Triple

T615000

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	National Environmental Policy Act	`E12183`	entity
Predicate	requires	`P100`	FINISHED
Object	Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Impact Statements are comprehensive documents that analyze the potential environmental consequences of proposed federal actions or projects and explore alternatives and mitigation measures.	`E77020`	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: Environmental Impact Statements | Statement: [National Environmental Policy Act, requires, Environmental Impact Statements]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Environmental Impact Statements
Context triple: [National Environmental Policy Act, requires, Environmental Impact Statements]

A. Environmental Science & Technology
Environmental Science & Technology is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on research in environmental science, technology, and policy.
B. Environment Program
Environment Program is a grantmaking initiative of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation focused on addressing environmental challenges such as climate change and conservation.
C. Global Environment Outlook reports
Global Environment Outlook reports are comprehensive assessments produced by the United Nations Environment Programme that analyze the state of the global environment, emerging trends, and policy options for sustainable development.
D. Environmental Law Clinic
The Environmental Law Clinic is a Columbia Law School program where students gain practical experience working on real-world environmental and natural resources law issues under faculty supervision.
E. Division of Environmental Permits
The Division of Environmental Permits is a unit within New York State’s environmental regulatory agency that reviews and issues permits for activities affecting the state’s natural resources and environment.
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: Environmental Impact Statements
Triple: [National Environmental Policy Act, requires, Environmental Impact Statements]

Generated description

Environmental Impact Statements are comprehensive documents that analyze the potential environmental consequences of proposed federal actions or projects and explore alternatives and mitigation measures.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Environmental Impact Statements
Target entity description: Environmental Impact Statements are comprehensive documents that analyze the potential environmental consequences of proposed federal actions or projects and explore alternatives and mitigation measures.

A. Environmental Science & Technology
Environmental Science & Technology is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on research in environmental science, technology, and policy.
B. Environment Program
Environment Program is a grantmaking initiative of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation focused on addressing environmental challenges such as climate change and conservation.
C. Global Environment Outlook reports
Global Environment Outlook reports are comprehensive assessments produced by the United Nations Environment Programme that analyze the state of the global environment, emerging trends, and policy options for sustainable development.
D. Environmental Law Clinic
The Environmental Law Clinic is a Columbia Law School program where students gain practical experience working on real-world environmental and natural resources law issues under faculty supervision.
E. Division of Environmental Permits
The Division of Environmental Permits is a unit within New York State’s environmental regulatory agency that reviews and issues permits for activities affecting the state’s natural resources and environment.
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_69a493309df48190a327f748e88049a6`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a49e0b438881909ad515adf7a4eb79`	completed	March 1, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69a5554b4f888190b9b64ece37087bf4`	completed	March 2, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69a555ae08b88190aad64ec7923437ef`	completed	March 2, 2026, 9:17 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69a556669878819098816d2221a3fd3d`	completed	March 2, 2026, 9:20 a.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.