Triple
T314588
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | British colonial authorities |
E7678
|
entity |
| Predicate | enforcedLaw |
P11901
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E41670
|
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: Sugar Act 1764 | Statement: [British colonial authorities, enforcedLaw, Sugar Act 1764]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sugar Act 1764 Context triple: [British colonial authorities, enforcedLaw, Sugar Act 1764]
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A.
Stamp Act 1765
The Stamp Act 1765 was a British parliamentary tax on printed materials in the American colonies that sparked widespread protest and helped catalyze the movement toward the American Revolution.
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B.
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
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C.
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a controversial law passed by the British Parliament requiring American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers, contributing significantly to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
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D.
Townshend Acts (tea tax component)
The Townshend Acts (tea tax component) were British parliamentary measures that imposed duties on imported tea to the American colonies, becoming a major source of colonial resentment and a key trigger for events like the Boston Tea Party.
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E.
Revestment Act 1765
The Revestment Act 1765 was a British law by which the British Crown purchased and absorbed the feudal rights of the Lords of Mann, bringing the Isle of Man under more direct royal control.
- 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: Sugar Act 1764 Triple: [British colonial authorities, enforcedLaw, Sugar Act 1764]
Generated description
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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sugar Act 1764 Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
Stamp Act 1765
The Stamp Act 1765 was a British parliamentary tax on printed materials in the American colonies that sparked widespread protest and helped catalyze the movement toward the American Revolution.
-
B.
Tea Act
The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
-
C.
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was a controversial law passed by the British Parliament requiring American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers, contributing significantly to rising colonial resentment before the American Revolution.
-
D.
Townshend Acts (tea tax component)
The Townshend Acts (tea tax component) were British parliamentary measures that imposed duties on imported tea to the American colonies, becoming a major source of colonial resentment and a key trigger for events like the Boston Tea Party.
-
E.
Revestment Act 1765
The Revestment Act 1765 was a British law by which the British Crown purchased and absorbed the feudal rights of the Lords of Mann, bringing the Isle of Man under more direct royal control.
- 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ee016c408190beab4009653524db |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3cfe6d2bc819097dc05c0ca2a03d9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3d04420748190af0b91ea24344a75 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3d0a921008190a0e3bb3303946676 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:37 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:07 p.m.