Triple
T8883413
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Isthmian Canal Commission |
E211465
|
entity |
| Predicate | legalBasis |
P125
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Spooner Act
The Spooner Act was a 1902 U.S. federal law that authorized the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, paving the way for the Panama Canal project.
|
E765391
|
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: Spooner Act | Statement: [Isthmian Canal Commission, legalBasis, Spooner Act]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spooner Act Context triple: [Isthmian Canal Commission, legalBasis, Spooner Act]
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A.
Foraker Act
The Foraker Act was a 1900 U.S. federal law that established civilian government in Puerto Rico following the Spanish–American War, defining the island’s political and economic relationship with the United States.
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B.
Cullom Act
The Cullom Act was a late 19th-century U.S. federal law associated with Senator Shelby M. Cullom, best known for addressing issues of interstate commerce regulation.
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C.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
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D.
Dingley Act
The Dingley Act was an 1897 U.S. tariff law that sharply raised import duties to protect domestic industries, succeeding and strengthening the earlier McKinley Tariff.
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E.
Webb–Kenyon Act
The Webb–Kenyon Act was a 1913 U.S. federal law that strengthened state alcohol prohibition by banning the interstate shipment of liquor into dry states, playing a key role in the lead-up to national Prohibition.
- 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: Spooner Act Triple: [Isthmian Canal Commission, legalBasis, Spooner Act]
Generated description
The Spooner Act was a 1902 U.S. federal law that authorized the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, paving the way for the Panama Canal project.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spooner Act Target entity description: The Spooner Act was a 1902 U.S. federal law that authorized the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, paving the way for the Panama Canal project.
-
A.
Foraker Act
The Foraker Act was a 1900 U.S. federal law that established civilian government in Puerto Rico following the Spanish–American War, defining the island’s political and economic relationship with the United States.
-
B.
Cullom Act
The Cullom Act was a late 19th-century U.S. federal law associated with Senator Shelby M. Cullom, best known for addressing issues of interstate commerce regulation.
-
C.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
-
D.
Dingley Act
The Dingley Act was an 1897 U.S. tariff law that sharply raised import duties to protect domestic industries, succeeding and strengthening the earlier McKinley Tariff.
-
E.
Webb–Kenyon Act
The Webb–Kenyon Act was a 1913 U.S. federal law that strengthened state alcohol prohibition by banning the interstate shipment of liquor into dry states, playing a key role in the lead-up to national Prohibition.
- 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_69ca838f9e20819096ab1f236a70381a |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc616b2d988190b923ef1e33aab787 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfabd254148190b5ea3d308fe96851 |
completed | April 3, 2026, noon |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfafb878048190b311342fbd93145e |
completed | April 3, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfb0392038819083f730a45787260b |
completed | April 3, 2026, 12:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:53 p.m.