Triple
T11961513
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert C. Merton |
E284678
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entity |
| Predicate | notableIdea |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Merton’s model of credit risk
Merton’s model of credit risk is a structural framework in finance that values a firm’s equity as a call option on its assets to assess the probability of default and price corporate debt.
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E956284
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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’s model of credit risk | Statement: [Robert C. Merton, notableIdea, Merton’s model of credit risk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merton’s model of credit risk Context triple: [Robert C. Merton, notableIdea, Merton’s model of credit risk]
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A.
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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B.
Quantitative Risk Management
Quantitative Risk Management is an academic program focused on applying mathematical, statistical, and financial tools to measure, model, and manage risk in finance and related industries.
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C.
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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D.
“Liquidity Preference as Behavior Towards Risk”
“Liquidity Preference as Behavior Towards Risk” is a seminal 1958 paper by economist James Tobin that reformulates Keynesian liquidity preference theory using modern portfolio theory to explain money demand as a response to risk and uncertainty.
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E.
The Prudential Regulation of Banks (with Mathias Dewatripont)
"The Prudential Regulation of Banks" is an influential book co-authored by Jean Tirole and Mathias Dewatripont that develops a rigorous economic framework for understanding and designing banking regulation and supervision.
- 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’s model of credit risk Triple: [Robert C. Merton, notableIdea, Merton’s model of credit risk]
Generated description
Merton’s model of credit risk is a structural framework in finance that values a firm’s equity as a call option on its assets to assess the probability of default and price corporate debt.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merton’s model of credit risk Target entity description: Merton’s model of credit risk is a structural framework in finance that values a firm’s equity as a call option on its assets to assess the probability of default and price corporate debt.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Quantitative Risk Management
Quantitative Risk Management is an academic program focused on applying mathematical, statistical, and financial tools to measure, model, and manage risk in finance and related industries.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
“Liquidity Preference as Behavior Towards Risk”
“Liquidity Preference as Behavior Towards Risk” is a seminal 1958 paper by economist James Tobin that reformulates Keynesian liquidity preference theory using modern portfolio theory to explain money demand as a response to risk and uncertainty.
-
E.
The Prudential Regulation of Banks (with Mathias Dewatripont)
"The Prudential Regulation of Banks" is an influential book co-authored by Jean Tirole and Mathias Dewatripont that develops a rigorous economic framework for understanding and designing banking regulation and supervision.
- 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.