Triple

T4587064

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Ronald Coase	`E103392`	entity
Predicate	notableWork	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	"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.	`E455286`	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 Nature of the Firm" | Statement: [Ronald Coase, notableWork, "The Nature of the Firm"]

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

Target entity: "The Nature of the Firm"
Context triple: [Ronald Coase, notableWork, "The Nature of the Firm"]

A. The Theory of Corporate Finance
The Theory of Corporate Finance is a comprehensive textbook by economist Jean Tirole that systematically develops modern corporate finance theory using tools from contract theory and information economics.
B. 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.
C. behavioral theory of the firm
The behavioral theory of the firm is an organizational and economic framework that explains how companies actually make decisions based on bounded rationality, routines, and internal politics rather than purely profit-maximizing optimization.
D. 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.
E. The Antitrust Paradox
The Antitrust Paradox is a highly influential 1978 book by legal scholar Robert Bork that reshaped U.S. antitrust law by arguing that its primary goal should be the protection of consumer welfare rather than competitors.
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 Nature of the Firm"
Triple: [Ronald Coase, notableWork, "The Nature of the Firm"]

Generated description

"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.

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

Target entity: "The Nature of the Firm"
Target entity description: "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.

A. The Theory of Corporate Finance
The Theory of Corporate Finance is a comprehensive textbook by economist Jean Tirole that systematically develops modern corporate finance theory using tools from contract theory and information economics.
B. 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.
C. behavioral theory of the firm
The behavioral theory of the firm is an organizational and economic framework that explains how companies actually make decisions based on bounded rationality, routines, and internal politics rather than purely profit-maximizing optimization.
D. 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.
E. The Antitrust Paradox
The Antitrust Paradox is a highly influential 1978 book by legal scholar Robert Bork that reshaped U.S. antitrust law by arguing that its primary goal should be the protection of consumer welfare rather than competitors.
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_69bd43dccaf08190aa89e9991a289719`	completed	March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69bd591fc20481908d8d4b71d055ae8c`	completed	March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69bde0b1b014819085543bd297f925c1`	completed	March 21, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69bde38803748190b560b0cac32be443`	completed	March 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69bde419847c8190919ef7f7542ff20f`	completed	March 21, 2026, 12:19 a.m.

Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:11 p.m.