Triple

T12270092
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Master Switch E292447 entity
Predicate proposes P32 FINISHED
Object the Cycle theory of information industries
The Cycle theory of information industries is a concept that explains how communication and media industries tend to move in recurring cycles between open, innovative competition and closed, monopolistic control.
E975779 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 Cycle theory of information industries | Statement: [The Master Switch, proposes, the Cycle theory of information industries]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the Cycle theory of information industries
Context triple: [The Master Switch, proposes, the Cycle theory of information industries]
  • A. The Theory of Industrial Organization
    The Theory of Industrial Organization is a foundational economics textbook by Jean Tirole that systematically develops modern industrial organization theory using game-theoretic tools.
  • B. an information-theoretic perspective on economic systems
    An information-theoretic perspective on economic systems views economies as complex information-processing networks, analyzing how knowledge, signals, and communication constraints shape coordination, efficiency, and institutional design.
  • C. The Economics of Industry
    The Economics of Industry is an influential 19th-century economics textbook co-authored by Mary Paley Marshall and Alfred Marshall that helped shape the study of industrial organization and economic theory.
  • D. Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications
    Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications is a seminal 1975 book in transaction cost economics that examines how firms and markets are structured and the implications of these organizational forms for antitrust policy.
  • E. "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.
  • 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 Cycle theory of information industries
Triple: [The Master Switch, proposes, the Cycle theory of information industries]
Generated description
The Cycle theory of information industries is a concept that explains how communication and media industries tend to move in recurring cycles between open, innovative competition and closed, monopolistic control.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the Cycle theory of information industries
Target entity description: The Cycle theory of information industries is a concept that explains how communication and media industries tend to move in recurring cycles between open, innovative competition and closed, monopolistic control.
  • A. The Theory of Industrial Organization
    The Theory of Industrial Organization is a foundational economics textbook by Jean Tirole that systematically develops modern industrial organization theory using game-theoretic tools.
  • B. an information-theoretic perspective on economic systems
    An information-theoretic perspective on economic systems views economies as complex information-processing networks, analyzing how knowledge, signals, and communication constraints shape coordination, efficiency, and institutional design.
  • C. The Economics of Industry
    The Economics of Industry is an influential 19th-century economics textbook co-authored by Mary Paley Marshall and Alfred Marshall that helped shape the study of industrial organization and economic theory.
  • D. Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications
    Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications is a seminal 1975 book in transaction cost economics that examines how firms and markets are structured and the implications of these organizational forms for antitrust policy.
  • E. "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.
  • 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91cdea6e881908e13f8259bad6ddc completed April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e6981b48190a0fc5a571c425be1 completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f622de74f0819096c5f5bf6f938fe7 completed May 2, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62379746c8190bc9da48775b86dfa completed May 2, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.