Truth
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Truth is the concept of alignment between statements or beliefs and reality, often regarded as a fundamental philosophical and ethical ideal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Truth canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2843116 — 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: Truth Context triple: [University of Connecticut, motto, Truth]
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A.
True
"True" is a song featured on the album "Human" by the British singer and songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man.
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B.
Truth and Reality
Truth and Reality is a psychological and philosophical work by Otto Rank that explores the nature of the self, creativity, and human experience beyond traditional Freudian theory.
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C.
Truthfully
"Truthfully" is a song featured on Justin Bieber's debut studio album "My World 2.0."
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D.
The Truth
The Truth is the famous nickname of former NBA star Paul Pierce, a Hall of Fame small forward best known for his long tenure and championship with the Boston Celtics.
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E.
Truth and Meaning
Truth and Meaning is a seminal philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that argues for understanding meaning through a formal theory of truth inspired by Tarski.
- 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: Truth Target entity description: Truth is the concept of alignment between statements or beliefs and reality, often regarded as a fundamental philosophical and ethical ideal.
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A.
True
"True" is a song featured on the album "Human" by the British singer and songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man.
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B.
Truth and Reality
Truth and Reality is a psychological and philosophical work by Otto Rank that explores the nature of the self, creativity, and human experience beyond traditional Freudian theory.
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C.
Truthfully
"Truthfully" is a song featured on Justin Bieber's debut studio album "My World 2.0."
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D.
The Truth
The Truth is the famous nickname of former NBA star Paul Pierce, a Hall of Fame small forward best known for his long tenure and championship with the Boston Celtics.
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E.
Truth and Meaning
Truth and Meaning is a seminal philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that argues for understanding meaning through a formal theory of truth inspired by Tarski.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistemological concept
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ethical ideal ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ semantic concept ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
coherence theory of truth
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consensus theory of truth ⓘ constructivist theory of truth ⓘ correspondence theory of truth ⓘ deflationary theory of truth ⓘ pragmatic theory of truth ⓘ semantic theory of truth ⓘ |
| isCentralTopicIn |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedAs |
property of beliefs
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property of propositions ⓘ property of sentences ⓘ property of statements ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
epistemic value
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goal of inquiry ⓘ norm of assertion ⓘ |
| isContrastedWith |
deception
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error ⓘ illusion ⓘ relativism ⓘ |
| isDefinedAs | alignment between statements or beliefs and reality ⓘ |
| isDiscussedBy |
Alfred Tarski
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Aristotle ⓘ Bertrand Russell ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Gottlob Frege ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ Plato ⓘ William James ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
accuracy
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belief ⓘ coherence ⓘ correspondence ⓘ evidence ⓘ fact ⓘ falsity ⓘ honesty ⓘ justification ⓘ knowledge ⓘ lie ⓘ meaning ⓘ objectivity ⓘ pragmatic success ⓘ reality ⓘ reference ⓘ sincerity ⓘ verifiability ⓘ warrant ⓘ |
| isViewedAs |
coherence within a system of beliefs
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correspondence between thought and reality ⓘ what cannot be rationally denied ⓘ what is useful or successful in practice ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn |
everyday communication
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legal reasoning ⓘ moral deliberation ⓘ religious doctrine ⓘ scientific inquiry ⓘ |
| raisesQuestion |
how truth can be known
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how truth relates to language ⓘ whether truth is absolute or relative ⓘ whether truth is objective or subjective ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Truth Description of subject: Truth is the concept of alignment between statements or beliefs and reality, often regarded as a fundamental philosophical and ethical ideal.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.