Triple

T7651518
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bengt Holmström E173262 entity
Predicate doctoralThesis P6 FINISHED
Object On Incentives and Control in Organizations
"On Incentives and Control in Organizations" is an influential doctoral thesis in economics that develops foundational theories on how incentive structures and control mechanisms shape behavior and performance within firms.
E680265 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: On Incentives and Control in Organizations | Statement: [Bengt Holmström, doctoralThesis, On Incentives and Control in Organizations]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Incentives and Control in Organizations
Context triple: [Bengt Holmström, doctoralThesis, On Incentives and Control in Organizations]
  • A. A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)
    A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation is a foundational economics book that develops a rigorous principal–agent framework for designing optimal contracts and regulatory mechanisms in public procurement and regulated industries.
  • B. "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.
  • C. Reports on the relation of corporate finance to control
    "Reports on the relation of corporate finance to control" is an early 20th-century investigative study by the U.S. Bureau of Corporations analyzing how financial structures and ownership patterns influence corporate power and control.
  • D. Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations
    Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations is a foundational organizational theory book that explores how limited information, conflicting goals, and uncertainty shape decision-making processes within organizations.
  • E. Organization Theory: From Chester Barnard to the Present and Beyond
    "Organization Theory: From Chester Barnard to the Present and Beyond" is a scholarly work by Oliver E. Williamson that surveys and extends key developments in organizational theory from Barnard’s foundational ideas to contemporary perspectives.
  • 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: On Incentives and Control in Organizations
Triple: [Bengt Holmström, doctoralThesis, On Incentives and Control in Organizations]
Generated description
"On Incentives and Control in Organizations" is an influential doctoral thesis in economics that develops foundational theories on how incentive structures and control mechanisms shape behavior and performance within firms.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Incentives and Control in Organizations
Target entity description: "On Incentives and Control in Organizations" is an influential doctoral thesis in economics that develops foundational theories on how incentive structures and control mechanisms shape behavior and performance within firms.
  • A. A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)
    A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation is a foundational economics book that develops a rigorous principal–agent framework for designing optimal contracts and regulatory mechanisms in public procurement and regulated industries.
  • B. "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.
  • C. Reports on the relation of corporate finance to control
    "Reports on the relation of corporate finance to control" is an early 20th-century investigative study by the U.S. Bureau of Corporations analyzing how financial structures and ownership patterns influence corporate power and control.
  • D. Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations
    Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations is a foundational organizational theory book that explores how limited information, conflicting goals, and uncertainty shape decision-making processes within organizations.
  • E. Organization Theory: From Chester Barnard to the Present and Beyond
    "Organization Theory: From Chester Barnard to the Present and Beyond" is a scholarly work by Oliver E. Williamson that surveys and extends key developments in organizational theory from Barnard’s foundational ideas to contemporary perspectives.
  • 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_69c6995473348190a4f41d110d619a18 completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c701770ac881909452348c9547ab47 completed March 27, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c89aeb66c081909f3a3d6385637c25 completed March 29, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c89ed393648190a32cf9267968faf5 completed March 29, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c89f35a7488190a6a9bc3d10bedd5a completed March 29, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:58 p.m.