Triple

T13535020
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jon Elster E323237 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Explaining Technical Change
Explaining Technical Change is a scholarly work by Jon Elster that analyzes how and why technological innovations emerge and spread, using tools from rational choice theory and social science.
E1046551 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: Explaining Technical Change | Statement: [Jon Elster, notableWork, Explaining Technical Change]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explaining Technical Change
Context triple: [Jon Elster, notableWork, Explaining Technical Change]
  • A. On Some Problems of Measurement of Technological Change from the Standpoint of the Theory of Production
    "On Some Problems of Measurement of Technological Change from the Standpoint of the Theory of Production" is an influential scholarly work by economist Krishna Bharadwaj that critically examines how technological change is defined and measured within production theory.
  • B. The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment
    "The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment" is an economics paper analyzing how advancing automation and artificial intelligence affect economic growth, the distribution of income between labor and capital, and employment outcomes.
  • C. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
    Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance is a seminal book by economist Douglass C. North that analyzes how formal and informal institutions shape long-term economic development and historical change.
  • D. Structure and Change in Economic History
    Structure and Change in Economic History is a seminal book by economist Douglass C. North that applies institutional and economic theory to explain long-term historical development and economic performance.
  • E. “On the Mechanics of Economic Development”
    “On the Mechanics of Economic Development” is a seminal 1988 paper by economist Robert Lucas Jr. that helped found modern endogenous growth theory by explaining how human capital accumulation and externalities drive long-run economic growth.
  • 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: Explaining Technical Change
Triple: [Jon Elster, notableWork, Explaining Technical Change]
Generated description
Explaining Technical Change is a scholarly work by Jon Elster that analyzes how and why technological innovations emerge and spread, using tools from rational choice theory and social science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Explaining Technical Change
Target entity description: Explaining Technical Change is a scholarly work by Jon Elster that analyzes how and why technological innovations emerge and spread, using tools from rational choice theory and social science.
  • A. On Some Problems of Measurement of Technological Change from the Standpoint of the Theory of Production
    "On Some Problems of Measurement of Technological Change from the Standpoint of the Theory of Production" is an influential scholarly work by economist Krishna Bharadwaj that critically examines how technological change is defined and measured within production theory.
  • B. The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment
    "The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment" is an economics paper analyzing how advancing automation and artificial intelligence affect economic growth, the distribution of income between labor and capital, and employment outcomes.
  • C. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
    Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance is a seminal book by economist Douglass C. North that analyzes how formal and informal institutions shape long-term economic development and historical change.
  • D. Structure and Change in Economic History
    Structure and Change in Economic History is a seminal book by economist Douglass C. North that applies institutional and economic theory to explain long-term historical development and economic performance.
  • E. “On the Mechanics of Economic Development”
    “On the Mechanics of Economic Development” is a seminal 1988 paper by economist Robert Lucas Jr. that helped found modern endogenous growth theory by explaining how human capital accumulation and externalities drive long-run economic growth.
  • 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_69d8076776248190bdf0d4fa1f85a5fc completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbafbcad2881909fb7490311807f75 completed April 12, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75d9a448c81908fa57a909a9097f7 completed May 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f75e7d8970819092116ae7a769ac21 completed May 3, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75f35c6008190b88e14feddb93a1d completed May 3, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:44 p.m.