Triple

T8332767
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Lane Craig E195111 entity
Predicate hasWritten P2831 FINISHED
Object The Tenseless Theory of Time
The Tenseless Theory of Time is a philosophical view in the metaphysics of time which holds that all points in time—past, present, and future—are equally real, denying any objective flow or passage of time.
E728248 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 Tenseless Theory of Time | Statement: [William Lane Craig, hasWritten, The Tenseless Theory of Time]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tenseless Theory of Time
Context triple: [William Lane Craig, hasWritten, The Tenseless Theory of Time]
  • A. The Tensed Theory of Time
    The Tensed Theory of Time is a philosophical work that defends an A-theoretic, dynamic view of time in which temporal becoming and the distinction between past, present, and future are objectively real.
  • B. The Direction of Time
    The Direction of Time is a seminal philosophical work by Hans Reichenbach that analyzes the nature and asymmetry of time, especially in relation to causality and thermodynamics.
  • C. Nueva refutación del tiempo
    "Nueva refutación del tiempo" is an influential philosophical essay by Jorge Luis Borges that questions the reality of time through paradoxes, metaphysical argument, and literary references.
  • D. God, Time, and the Metaphysics of Relativity
    God, Time, and the Metaphysics of Relativity is a philosophical and theological work that examines how modern physics—especially the theory of relativity—bears on the nature of time, divine eternity, and God’s relationship to the temporal world.
  • E. Time And Relative Dimension In Space
    Time And Relative Dimension In Space is the full name of the Doctor Who franchise’s iconic time-traveling spacecraft and time machine, commonly known by its acronym TARDIS.
  • 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 Tenseless Theory of Time
Triple: [William Lane Craig, hasWritten, The Tenseless Theory of Time]
Generated description
The Tenseless Theory of Time is a philosophical view in the metaphysics of time which holds that all points in time—past, present, and future—are equally real, denying any objective flow or passage of time.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tenseless Theory of Time
Target entity description: The Tenseless Theory of Time is a philosophical view in the metaphysics of time which holds that all points in time—past, present, and future—are equally real, denying any objective flow or passage of time.
  • A. The Tensed Theory of Time
    The Tensed Theory of Time is a philosophical work that defends an A-theoretic, dynamic view of time in which temporal becoming and the distinction between past, present, and future are objectively real.
  • B. The Direction of Time
    The Direction of Time is a seminal philosophical work by Hans Reichenbach that analyzes the nature and asymmetry of time, especially in relation to causality and thermodynamics.
  • C. Nueva refutación del tiempo
    "Nueva refutación del tiempo" is an influential philosophical essay by Jorge Luis Borges that questions the reality of time through paradoxes, metaphysical argument, and literary references.
  • D. God, Time, and the Metaphysics of Relativity
    God, Time, and the Metaphysics of Relativity is a philosophical and theological work that examines how modern physics—especially the theory of relativity—bears on the nature of time, divine eternity, and God’s relationship to the temporal world.
  • E. Time And Relative Dimension In Space
    Time And Relative Dimension In Space is the full name of the Doctor Who franchise’s iconic time-traveling spacecraft and time machine, commonly known by its acronym TARDIS.
  • 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_69ca82e87f2c8190bdb71ee29dfc642d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7fbce4048190838b5bca8e7b219c completed March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cdc70723a48190a3e33908fc84fe59 completed April 2, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cdcb90bec88190a2c19681405aa13e completed April 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cdcd0fc9488190a0a576c385b9bc1f completed April 2, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m.