549dc2ce5f2f completed March 10, 2026, 4:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af99c237548190838559ccac95f1c5 completed March 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af9a5938b48190820f37f2e2280438 completed March 10, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.