Dreamtime
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Aboriginal Australian religious concept
creation belief system
mythological cosmology
spiritual tradition
Dreamtime is the foundational spiritual, cultural, and creation belief system of many Australian Aboriginal peoples, explaining the origins and structure of the world and their ancestral laws.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dreamtime canonical | 10 |
| Dream Time | 1 |
| Dreaming (Dreamtime) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10503734 — 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: Dreamtime Context triple: [Dreaming, hasAlternativeName, Dreamtime]
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A.
Dreamtime Beach
Dreamtime Beach is a scenic, relatively undeveloped surf and swimming beach near Kingscliff on the Tweed Coast of northern New South Wales, Australia.
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B.
Dreamscape
Dreamscape is a 1984 science-fiction thriller film that blends psychic powers with government conspiracy as subjects enter and manipulate others’ dreams.
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C.
The Dreaming
The Dreaming is an experimental 1982 art-pop album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush, noted for its innovative production, dense arrangements, and avant-garde approach to songwriting.
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D.
The Day and the Time
"The Day and the Time" is a song by Colombian singer Shakira from her English-language studio album Oral Fixation, Vol. 2.
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E.
Reverie
Reverie is a science fiction drama television series centered on a former hostage negotiator who enters a virtual reality program to save people trapped in their own dreams.
- 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: Dreamtime Target entity description: Dreamtime is the foundational spiritual, cultural, and creation belief system of many Australian Aboriginal peoples, explaining the origins and structure of the world and their ancestral laws.
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A.
Dreamtime Beach
Dreamtime Beach is a scenic, relatively undeveloped surf and swimming beach near Kingscliff on the Tweed Coast of northern New South Wales, Australia.
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B.
Dreamscape
Dreamscape is a 1984 science-fiction thriller film that blends psychic powers with government conspiracy as subjects enter and manipulate others’ dreams.
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C.
The Dreaming
The Dreaming is an experimental 1982 art-pop album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush, noted for its innovative production, dense arrangements, and avant-garde approach to songwriting.
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D.
The Day and the Time
"The Day and the Time" is a song by Colombian singer Shakira from her English-language studio album Oral Fixation, Vol. 2.
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E.
Reverie
Reverie is a science fiction drama television series centered on a former hostage negotiator who enters a virtual reality program to save people trapped in their own dreams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aboriginal Australian religious concept
ⓘ
creation belief system ⓘ mythological cosmology ⓘ spiritual tradition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dreaming
ⓘ
The Dreaming ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aboriginal rock art
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Dreaming tracks ⓘ body painting ⓘ initiation ceremonies ⓘ sacred geography ⓘ songlines ⓘ |
| centralTo | many Australian Aboriginal peoples ⓘ |
| describes |
ancestral laws
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creation of human beings ⓘ creation of landscapes ⓘ creation of plants and animals ⓘ origins of the world ⓘ relationships between people, land, and animals ⓘ structure of the world ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
art and symbolism
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cosmology ⓘ ethics ⓘ kinship system ⓘ land tenure ⓘ law ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ ritual practice ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
Australian Aboriginal culture
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Australian Aboriginal spirituality ⓘ |
| influences |
Aboriginal art
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Aboriginal dance ⓘ Aboriginal music ⓘ Aboriginal storytelling ⓘ |
| involves |
Ancestral Beings
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ceremonies ⓘ creation stories ⓘ law and custom ⓘ rituals ⓘ sacred sites ⓘ songlines ⓘ totemic relationships ⓘ |
| teaches |
proper behavior
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responsibilities to kin ⓘ responsibilities to land ⓘ social obligations ⓘ |
| timeConcept |
eternal present
ⓘ
non-linear time ⓘ |
| transmittedBy |
dance
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ song ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
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: Dreamtime Description of subject: Dreamtime is the foundational spiritual, cultural, and creation belief system of many Australian Aboriginal peoples, explaining the origins and structure of the world and their ancestral laws.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.