Triple

T18625989

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	theory of the firm	`E455284`	entity
Predicate	relatedTo	`P37`	FINISHED
Object	William Meckling	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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.

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 (2 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.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m.