Triple

T6164506
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject welfare economics E137522 entity
Predicate usesConcept P531 FINISHED
Object Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function
The Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function is a formal tool in welfare economics that aggregates individual utilities into a single measure of social welfare to evaluate and compare economic states or policies.
E573599 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: Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function | Statement: [welfare economics, usesConcept, Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function
Context triple: [welfare economics, usesConcept, Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function]
  • A. second fundamental theorem of welfare economics
    The second fundamental theorem of welfare economics states that, under certain ideal conditions, any Pareto efficient allocation of resources can be achieved as a competitive market equilibrium given an appropriate redistribution of initial endowments.
  • B. 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.
  • C. The Economics of Welfare
    The Economics of Welfare is a foundational 1920 economics treatise by Arthur Cecil Pigou that systematically develops welfare economics and the concept of externalities to analyze the role of government in correcting market failures.
  • D. Collective Choice and Social Welfare
    Collective Choice and Social Welfare is a foundational work in social choice theory that rigorously examines how individual preferences can be aggregated into collective decisions while addressing issues of welfare, justice, and fairness.
  • E. Pareto efficiency
    Pareto efficiency is an economic concept describing an allocation of resources where no individual can be made better off without making someone else worse off.
  • 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: Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function
Triple: [welfare economics, usesConcept, Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function]
Generated description
The Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function is a formal tool in welfare economics that aggregates individual utilities into a single measure of social welfare to evaluate and compare economic states or policies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function
Target entity description: The Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function is a formal tool in welfare economics that aggregates individual utilities into a single measure of social welfare to evaluate and compare economic states or policies.
  • A. second fundamental theorem of welfare economics
    The second fundamental theorem of welfare economics states that, under certain ideal conditions, any Pareto efficient allocation of resources can be achieved as a competitive market equilibrium given an appropriate redistribution of initial endowments.
  • B. 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.
  • C. The Economics of Welfare
    The Economics of Welfare is a foundational 1920 economics treatise by Arthur Cecil Pigou that systematically develops welfare economics and the concept of externalities to analyze the role of government in correcting market failures.
  • D. Collective Choice and Social Welfare
    Collective Choice and Social Welfare is a foundational work in social choice theory that rigorously examines how individual preferences can be aggregated into collective decisions while addressing issues of welfare, justice, and fairness.
  • E. Pareto efficiency
    Pareto efficiency is an economic concept describing an allocation of resources where no individual can be made better off without making someone else worse off.
  • 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_69c008a54fc88190b6ce4416490ca79d completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05d6036f88190a4bf540e7fe8d48d completed March 22, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c1419e7f0481908b7ce6f36871f1ad completed March 23, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c14855288881909b842db040fe5c54 completed March 23, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c148d16c048190a473e8f49df43705 completed March 23, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:17 p.m.