Triple

T398862
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Penn Central Transportation Company E9233 entity
Predicate regulatorInvolved P4784 FINISHED
Object Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission was a former U.S. federal regulatory agency that oversaw and regulated railroads and later other modes of surface transportation to ensure fair rates and practices in interstate commerce.
E12650 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: Interstate Commerce Commission | Statement: [Penn Central Transportation Company, regulatorInvolved, Interstate Commerce Commission]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Commission
Context triple: [Penn Central Transportation Company, regulatorInvolved, 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. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. National Foreign Trade Council
    The National Foreign Trade Council is a U.S.-based business association that advocates for open international trade and investment policies on behalf of multinational companies.
  • 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: [Penn Central Transportation Company, regulatorInvolved, Interstate Commerce Commission]
Generated description
The Interstate Commerce Commission was a former U.S. federal regulatory agency that oversaw and regulated railroads and later other modes of surface transportation to ensure fair rates and practices in interstate commerce.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Commission
Target entity description: The Interstate Commerce Commission was a former U.S. federal regulatory agency that oversaw and regulated railroads and later other modes of surface transportation to ensure fair rates and practices in interstate commerce.
  • 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. 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.
  • D. Surface Transportation Board chosen
    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.
  • E. National Foreign Trade Council
    The National Foreign Trade Council is a U.S.-based business association that advocates for open international trade and investment policies on behalf of multinational companies.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: regulatorInvolved
Context triple: [Penn Central Transportation Company, regulatorInvolved, Interstate Commerce Commission]
  • A. primaryRegulator chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the main controlling or governing authority over another entity or process.
  • B. regulatesUse
    Indicates that one entity controls, governs, or sets rules for how another entity may be used.
  • C. involvesRuler
    Indicates that the relationship or action includes or pertains to a ruler as a participating party.
  • D. regulatesProfession
    Indicates that one entity has authority to control, oversee, or set rules governing the practice of a particular profession by another entity.
  • E. regulatesParticipationIn
    Indicates that one entity controls, directs, or sets rules governing another entity’s involvement in an activity, process, or system.
  • 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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec8d0ca881909d786e8eed9b6748 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a40ad94f88819082f718548331037b completed March 1, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a40cdbc3d48190be0716621ded5942 completed March 1, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a40d3376648190aca839b9a56d4edd completed March 1, 2026, 9:56 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e96d17d08190878d3a68b17d51ca completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.