Triple

T2862364
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846 E63351 entity
Predicate chronologicallyPrecedes P11124 FINISHED
Object Tariff of 1857 debates
The Tariff of 1857 debates were mid-19th-century U.S. congressional discussions over a major reduction in import duties that reflected growing sectional tensions and shifting economic priorities before the Civil War.
E307122 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: Tariff of 1857 debates | Statement: [Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846, chronologicallyPrecedes, Tariff of 1857 debates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tariff of 1857 debates
Context triple: [Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846, chronologicallyPrecedes, Tariff of 1857 debates]
  • A. Tariff of 1842 debates
    The Tariff of 1842 debates were U.S. congressional and public discussions in the early 1840s over protective tariff policy, industrial interests, and sectional economic priorities that shaped mid-19th-century American trade legislation.
  • B. Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846
    Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846 refers to George M. Dallas’s politically consequential decision as U.S. vice president to cast the tie-breaking Senate vote that secured passage of the low-tariff Walker Tariff, reshaping mid-19th-century American trade policy.
  • C. Walker Tariff of 1846
    The Walker Tariff of 1846 was a major U.S. revenue-focused tariff law that significantly reduced protectionist duties, reflecting the Democratic Party’s free-trade principles during James K. Polk’s presidency.
  • D. Tariff of 1832
    The Tariff of 1832 was a U.S. federal customs law that modestly reduced earlier tariff rates but remained protectionist enough to provoke fierce Southern opposition and help trigger the Nullification Crisis.
  • E. Fordney–McCumber Tariff
    The Fordney–McCumber Tariff was a 1922 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties to protect American industry and agriculture during the post–World War I era.
  • 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: Tariff of 1857 debates
Triple: [Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846, chronologicallyPrecedes, Tariff of 1857 debates]
Generated description
The Tariff of 1857 debates were mid-19th-century U.S. congressional discussions over a major reduction in import duties that reflected growing sectional tensions and shifting economic priorities before the Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tariff of 1857 debates
Target entity description: The Tariff of 1857 debates were mid-19th-century U.S. congressional discussions over a major reduction in import duties that reflected growing sectional tensions and shifting economic priorities before the Civil War.
  • A. Tariff of 1842 debates
    The Tariff of 1842 debates were U.S. congressional and public discussions in the early 1840s over protective tariff policy, industrial interests, and sectional economic priorities that shaped mid-19th-century American trade legislation.
  • B. Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846
    Support for the Walker Tariff of 1846 refers to George M. Dallas’s politically consequential decision as U.S. vice president to cast the tie-breaking Senate vote that secured passage of the low-tariff Walker Tariff, reshaping mid-19th-century American trade policy.
  • C. Walker Tariff of 1846
    The Walker Tariff of 1846 was a major U.S. revenue-focused tariff law that significantly reduced protectionist duties, reflecting the Democratic Party’s free-trade principles during James K. Polk’s presidency.
  • D. Tariff of 1832
    The Tariff of 1832 was a U.S. federal customs law that modestly reduced earlier tariff rates but remained protectionist enough to provoke fierce Southern opposition and help trigger the Nullification Crisis.
  • E. Fordney–McCumber Tariff
    The Fordney–McCumber Tariff was a 1922 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties to protect American industry and agriculture during the post–World War I era.
  • 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_69ab4c41e8c08190a9e8f5249cc12610 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdfb6e6988190b832ee05d8420633 completed March 7, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0314baa408190b1b398dcfaa29c53 completed March 10, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0351dc18c8190bcd047ccabaa47bc completed March 10, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b035ce3f8481908673a072eb2e6dcd completed March 10, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.