Triple
T77983
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
E1559
|
entity |
| Predicate | oversightOf |
P636
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
|
E7317
|
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: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System | Statement: [United States Environmental Protection Agency, oversightOf, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Context triple: [United States Environmental Protection Agency, oversightOf, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System]
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A.
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act is a landmark U.S. environmental law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waters and sets water quality standards to protect human health and aquatic ecosystems.
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B.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
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C.
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
The National Ambient Air Quality Standards are U.S. federal air pollution limits that set maximum allowable concentrations of key pollutants in outdoor air to protect public health and the environment.
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D.
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is a binational accord between the United States and Canada that establishes shared commitments and coordinated actions to protect and restore the water quality and ecosystem health of the Great Lakes.
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E.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is a federal government agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment through regulation, enforcement, and environmental research in the United States.
- 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: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Triple: [United States Environmental Protection Agency, oversightOf, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System]
Generated description
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Target entity description: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.
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A.
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act is a landmark U.S. environmental law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waters and sets water quality standards to protect human health and aquatic ecosystems.
-
B.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
-
C.
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
The National Ambient Air Quality Standards are U.S. federal air pollution limits that set maximum allowable concentrations of key pollutants in outdoor air to protect public health and the environment.
-
D.
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is a binational accord between the United States and Canada that establishes shared commitments and coordinated actions to protect and restore the water quality and ecosystem health of the Great Lakes.
-
E.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is a federal government agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment through regulation, enforcement, and environmental research in the United States.
- 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24f30e5848190a8edcb37c356ce0a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a25abc7b648190b8a83a05f4c76af0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a25caa409881909eb7dfe7d038cc39 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a25e287cc88190b2eb5ae02bd2f9d1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:16 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.