Triple

T4958148
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Franco Modigliani E111336 entity
Predicate notableIdea P4 FINISHED
Object Modigliani–Miller capital structure irrelevance proposition E483085 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Modigliani–Miller capital structure irrelevance proposition | Statement: [Franco Modigliani, notableIdea, Modigliani–Miller capital structure irrelevance proposition]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Modigliani–Miller capital structure irrelevance proposition
Context triple: [Franco Modigliani, notableIdea, Modigliani–Miller capital structure irrelevance proposition]
  • A. Modigliani–Miller theorem chosen
    The Modigliani–Miller theorem is a foundational result in corporate finance stating that, under certain idealized conditions, a firm's value is unaffected by its capital structure or how it is financed.
  • B. The Theory of Corporate Finance
    The Theory of Corporate Finance is a comprehensive textbook by economist Jean Tirole that systematically develops modern corporate finance theory using tools from contract theory and information economics.
  • C. Fisher separation theorem
    The Fisher separation theorem is a foundational result in financial economics stating that a firm's investment decision can be made independently of its owners' consumption preferences, focusing solely on maximizing the present value of the firm.
  • D. "The Nature of the Firm"
    "The Nature of the Firm" is a foundational 1937 economic essay by Ronald Coase that explains why firms exist and how transaction costs shape their size and structure.
  • E. The Positive Theory of Capital
    The Positive Theory of Capital is a foundational work in Austrian economics that systematically analyzes the nature of capital, interest, and time preference in the production process.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69bd4418390c8190b7e9766a2512ce55 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd71d834c0819087f3faafdc9b4228 completed March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be89f639c081908658c1a228081dd9 completed March 21, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.