Triple

T4329622

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	permanent income hypothesis	`E96715`	entity
Predicate	publication	`P80`	FINISHED
Object	A Theory of the Consumption Function A Theory of the Consumption Function is Milton Friedman’s influential 1957 economics book that introduced the permanent income hypothesis to explain household consumption behavior over time.	`E431736`	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: A Theory of the Consumption Function | Statement: [permanent income hypothesis, publication, A Theory of the Consumption Function]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Theory of the Consumption Function
Context triple: [permanent income hypothesis, publication, A Theory of the Consumption Function]

A. The Theory and Measurement of Demand
The Theory and Measurement of Demand is a foundational economics book by Henry Schultz that rigorously develops statistical and mathematical methods for estimating consumer demand.
B. The Positive Theory of Capital
The Positive Theory of Capital is a foundational work in Austrian economics that systematically analyzes the nature of capital, interest, and time preference in the production process.
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 Scope and Method of Economic Science
The Scope and Method of Economic Science is a foundational work in economic methodology that examines the proper aims, limits, and scientific status of economics as a discipline.
E. The Pure Theory of Capital
The Pure Theory of Capital is a major economic treatise by Friedrich A. Hayek that systematically analyzes the structure, role, and intertemporal coordination of capital in the production process.
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: A Theory of the Consumption Function
Triple: [permanent income hypothesis, publication, A Theory of the Consumption Function]

Generated description

A Theory of the Consumption Function is Milton Friedman’s influential 1957 economics book that introduced the permanent income hypothesis to explain household consumption behavior over time.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Theory of the Consumption Function
Target entity description: A Theory of the Consumption Function is Milton Friedman’s influential 1957 economics book that introduced the permanent income hypothesis to explain household consumption behavior over time.

A. The Theory and Measurement of Demand
The Theory and Measurement of Demand is a foundational economics book by Henry Schultz that rigorously develops statistical and mathematical methods for estimating consumer demand.
B. The Positive Theory of Capital
The Positive Theory of Capital is a foundational work in Austrian economics that systematically analyzes the nature of capital, interest, and time preference in the production process.
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 Scope and Method of Economic Science
The Scope and Method of Economic Science is a foundational work in economic methodology that examines the proper aims, limits, and scientific status of economics as a discipline.
E. The Pure Theory of Capital
The Pure Theory of Capital is a major economic treatise by Friedrich A. Hayek that systematically analyzes the structure, role, and intertemporal coordination of capital in the production process.
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_69b34542fd908190b11b08faad8decfd`	completed	March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69b3513545fc81909e29de7eae1829f7`	completed	March 12, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b5d09bf304819084fc1b9162c8b48a`	completed	March 14, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b5d48a56f881909cc75f45d87c8151`	completed	March 14, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b5d4f99ff08190957b46cd84954f79`	completed	March 14, 2026, 9:36 p.m.

Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:13 p.m.