Triple

T18625989
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject theory of the firm E455284 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object William Meckling
William Meckling was an influential economist best known for co-authoring foundational work on agency theory and the modern theory of the firm.
E1334985 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: William Meckling | Statement: [theory of the firm, relatedTo, William Meckling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Meckling
Context triple: [theory of the firm, relatedTo, William Meckling]
  • A. Frederick W. McChesney
    Frederick W. McChesney was a 19th-century American political figure in Hawaii who participated in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a member of the pro-annexation Committee of Safety.
  • B. John L. Schermerhorn
    John L. Schermerhorn is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Schermerhorn surname.
  • C. Walter Powell
    Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
  • D. Robert H. Waterman
    Robert H. Waterman was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his role in the early development and founding of Fairfield, California.
  • E. J. Richard Fisher
    J. Richard Fisher is an astronomer and radio scientist known for his work in extragalactic astronomy and radio observations, including collaborations with Brent Tully.
  • 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: William Meckling
Triple: [theory of the firm, relatedTo, William Meckling]
Generated description
William Meckling was an influential economist best known for co-authoring foundational work on agency theory and the modern theory of the firm.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Meckling
Target entity description: William Meckling was an influential economist best known for co-authoring foundational work on agency theory and the modern theory of the firm.
  • A. Frederick W. McChesney
    Frederick W. McChesney was a 19th-century American political figure in Hawaii who participated in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a member of the pro-annexation Committee of Safety.
  • B. John L. Schermerhorn
    John L. Schermerhorn is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Schermerhorn surname.
  • C. Walter Powell
    Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
  • D. Robert H. Waterman
    Robert H. Waterman was a 19th-century American sea captain and entrepreneur known for his role in the early development and founding of Fairfield, California.
  • E. J. Richard Fisher
    J. Richard Fisher is an astronomer and radio scientist known for his work in extragalactic astronomy and radio observations, including collaborations with Brent Tully.
  • 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_69d8d38cc7948190a55ea64e5638994e completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e54f04d0cc81909c3c6022c5dfdb63 completed April 19, 2026, 9:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a050d7a6f048190832624811bb8e2ea completed May 13, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05102a5ba481908d94f38540ed9fc8 completed May 13, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0510ae8a208190abd0209218dbe2f5 completed May 14, 2026, midnight
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m.