Triple

T3879468
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carl Menger E92584 entity
Predicate knownFor P22 FINISHED
Object theory of marginal utility
The theory of marginal utility is an economic concept explaining how the value of a good or service is determined by the additional satisfaction or benefit gained from consuming one more unit of it.
 E394986 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: theory of marginal utility | Statement: [Carl Menger, knownFor, theory of marginal utility]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: theory of marginal utility
Context triple: [Carl Menger, knownFor, theory of marginal utility]
  • A. “New Methods of Measuring Marginal Utility”
    “New Methods of Measuring Marginal Utility” is a pioneering work in econometrics by Ragnar Frisch that develops formal techniques for empirically estimating consumers’ marginal utilities.
  • B. The Theory and Measurement of Demand
    The Theory and Measurement of Demand is a foundational economics book by Henry Schultz that rigorously develops statistical and mathematical methods for estimating consumer demand.
  • C. The Economic Point of View
    The Economic Point of View is a foundational work in Austrian economics by Israel Kirzner that clarifies and defends the distinct methodological perspective of economic science.
  • D. The Scope and Method of Economic Science
    The Scope and Method of Economic Science is a foundational work in economic methodology that examines the proper aims, limits, and scientific status of economics as a discipline.
  • E. expected utility theory (with John von Neumann)
    Expected utility theory (with John von Neumann) is a foundational framework in economics and decision theory that models how rational agents make choices under uncertainty by maximizing the expected value of a utility function.
  • 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: theory of marginal utility
Triple: [Carl Menger, knownFor, theory of marginal utility]
Generated description
The theory of marginal utility is an economic concept explaining how the value of a good or service is determined by the additional satisfaction or benefit gained from consuming one more unit of it.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: theory of marginal utility
Target entity description: The theory of marginal utility is an economic concept explaining how the value of a good or service is determined by the additional satisfaction or benefit gained from consuming one more unit of it.
  • A. “New Methods of Measuring Marginal Utility”
    “New Methods of Measuring Marginal Utility” is a pioneering work in econometrics by Ragnar Frisch that develops formal techniques for empirically estimating consumers’ marginal utilities.
  • B. The Theory and Measurement of Demand
    The Theory and Measurement of Demand is a foundational economics book by Henry Schultz that rigorously develops statistical and mathematical methods for estimating consumer demand.
  • C. The Economic Point of View
    The Economic Point of View is a foundational work in Austrian economics by Israel Kirzner that clarifies and defends the distinct methodological perspective of economic science.
  • D. The Scope and Method of Economic Science
    The Scope and Method of Economic Science is a foundational work in economic methodology that examines the proper aims, limits, and scientific status of economics as a discipline.
  • E. expected utility theory (with John von Neumann)
    Expected utility theory (with John von Neumann) is a foundational framework in economics and decision theory that models how rational agents make choices under uncertainty by maximizing the expected value of a utility function.
  • 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_69aed967448c819086c4b358d37b25aa completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec7438808190b6c90fcb3000ebe9 completed March 9, 2026, 3:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51253da2081908689f06975fb4db1 completed March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5132715888190bc5ba6182965e813 completed March 14, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b513b382748190b201bc2ed068c3e6 completed March 14, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.