Triple

T6176035
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oliver E. Williamson E137820 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Mechanisms of Governance
The Mechanisms of Governance is a seminal book by economist Oliver E. Williamson that develops and applies transaction cost economics to explain how different organizational and contractual arrangements structure economic activity.
E572626 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 Mechanisms of Governance | Statement: [Oliver E. Williamson, notableWork, The Mechanisms of Governance]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mechanisms of Governance
Context triple: [Oliver E. Williamson, notableWork, The Mechanisms of Governance]
  • A. Rediscovering Institutions: The Organizational Basis of Politics
    "Rediscovering Institutions: The Organizational Basis of Politics" is a seminal work in political science and organizational theory that reexamines how institutions shape political behavior, decision-making, and governance.
  • B. Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
    "Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It" is a seminal public administration and political science book by James Q. Wilson that analyzes how and why government agencies operate as they do.
  • C. Coping: Essays on the Practice of Government
    Coping: Essays on the Practice of Government is a collection of essays by Daniel Patrick Moynihan analyzing the challenges, limitations, and practical realities of modern democratic governance and public policy.
  • D. African Governance Architecture
    The African Governance Architecture is a continental framework established by the African Union to promote democracy, human rights, rule of law, and good governance across African states.
  • E. Governing the Commons
    Governing the Commons is a seminal book by political economist Elinor Ostrom that analyzes how communities successfully manage shared resources without relying solely on privatization or government control.
  • 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 Mechanisms of Governance
Triple: [Oliver E. Williamson, notableWork, The Mechanisms of Governance]
Generated description
The Mechanisms of Governance is a seminal book by economist Oliver E. Williamson that develops and applies transaction cost economics to explain how different organizational and contractual arrangements structure economic activity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mechanisms of Governance
Target entity description: The Mechanisms of Governance is a seminal book by economist Oliver E. Williamson that develops and applies transaction cost economics to explain how different organizational and contractual arrangements structure economic activity.
  • A. Rediscovering Institutions: The Organizational Basis of Politics
    "Rediscovering Institutions: The Organizational Basis of Politics" is a seminal work in political science and organizational theory that reexamines how institutions shape political behavior, decision-making, and governance.
  • B. Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It
    "Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It" is a seminal public administration and political science book by James Q. Wilson that analyzes how and why government agencies operate as they do.
  • C. Coping: Essays on the Practice of Government
    Coping: Essays on the Practice of Government is a collection of essays by Daniel Patrick Moynihan analyzing the challenges, limitations, and practical realities of modern democratic governance and public policy.
  • D. African Governance Architecture
    The African Governance Architecture is a continental framework established by the African Union to promote democracy, human rights, rule of law, and good governance across African states.
  • E. Governing the Commons
    Governing the Commons is a seminal book by political economist Elinor Ostrom that analyzes how communities successfully manage shared resources without relying solely on privatization or government control.
  • 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_69c008a80f748190ba3d07ffc81acb29 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05dc70ac481909fd1db0d69837eca completed March 22, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c141b69c348190a4e530b7380b643f completed March 23, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c144384d508190952ff35c20ff7db1 completed March 23, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c144a2d800819090c351460c0826d1 completed March 23, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:18 p.m.