Triple

T1814784
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John R. Hicks E40411 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle
A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle is an influential economic work by John R. Hicks that develops a formal model to explain the causes and dynamics of business cycles.
E204376 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: A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle | Statement: [John R. Hicks, notableWork, A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle
Context triple: [John R. Hicks, notableWork, A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle]
  • A. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
    The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is John Maynard Keynes’s landmark 1936 book that founded modern macroeconomics by challenging classical views and explaining the causes of prolonged unemployment and economic downturns.
  • B. The Theory of Money and Credit
    The Theory of Money and Credit is a foundational 1912 treatise by economist Ludwig von Mises that develops a comprehensive Austrian School theory of money, banking, and monetary policy.
  • C. On the Theory of Economic Policy
    On the Theory of Economic Policy is a foundational work in economics by Jan Tinbergen that systematically analyzes how governments can design and coordinate economic policies using formal models and quantitative methods.
  • D. The Process of Circulation of Capital
    The Process of Circulation of Capital is the second volume of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, analyzing how capital moves through the phases of production, circulation, and realization in a capitalist economy.
  • E. Business Cycles in the United States of America, 1919–1932
    "Business Cycles in the United States of America, 1919–1932" is an influential econometric study by Jan Tinbergen that analyzes and models U.S. economic fluctuations during the interwar period.
  • 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: A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle
Triple: [John R. Hicks, notableWork, A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle]
Generated description
A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle is an influential economic work by John R. Hicks that develops a formal model to explain the causes and dynamics of business cycles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle
Target entity description: A Contribution to the Theory of the Trade Cycle is an influential economic work by John R. Hicks that develops a formal model to explain the causes and dynamics of business cycles.
  • A. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
    The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is John Maynard Keynes’s landmark 1936 book that founded modern macroeconomics by challenging classical views and explaining the causes of prolonged unemployment and economic downturns.
  • B. The Theory of Money and Credit
    The Theory of Money and Credit is a foundational 1912 treatise by economist Ludwig von Mises that develops a comprehensive Austrian School theory of money, banking, and monetary policy.
  • C. On the Theory of Economic Policy
    On the Theory of Economic Policy is a foundational work in economics by Jan Tinbergen that systematically analyzes how governments can design and coordinate economic policies using formal models and quantitative methods.
  • D. The Process of Circulation of Capital
    The Process of Circulation of Capital is the second volume of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, analyzing how capital moves through the phases of production, circulation, and realization in a capitalist economy.
  • E. Business Cycles in the United States of America, 1919–1932
    "Business Cycles in the United States of America, 1919–1932" is an influential econometric study by Jan Tinbergen that analyzes and models U.S. economic fluctuations during the interwar period.
  • 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_69a8864526c081908a3a4d74f689e2c5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa65f4628481909ca8e4c2302752ac completed March 6, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adbf5de46c8190817f67d692e98803 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adc2b4d8a0819080ff41cf73417276 completed March 8, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adc38732d8819092e0ac76354f08c1 completed March 8, 2026, 6:44 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.