First and the Last
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"First and the Last" is a biblical title for God or Christ that emphasizes divine eternity, sovereignty, and existence beyond the beginning and end of time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First and the Last canonical | 1 |
| The First and the Last | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157254 — 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: First and the Last Context triple: [Alpha and Omega, relatedConcept, First and the Last]
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A.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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B.
Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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C.
Unua Libro
Unua Libro is the 1887 booklet by L. L. Zamenhof that first introduced and described the constructed international language Esperanto.
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D.
Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
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E.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
- 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: First and the Last Target entity description: "First and the Last" is a biblical title for God or Christ that emphasizes divine eternity, sovereignty, and existence beyond the beginning and end of time.
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A.
The Light
The Light is a notable work by the rapper Common, showcasing his introspective lyricism and soulful, jazz-influenced hip-hop style.
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B.
Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
-
C.
Unua Libro
Unua Libro is the 1887 booklet by L. L. Zamenhof that first introduced and described the constructed international language Esperanto.
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D.
Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
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E.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christological title
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biblical title ⓘ title of God ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Isaiah
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Book of Revelation ⓘ |
| associatedDoctrine |
Christology
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doctrine of God ⓘ doctrine of eternity ⓘ |
| category |
Christian title for Christ
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Christian title for God ⓘ biblical epithet ⓘ |
| conveys |
God’s presence at the beginning of time
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God’s presence at the end of time ⓘ God’s sovereignty over creation ⓘ God’s supremacy over history ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
God as the beginning and the end
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God’s existence beyond time ⓘ divine eternity ⓘ divine sovereignty ⓘ |
| hasSourceText | Bible ⓘ |
| isParalleledBy |
Alpha and Omega
ⓘ
Beginning and the End ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| originalLanguageForm |
Greek
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| refersTo |
God
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Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
Christ’s divinity
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God’s eternality ⓘ God’s uniqueness ⓘ divine self-revelation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian hymnody
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Christian prayer ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ Christian worship ⓘ |
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: First and the Last Description of subject: "First and the Last" is a biblical title for God or Christ that emphasizes divine eternity, sovereignty, and existence beyond the beginning and end of time.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The First and the Last