Triple
T1762689
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harold Hotelling |
E38691
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Hotelling’s law
Hotelling’s law is an economic principle that explains why competing businesses or political candidates tend to cluster together by choosing similar locations or positions to maximize their share of consumers or voters.
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E196773
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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: Hotelling’s law | Statement: [Harold Hotelling, notableWork, Hotelling’s law]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hotelling’s law Context triple: [Harold Hotelling, notableWork, Hotelling’s law]
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A.
Species Packing and Competitive Equilibrium for Many Species
"Species Packing and Competitive Equilibrium for Many Species" is a foundational ecological theory paper that analyzes how numerous species can coexist by partitioning resources and reaching competitive equilibrium within shared environments.
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B.
Coase theorem
The Coase theorem is an economic theory stating that if property rights are well-defined and transaction costs are negligible, private bargaining will lead to an efficient allocation of resources regardless of the initial assignment of rights.
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C.
Pareto efficiency
Pareto efficiency is an economic concept describing an allocation of resources where no individual can be made better off without making someone else worse off.
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D.
Sutton's law
Sutton's law is a medical and diagnostic principle that advises focusing first on the most likely cause of a problem, echoing bank robber Willie Sutton’s apocryphal rationale for targeting banks.
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E.
On Equilibrium
On Equilibrium is a philosophical work by John Ralston Saul that explores the importance of balancing key human qualities—such as reason, ethics, and common sense—to create a more humane and democratic society.
- 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: Hotelling’s law Triple: [Harold Hotelling, notableWork, Hotelling’s law]
Generated description
Hotelling’s law is an economic principle that explains why competing businesses or political candidates tend to cluster together by choosing similar locations or positions to maximize their share of consumers or voters.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hotelling’s law Target entity description: Hotelling’s law is an economic principle that explains why competing businesses or political candidates tend to cluster together by choosing similar locations or positions to maximize their share of consumers or voters.
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A.
Species Packing and Competitive Equilibrium for Many Species
"Species Packing and Competitive Equilibrium for Many Species" is a foundational ecological theory paper that analyzes how numerous species can coexist by partitioning resources and reaching competitive equilibrium within shared environments.
-
B.
Coase theorem
The Coase theorem is an economic theory stating that if property rights are well-defined and transaction costs are negligible, private bargaining will lead to an efficient allocation of resources regardless of the initial assignment of rights.
-
C.
Pareto efficiency
Pareto efficiency is an economic concept describing an allocation of resources where no individual can be made better off without making someone else worse off.
-
D.
Sutton's law
Sutton's law is a medical and diagnostic principle that advises focusing first on the most likely cause of a problem, echoing bank robber Willie Sutton’s apocryphal rationale for targeting banks.
-
E.
On Equilibrium
On Equilibrium is a philosophical work by John Ralston Saul that explores the importance of balancing key human qualities—such as reason, ethics, and common sense—to create a more humane and democratic society.
- 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_69a8862d562481908d7025a1c1f67c0d |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa6465245c8190b1ee84628c62c529 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ada0f12fd8819099759ebcdfc19494 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ada1e3587c8190bca329c68ff31c41 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ada2977bfc8190ad028e17184fccaa |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.