A Time on Earth
E441822
A Time on Earth is a novel by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg that portrays the struggles and inner life of an aging man reflecting on his past and the meaning of his existence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Time on Earth canonical | 1 |
| A Time on Earth (English) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4478364 — 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: A Time on Earth Context triple: [Vilhelm Moberg, notableWork, A Time on Earth]
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A.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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B.
Night on Earth
Night on Earth is a 1991 anthology comedy-drama film directed by Jim Jarmusch that interweaves five taxi-cab stories set in different cities around the world over the course of a single night.
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C.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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D.
World Enough and Time
"World Enough and Time" is a 2017 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Twelfth Doctor, notable for its dark tone, the return of the Master, and the origin of the Mondasian Cybermen.
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E.
Last Night on Earth
"Last Night on Earth" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day from their rock opera album *21st Century Breakdown*.
- 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: A Time on Earth Target entity description: A Time on Earth is a novel by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg that portrays the struggles and inner life of an aging man reflecting on his past and the meaning of his existence.
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A.
The Ends of the Earth
The Ends of the Earth is a historical work by Alfred W. Crosby that examines how human societies have expanded, migrated, and transformed environments across the globe over time.
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B.
Night on Earth
Night on Earth is a 1991 anthology comedy-drama film directed by Jim Jarmusch that interweaves five taxi-cab stories set in different cities around the world over the course of a single night.
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C.
Ends of the Earth
"Ends of the Earth" is a cinematic, folk-inspired indie rock song by Lord Huron known for its expansive, wanderlust-driven themes and atmospheric sound.
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D.
World Enough and Time
"World Enough and Time" is a 2017 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Twelfth Doctor, notable for its dark tone, the return of the Master, and the origin of the Mondasian Cybermen.
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E.
Last Night on Earth
"Last Night on Earth" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day from their rock opera album *21st Century Breakdown*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Vilhelm Moberg ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| creator | Vilhelm Moberg ⓘ |
| explores |
human condition
ⓘ
life’s meaning ⓘ personal identity ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | introspective ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLanguage |
A Time on Earth (English)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Time on Earth
|
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | aging man ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
inner life
ⓘ
personal reflection ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Swedish ⓘ |
| portrays |
existential questioning
ⓘ
struggles of an aging man ⓘ |
| setting | Earth ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
life reflection ⓘ meaning of existence ⓘ memory ⓘ |
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: A Time on Earth Description of subject: A Time on Earth is a novel by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg that portrays the struggles and inner life of an aging man reflecting on his past and the meaning of his existence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Time on Earth