Triple
T12021187
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Myron Scholes |
E286150
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Merton Miller
Merton Miller was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in corporate finance and capital structure theory.
|
E959596
|
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 Miller | Statement: [Myron Scholes, doctoralAdvisor, Merton Miller]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merton Miller Context triple: [Myron Scholes, doctoralAdvisor, Merton Miller]
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A.
James Tobin
James Tobin was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for his work on portfolio selection theory, monetary economics, and the proposal of the "Tobin tax" on financial transactions.
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B.
Robert C. Merton
Robert C. Merton is an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in financial economics and the mathematical modeling of derivatives.
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C.
Franco Modigliani
Franco Modigliani was an Italian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the life-cycle hypothesis of saving and the Modigliani–Miller theorem in corporate finance.
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D.
John M. Olin
John M. Olin was an American industrialist and philanthropist known for his leadership of the Olin Corporation and his extensive support of higher education and conservative public policy initiatives.
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E.
Frank Knight
Frank Knight was an influential American economist and founding figure of the Chicago School, best known for his work on risk, uncertainty, and profit.
- 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 Miller Triple: [Myron Scholes, doctoralAdvisor, Merton Miller]
Generated description
Merton Miller was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in corporate finance and capital structure theory.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merton Miller Target entity description: Merton Miller was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in corporate finance and capital structure theory.
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A.
James Tobin
James Tobin was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for his work on portfolio selection theory, monetary economics, and the proposal of the "Tobin tax" on financial transactions.
-
B.
Robert C. Merton
Robert C. Merton is an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in financial economics and the mathematical modeling of derivatives.
-
C.
Franco Modigliani
Franco Modigliani was an Italian-American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the life-cycle hypothesis of saving and the Modigliani–Miller theorem in corporate finance.
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D.
John M. Olin
John M. Olin was an American industrialist and philanthropist known for his leadership of the Olin Corporation and his extensive support of higher education and conservative public policy initiatives.
-
E.
Frank Knight
Frank Knight was an influential American economist and founding figure of the Chicago School, best known for his work on risk, uncertainty, and profit.
- 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_69d6ab45a368819084fce08bf0dc3705 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903ed15408190afc21afd57d6a737 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f48b62cad8819092beb72c604a4762 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f48fc7a8848190a06b34cc45db4789 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f495f069c48190a6e5856c272420c0 |
completed | May 1, 2026, noon |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.