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]
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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.
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B.
John L. Schermerhorn
John L. Schermerhorn is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Schermerhorn surname.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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B.
John L. Schermerhorn
John L. Schermerhorn is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Schermerhorn surname.
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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.
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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.