Triple

T3244282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Surface Transportation Board E68034 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission was the first U.S. federal regulatory agency, created in 1887 to oversee and regulate railroad rates and later other modes of interstate transportation.
E343840 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: Interstate Commerce Commission | Statement: [Surface Transportation Board, predecessor, Interstate Commerce Commission]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Commission
Context triple: [Surface Transportation Board, predecessor, Interstate Commerce Commission]
  • A. United States Department of Commerce and Labor
    The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a former federal executive department (1903–1913) that combined responsibility for both commercial and labor affairs before being split into separate Commerce and Labor departments.
  • B. United States Railroad Administration
    The United States Railroad Administration was the federal agency that temporarily nationalized and operated American railroads during World War I to improve efficiency and support the war effort.
  • C. International Trade Commission
    The International Trade Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency that investigates and adjudicates matters involving international trade, including unfair trade practices and import injury to domestic industries.
  • D. Federal Power Commission
    The Federal Power Commission was an independent U.S. regulatory agency responsible for overseeing interstate electricity and natural gas markets before its functions were eventually transferred to successor agencies such as the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
  • E. Surface Transportation Board
    The Surface Transportation Board is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and adjudicates economic regulation of the nation’s railroads and certain other surface transportation carriers.
  • 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: Interstate Commerce Commission
Triple: [Surface Transportation Board, predecessor, Interstate Commerce Commission]
Generated description
The Interstate Commerce Commission was the first U.S. federal regulatory agency, created in 1887 to oversee and regulate railroad rates and later other modes of interstate transportation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Commission
Target entity description: The Interstate Commerce Commission was the first U.S. federal regulatory agency, created in 1887 to oversee and regulate railroad rates and later other modes of interstate transportation.
  • A. United States Department of Commerce and Labor
    The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a former federal executive department (1903–1913) that combined responsibility for both commercial and labor affairs before being split into separate Commerce and Labor departments.
  • B. United States Railroad Administration
    The United States Railroad Administration was the federal agency that temporarily nationalized and operated American railroads during World War I to improve efficiency and support the war effort.
  • C. International Trade Commission
    The International Trade Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency that investigates and adjudicates matters involving international trade, including unfair trade practices and import injury to domestic industries.
  • D. Federal Power Commission
    The Federal Power Commission was an independent U.S. regulatory agency responsible for overseeing interstate electricity and natural gas markets before its functions were eventually transferred to successor agencies such as the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
  • E. Surface Transportation Board
    The Surface Transportation Board is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and adjudicates economic regulation of the nation’s railroads and certain other surface transportation carriers.
  • 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_69ad858e4c708190aa31d486cfee8a6a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaf1856708190b072efbb27920ade completed March 8, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2e82f91788190a9b14613eab7a439 completed March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2e8e42ecc8190b81d1b64f9fba0c1 completed March 12, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2e954ec18819096f31feb9e985b6a completed March 12, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.