Triple

T9143084
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Amdahl's law E219378 entity
Predicate relatedTo P37 FINISHED
Object law of diminishing returns
The law of diminishing returns is an economic principle stating that as more of a variable input is added to a fixed set of resources, the additional output produced from each extra unit of input eventually decreases.
E781042 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: law of diminishing returns | Statement: [Amdahl's law, relatedTo, law of diminishing returns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: law of diminishing returns
Context triple: [Amdahl's law, relatedTo, law of diminishing returns]
  • A. Jevons paradox
    Jevons paradox is an economic observation that increased efficiency in using a resource can lead to higher overall consumption of that resource rather than a reduction.
  • B. Kaldor–Verdoorn law
    The Kaldor–Verdoorn law is an economic principle that posits a positive relationship between the growth of output and the growth of labor productivity, often used to explain cumulative and self-reinforcing processes in industrial growth.
  • C. Sutton's law
    Sutton's law is a medical and diagnostic principle that advises focusing first on the most likely cause of a problem, echoing bank robber Willie Sutton’s apocryphal rationale for targeting banks.
  • D. wage-fund doctrine
    The wage-fund doctrine is a classical economic theory that posits workers’ wages are paid from a fixed, predetermined pool of capital, limiting total employment and wage levels.
  • E. limits to growth
    Limits to Growth is a seminal 1972 report and concept in systems thinking that models how exponential economic and population growth can exceed the planet’s finite resources, leading to potential ecological and societal collapse.
  • 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: law of diminishing returns
Triple: [Amdahl's law, relatedTo, law of diminishing returns]
Generated description
The law of diminishing returns is an economic principle stating that as more of a variable input is added to a fixed set of resources, the additional output produced from each extra unit of input eventually decreases.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: law of diminishing returns
Target entity description: The law of diminishing returns is an economic principle stating that as more of a variable input is added to a fixed set of resources, the additional output produced from each extra unit of input eventually decreases.
  • A. Jevons paradox
    Jevons paradox is an economic observation that increased efficiency in using a resource can lead to higher overall consumption of that resource rather than a reduction.
  • B. Kaldor–Verdoorn law
    The Kaldor–Verdoorn law is an economic principle that posits a positive relationship between the growth of output and the growth of labor productivity, often used to explain cumulative and self-reinforcing processes in industrial growth.
  • C. Sutton's law
    Sutton's law is a medical and diagnostic principle that advises focusing first on the most likely cause of a problem, echoing bank robber Willie Sutton’s apocryphal rationale for targeting banks.
  • D. wage-fund doctrine
    The wage-fund doctrine is a classical economic theory that posits workers’ wages are paid from a fixed, predetermined pool of capital, limiting total employment and wage levels.
  • E. limits to growth
    Limits to Growth is a seminal 1972 report and concept in systems thinking that models how exponential economic and population growth can exceed the planet’s finite resources, leading to potential ecological and societal collapse.
  • 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_69ca83e121dc81909912bd66953081c5 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8f5f740819098236ada5b95889d completed April 1, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d048186cc88190be4f515c16c20450 completed April 3, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0496672a881909c1ac91a7ec1a2a1 completed April 3, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d04a35451881909dfe6795b743b026 completed April 3, 2026, 11:16 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:19 p.m.