Triple

T10829272
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thorstein Veblen E255573 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Theory of Business Enterprise
The Theory of Business Enterprise is an influential 1904 work of institutional economics in which Thorstein Veblen analyzes how profit-driven business practices can conflict with and distort the broader industrial and social interests of society.
E886923 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 Theory of Business Enterprise | Statement: [Thorstein Veblen, notableWork, The Theory of Business Enterprise]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Theory of Business Enterprise
Context triple: [Thorstein Veblen, notableWork, The Theory of Business Enterprise]
  • A. 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.
  • B. The Pure Theory of Capital
    The Pure Theory of Capital is a major economic treatise by Friedrich A. Hayek that systematically analyzes the structure, role, and intertemporal coordination of capital in the production process.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. On the Theory of Economic Policy
    On the Theory of Economic Policy is a foundational work in economics by Jan Tinbergen that systematically analyzes how governments can design and coordinate economic policies using formal models and quantitative methods.
  • 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 Theory of Business Enterprise
Triple: [Thorstein Veblen, notableWork, The Theory of Business Enterprise]
Generated description
The Theory of Business Enterprise is an influential 1904 work of institutional economics in which Thorstein Veblen analyzes how profit-driven business practices can conflict with and distort the broader industrial and social interests of society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Theory of Business Enterprise
Target entity description: The Theory of Business Enterprise is an influential 1904 work of institutional economics in which Thorstein Veblen analyzes how profit-driven business practices can conflict with and distort the broader industrial and social interests of society.
  • A. 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.
  • B. The Pure Theory of Capital
    The Pure Theory of Capital is a major economic treatise by Friedrich A. Hayek that systematically analyzes the structure, role, and intertemporal coordination of capital in the production process.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. On the Theory of Economic Policy
    On the Theory of Economic Policy is a foundational work in economics by Jan Tinbergen that systematically analyzes how governments can design and coordinate economic policies using formal models and quantitative methods.
  • 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_69d6aa8081448190a9324184f2bd1c26 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d74420fa188190b5b3c59e1a9f551d completed April 9, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de85a068b08190948c3ca32cdda147 completed April 14, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de8956d9f081909d076c5e413c1f74 completed April 14, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de8e80fe80819088ac76bb5abc58f0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:19 p.m.