Triple

T4420269
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James M. Buchanan E95079 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Calculus of Consent
The Calculus of Consent is a foundational work in public choice theory that analyzes how constitutional rules and collective decision-making processes shape political and economic outcomes.
E438121 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: The Calculus of Consent | Statement: [James M. Buchanan, notableWork, The Calculus of Consent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Calculus of Consent
Context triple: [James M. Buchanan, notableWork, The Calculus of Consent]
  • A. “The Logic of American Politics”
    “The Logic of American Politics” is a widely used scholarly textbook that analyzes the institutions, incentives, and collective action problems shaping political behavior and governance in the United States.
  • B. A Preface to Democratic Theory
    A Preface to Democratic Theory is a foundational political science book by Robert A. Dahl that analyzes and critiques existing models of democracy while proposing a more realistic, pluralist framework for democratic governance.
  • C. Anarchy, State, and Utopia
    Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
  • D. The Myth of the State
    The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
  • E. The Limits of Power
    The Limits of Power is a political analysis book by historian Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. militarism, foreign policy overreach, and the constraints on American global dominance.
  • 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: The Calculus of Consent
Triple: [James M. Buchanan, notableWork, The Calculus of Consent]
Generated description
The Calculus of Consent is a foundational work in public choice theory that analyzes how constitutional rules and collective decision-making processes shape political and economic outcomes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Calculus of Consent
Target entity description: The Calculus of Consent is a foundational work in public choice theory that analyzes how constitutional rules and collective decision-making processes shape political and economic outcomes.
  • A. “The Logic of American Politics”
    “The Logic of American Politics” is a widely used scholarly textbook that analyzes the institutions, incentives, and collective action problems shaping political behavior and governance in the United States.
  • B. A Preface to Democratic Theory
    A Preface to Democratic Theory is a foundational political science book by Robert A. Dahl that analyzes and critiques existing models of democracy while proposing a more realistic, pluralist framework for democratic governance.
  • C. Anarchy, State, and Utopia
    Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
  • D. The Myth of the State
    The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
  • E. The Limits of Power
    The Limits of Power is a political analysis book by historian Andrew Bacevich that critiques U.S. militarism, foreign policy overreach, and the constraints on American global dominance.
  • 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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3551fae7c8190abafda0d78f02d89 completed March 13, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f623c958819087630c16b6ac8cb8 completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f9f26ef88190842e01d952e52125 completed March 15, 2026, 12:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5faa6bfe881908a76c6c54f89feda completed March 15, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.