Time Passes
E946027
"Time Passes" is the atmospheric middle section of Virginia Woolf's novel *To the Lighthouse*, depicting the silent passage of years and the decay of the Ramsay family’s summer house.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Time Passes canonical | 3 |
| Time Passes… | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11776444 — 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: Time Passes Context triple: [To the Lighthouse, hasPart, Time Passes]
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A.
Time Being
Time Being is a jazz album led by acclaimed American drummer Peter Erskine, showcasing his nuanced, contemporary approach to small-group improvisation.
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B.
A Matter of Time
"A Matter of Time" is a song by American rock band The Killers from their 2012 album *Battle Born*, blending anthemic rock instrumentation with reflective, emotionally charged lyrics.
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C.
From Time to Time
From Time to Time is a 2009 British fantasy drama film written and directed by Julian Fellowes, blending a World War II–era family mystery with time-travel elements in an English country house.
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D.
It’s a Matter of Time
"It’s a Matter of Time" is a song featured as a track on the single "Separate Ways."
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E.
Only a Matter of Time
"Only a Matter of Time" is a progressive metal song by Dream Theater from their debut studio album, *When Dream and Day Unite*.
- 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: Time Passes Target entity description: "Time Passes" is the atmospheric middle section of Virginia Woolf's novel *To the Lighthouse*, depicting the silent passage of years and the decay of the Ramsay family’s summer house.
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A.
Time Being
Time Being is a jazz album led by acclaimed American drummer Peter Erskine, showcasing his nuanced, contemporary approach to small-group improvisation.
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B.
A Matter of Time
"A Matter of Time" is a song by American rock band The Killers from their 2012 album *Battle Born*, blending anthemic rock instrumentation with reflective, emotionally charged lyrics.
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C.
From Time to Time
From Time to Time is a 2009 British fantasy drama film written and directed by Julian Fellowes, blending a World War II–era family mystery with time-travel elements in an English country house.
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D.
It’s a Matter of Time
"It’s a Matter of Time" is a song featured as a track on the single "Separate Ways."
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E.
Only a Matter of Time
"Only a Matter of Time" is a progressive metal song by Dream Theater from their debut studio album, *When Dream and Day Unite*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
section of a novel ⓘ |
| author | Virginia Woolf ⓘ |
| containsEvent |
death of Andrew Ramsay (reported briefly)
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death of Mrs Ramsay (reported briefly) ⓘ death of Prue Ramsay (reported briefly) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| focus |
absence of main characters
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impersonal passage of years ⓘ |
| follows | The Window ⓘ |
| historicalContext | World War I ⓘ |
| includedIn | first edition of To the Lighthouse by Hogarth Press ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | innovative representation of time in modernist fiction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
depicts decay of the Ramsay family’s summer house
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depicts passage of time ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
impressionistic
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| partOf | To the Lighthouse ⓘ |
| precedes |
The Lighthouse
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linked to:
the lighthouse
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| setting |
Isle of Skye
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Ramsay family’s summer house ⓘ |
| structure | middle section of the novel ⓘ |
| theme |
domestic space and decay
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impermanence ⓘ mortality ⓘ time ⓘ war and its effects ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Time Passes Description of subject: "Time Passes" is the atmospheric middle section of Virginia Woolf's novel *To the Lighthouse*, depicting the silent passage of years and the decay of the Ramsay family’s summer house.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.