Negation
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Negation is a fundamental logical and linguistic operation that reverses the truth value or meaning of a statement, turning an assertion into its opposite.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Negation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10729367 — 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: Negation Context triple: [Die Verneinung, hasEnglishTitle, Negation]
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A.
Double Negative
Double Negative is a critically acclaimed 2018 studio album by the American indie rock band Low, noted for its experimental production and stark, deconstructed sound.
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B.
Double Negative
Double Negative is a monumental land art sculpture by Michael Heizer consisting of two massive cuts carved into the edge of Nevada’s Mormon Mesa.
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C.
Negt
Negt is the surname of Oskar Negt, a prominent German philosopher and social theorist known for his work on critical theory and public sphere concepts.
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D.
Negades
Negades is a traditional stone-built mountain village in the Zagori region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, known for its historic architecture and scenic setting.
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E.
Denial
Denial is a 2016 historical drama film starring Timothy Spall that dramatizes the legal battle between historian Deborah Lipstadt and Holocaust denier David Irving.
- 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: Negation Target entity description: Negation is a fundamental logical and linguistic operation that reverses the truth value or meaning of a statement, turning an assertion into its opposite.
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A.
Double Negative
Double Negative is a critically acclaimed 2018 studio album by the American indie rock band Low, noted for its experimental production and stark, deconstructed sound.
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B.
Double Negative
Double Negative is a monumental land art sculpture by Michael Heizer consisting of two massive cuts carved into the edge of Nevada’s Mormon Mesa.
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C.
Negt
Negt is the surname of Oskar Negt, a prominent German philosopher and social theorist known for his work on critical theory and public sphere concepts.
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D.
Negades
Negades is a traditional stone-built mountain village in the Zagori region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, known for its historic architecture and scenic setting.
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E.
Denial
Denial is a 2016 historical drama film starring Timothy Spall that dramatizes the legal battle between historian Deborah Lipstadt and Holocaust denier David Irving.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic operation
ⓘ
logical operation ⓘ truth‑functional connective ⓘ unary connective ⓘ |
| contradictionFormulation | not both p and not p ⓘ |
| coreIdea | reverses truth value of a proposition ⓘ |
| doubleNegationFormulation | ¬¬p is equivalent to p in classical logic ⓘ |
| excludedMiddleFormulation | either p or not p ⓘ |
| expressedInEnglishBy |
never
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no ⓘ nobody ⓘ not ⓘ nothing ⓘ |
| expressedMorphologicallyBy |
negative affixes
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negative particles ⓘ |
| formalizedBy |
Hilbert systems
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linked to:
Hilbert-style deductive systems
natural deduction systems ⓘ sequent calculi ⓘ truth tables ⓘ |
| hasArity | 1 ⓘ |
| hasLogicalLaw |
double negation
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law of excluded middle ⓘ law of non‑contradiction ⓘ |
| hasPragmaticEffect |
can express correction
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can express denial ⓘ can express refusal ⓘ |
| hasSemanticEffect | reverses proposition polarity ⓘ |
| hasTruthTableRow |
if p is false then ¬p is true
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if p is true then ¬p is false ⓘ |
| hasType |
classical negation
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constituent negation ⓘ default negation ⓘ intuitionistic negation ⓘ metalinguistic negation ⓘ negation as failure ⓘ paraconsistent negation ⓘ sentential negation ⓘ strong negation ⓘ weak negation ⓘ |
| mapsFalseTo | true ⓘ |
| mapsTrueTo | false ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
complement
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contradiction ⓘ opposition ⓘ polarity ⓘ truth value ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
formal semantics
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logic ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ pragmatics ⓘ theoretical linguistics ⓘ |
| symbolizedBy |
!
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not ⓘ ~ ⓘ ¬ ⓘ |
| usedIn |
classical logic
ⓘ
database query languages ⓘ first‑order logic ⓘ intuitionistic logic ⓘ
linked to:
Brouwer–Heyting logic
modal logic ⓘ natural language semantics ⓘ paraconsistent logic ⓘ programming languages ⓘ propositional logic ⓘ set theory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Negation Description of subject: Negation is a fundamental logical and linguistic operation that reverses the truth value or meaning of a statement, turning an assertion into its opposite.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.