Triple
T11961483
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert C. Merton |
E284678
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Merton model
The Merton model is a structural credit risk framework that values a company's equity as a call option on its assets to assess default risk and price corporate debt and derivatives.
|
E956280
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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: Merton model | Statement: [Robert C. Merton, notableWork, Merton model]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merton model Context triple: [Robert C. Merton, notableWork, Merton model]
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A.
Black–Scholes model
The Black–Scholes model is a fundamental mathematical framework in financial economics for pricing options and other derivatives by modeling asset prices as stochastic processes.
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B.
Modigliani–Brumberg model
The Modigliani–Brumberg model is an economic life-cycle theory explaining how individuals plan consumption and saving over their lifetimes to smooth living standards despite changing income.
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C.
Bachelier
Bachelier was a prominent 19th-century French publishing house known for issuing influential scientific and philosophical works.
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D.
Lucas asset pricing model
The Lucas asset pricing model is a foundational rational expectations framework in macro-finance that explains asset prices through representative-agent intertemporal consumption choices under uncertainty.
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E.
Modigliani–Miller theorem
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.
- 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: Merton model Triple: [Robert C. Merton, notableWork, Merton model]
Generated description
The Merton model is a structural credit risk framework that values a company's equity as a call option on its assets to assess default risk and price corporate debt and derivatives.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merton model Target entity description: The Merton model is a structural credit risk framework that values a company's equity as a call option on its assets to assess default risk and price corporate debt and derivatives.
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A.
Black–Scholes model
The Black–Scholes model is a fundamental mathematical framework in financial economics for pricing options and other derivatives by modeling asset prices as stochastic processes.
-
B.
Modigliani–Brumberg model
The Modigliani–Brumberg model is an economic life-cycle theory explaining how individuals plan consumption and saving over their lifetimes to smooth living standards despite changing income.
-
C.
Bachelier
Bachelier was a prominent 19th-century French publishing house known for issuing influential scientific and philosophical works.
-
D.
Lucas asset pricing model
The Lucas asset pricing model is a foundational rational expectations framework in macro-finance that explains asset prices through representative-agent intertemporal consumption choices under uncertainty.
-
E.
Modigliani–Miller theorem
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.
- 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9037848f481908276716675464464 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f4592fa9a48190a0450e3d0c57c4d3 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 7:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f4645ef63881909b46937f73d637a3 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 8:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f465be4db08190882898a17d077019 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.