Timeline (novel)
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"Timeline" is a science fiction novel by Michael Crichton that follows a group of historians who travel back to medieval France using experimental quantum technology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Timeline (novel) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13385276 — 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: Timeline (novel) Context triple: [Timeline (film score), basedOn, Timeline (novel)]
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A.
A Passage in Time
A Passage in Time is a compilation album by the ethereal and world music-influenced band Dead Can Dance, showcasing key tracks from their early career.
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B.
Laws of Time
The Laws of Time are the strict temporal regulations in the Doctor Who universe that govern how Time Lords may interact with and alter history.
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C.
Timet
Timet is a leading global producer and supplier of titanium metal products used primarily in aerospace, industrial, and military applications.
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D.
The Mystery of Time
The Mystery of Time is a symphonic power metal concept album by Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia, known for its elaborate storytelling, guest vocalists, and orchestral arrangements.
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E.
The Matter of Time
The Matter of Time is a monumental series of weathered steel sculptures by Richard Serra that creates immersive, maze-like spatial experiences for viewers, permanently installed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
- 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: Timeline (novel) Target entity description: "Timeline" is a science fiction novel by Michael Crichton that follows a group of historians who travel back to medieval France using experimental quantum technology.
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A.
A Passage in Time
A Passage in Time is a compilation album by the ethereal and world music-influenced band Dead Can Dance, showcasing key tracks from their early career.
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B.
Laws of Time
The Laws of Time are the strict temporal regulations in the Doctor Who universe that govern how Time Lords may interact with and alter history.
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C.
Timet
Timet is a leading global producer and supplier of titanium metal products used primarily in aerospace, industrial, and military applications.
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D.
The Mystery of Time
The Mystery of Time is a symphonic power metal concept album by Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia, known for its elaborate storytelling, guest vocalists, and orchestral arrangements.
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E.
The Matter of Time
The Matter of Time is a monumental series of weathered steel sculptures by Richard Serra that creates immersive, maze-like spatial experiences for viewers, permanently installed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Timeline (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Michael Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Timeline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | Prey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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techno-thriller ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Chip Kidd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-679-44481-5 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
archaeology
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historians ⓘ medieval warfare ⓘ quantum mechanics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
corporate ethics
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dangers of technology ⓘ historical authenticity ⓘ multiverse ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
André Marek
NERFINISHED
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Chris Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Erickson NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Edward Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Doniger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | time travel ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of time travel as travel between quantum universes ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Timeline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | 489 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Airframe ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1999 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
ⓘ
Ballantine Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod |
14th century
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medieval France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Dordogne
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyUsed |
quantum technology
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quantum teleportation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Timeline (novel) Description of subject: "Timeline" is a science fiction novel by Michael Crichton that follows a group of historians who travel back to medieval France using experimental quantum technology.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.