Time and Fates Sundial
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Time and Fates Sundial is a bronze Art Deco-style outdoor sculpture and functional sundial by American sculptor Paul Manship, depicting mythological figures representing time and destiny.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Time and Fates Sundial canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6297185 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Time and Fates Sundial Context triple: [Paul Manship, notableWork, Time and Fates Sundial]
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A.
The Sundial
"The Sundial" is a darkly comic Gothic novel by Shirley Jackson that explores themes of family dysfunction, apocalyptic prophecy, and claustrophobic isolation within a grand, eerie mansion.
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B.
Sundial
Sundial is a timekeeping device that uses the position of the sun’s shadow cast by a gnomon onto a marked surface to indicate the time of day.
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C.
Tables of the Sun
Tables of the Sun is an astronomical reference work by Simon Newcomb that provides highly accurate solar ephemerides used for celestial navigation and scientific calculations.
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D.
The Refusal of Time
The Refusal of Time is a multimedia installation by South African artist William Kentridge that combines film, sculpture, sound, and performance to explore the nature and perception of time.
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E.
The Allegory of Time
The Allegory of Time is a Baroque-era allegorical painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies time through symbolic figures and motifs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Time and Fates Sundial Target entity description: Time and Fates Sundial is a bronze Art Deco-style outdoor sculpture and functional sundial by American sculptor Paul Manship, depicting mythological figures representing time and destiny.
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A.
The Sundial
"The Sundial" is a darkly comic Gothic novel by Shirley Jackson that explores themes of family dysfunction, apocalyptic prophecy, and claustrophobic isolation within a grand, eerie mansion.
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B.
Sundial
Sundial is a timekeeping device that uses the position of the sun’s shadow cast by a gnomon onto a marked surface to indicate the time of day.
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C.
Tables of the Sun
Tables of the Sun is an astronomical reference work by Simon Newcomb that provides highly accurate solar ephemerides used for celestial navigation and scientific calculations.
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D.
The Refusal of Time
The Refusal of Time is a multimedia installation by South African artist William Kentridge that combines film, sculpture, sound, and performance to explore the nature and perception of time.
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E.
The Allegory of Time
The Allegory of Time is a Baroque-era allegorical painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies time through symbolic figures and motifs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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outdoor sculpture ⓘ public artwork ⓘ sundial ⓘ |
| artForm | sculpture ⓘ |
| artistNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Paul Manship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
destiny
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mythological figures ⓘ time ⓘ |
| genre | Art Deco ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Paul Manship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction | timekeeping ⓘ |
| hasPart | gnomon ⓘ |
| locationType | outdoor ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement | Art Deco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use | functional sundial ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Time and Fates Sundial Description of subject: Time and Fates Sundial is a bronze Art Deco-style outdoor sculpture and functional sundial by American sculptor Paul Manship, depicting mythological figures representing time and destiny.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.