Triple

T1886250
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nicholas Kaldor E39970 entity
Predicate notableIdea P4 FINISHED
Object Kaldorian cumulative causation
Kaldorian cumulative causation is an economic theory proposing that growth and industrial development are driven by self-reinforcing feedback loops, where initial advantages in productivity, demand, or exports lead to further gains and regional divergence.
E210004 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: Kaldorian cumulative causation | Statement: [Nicholas Kaldor, notableIdea, Kaldorian cumulative causation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaldorian cumulative causation
Context triple: [Nicholas Kaldor, notableIdea, Kaldorian cumulative causation]
  • A. A Theory of Economic History
    A Theory of Economic History is an influential work by economist John R. Hicks that applies economic theory to interpret and explain long-term historical development and institutional change.
  • B. Introduction to Modern Economic Growth
    Introduction to Modern Economic Growth is a comprehensive graduate-level textbook that rigorously develops the theory and empirics of long-run economic growth, with a strong emphasis on microfoundations and institutional factors.
  • C. On the Theory of Economic Policy
    On the Theory of Economic Policy is a foundational work in economics by Jan Tinbergen that systematically analyzes how governments can design and coordinate economic policies using formal models and quantitative methods.
  • D. The Process of Circulation of Capital
    The Process of Circulation of Capital is the second volume of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, analyzing how capital moves through the phases of production, circulation, and realization in a capitalist economy.
  • E. Hicks–Kaldor compensation criterion
    The Hicks–Kaldor compensation criterion is an economic efficiency test stating that a policy change is desirable if those who gain could in principle compensate those who lose and still be better off, regardless of whether compensation actually occurs.
  • 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: Kaldorian cumulative causation
Triple: [Nicholas Kaldor, notableIdea, Kaldorian cumulative causation]
Generated description
Kaldorian cumulative causation is an economic theory proposing that growth and industrial development are driven by self-reinforcing feedback loops, where initial advantages in productivity, demand, or exports lead to further gains and regional divergence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaldorian cumulative causation
Target entity description: Kaldorian cumulative causation is an economic theory proposing that growth and industrial development are driven by self-reinforcing feedback loops, where initial advantages in productivity, demand, or exports lead to further gains and regional divergence.
  • A. A Theory of Economic History
    A Theory of Economic History is an influential work by economist John R. Hicks that applies economic theory to interpret and explain long-term historical development and institutional change.
  • B. Introduction to Modern Economic Growth
    Introduction to Modern Economic Growth is a comprehensive graduate-level textbook that rigorously develops the theory and empirics of long-run economic growth, with a strong emphasis on microfoundations and institutional factors.
  • C. On the Theory of Economic Policy
    On the Theory of Economic Policy is a foundational work in economics by Jan Tinbergen that systematically analyzes how governments can design and coordinate economic policies using formal models and quantitative methods.
  • D. The Process of Circulation of Capital
    The Process of Circulation of Capital is the second volume of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, analyzing how capital moves through the phases of production, circulation, and realization in a capitalist economy.
  • E. Hicks–Kaldor compensation criterion
    The Hicks–Kaldor compensation criterion is an economic efficiency test stating that a policy change is desirable if those who gain could in principle compensate those who lose and still be better off, regardless of whether compensation actually occurs.
  • 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_69a88633e4fc8190b7eb40463e048ec5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb12032c881909cd93e3601906f48 completed March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69addf63863881908efd8010db14b8a8 completed March 8, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ade06eb0608190992291b9a0d5368c completed March 8, 2026, 8:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ade0d3f77481909cb4c9a57a9fb6a7 completed March 8, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.