System.TimeSpan
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System.TimeSpan is a .NET value type that represents a time interval, typically used to measure durations or differences between DateTime values.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| System.TimeSpan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897283 — 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: System.TimeSpan Context triple: [System, containsType, System.TimeSpan]
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A.
std::time module
The std::time module in Rust’s standard library provides types and utilities for working with time durations and system time.
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B.
Time
Time is a major American news magazine known for its influential coverage of current events, politics, and culture.
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C.
Time
Time is a 1995 song by the American rock band Screaming Trees, featured on their album "Dust."
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D.
Time
Time is a personified embodiment of time itself, portrayed as an eccentric, clockwork-like being in the fantasy film "Alice Through the Looking Glass."
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E.
Time
"Time" is a 1981 concept album by Electric Light Orchestra that blends rock and synth-pop in a futuristic, time-travel-themed narrative.
- 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: System.TimeSpan Target entity description: System.TimeSpan is a .NET value type that represents a time interval, typically used to measure durations or differences between DateTime values.
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A.
std::time module
The std::time module in Rust’s standard library provides types and utilities for working with time durations and system time.
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B.
Time
Time is a major American news magazine known for its influential coverage of current events, politics, and culture.
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C.
Time
Time is a 1995 song by the American rock band Screaming Trees, featured on their album "Dust."
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D.
Time
Time is a personified embodiment of time itself, portrayed as an eccentric, clockwork-like being in the fantasy film "Alice Through the Looking Glass."
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E.
Time
"Time" is a 1981 concept album by Electric Light Orchestra that blends rock and synth-pop in a futuristic, time-travel-themed narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET struct
ⓘ
value type ⓘ |
| CLSCompliant | true ⓘ |
| definedInAssembly |
System.Runtime
ⓘ
linked to:
System.Runtime.dll
mscorlib ⓘ
linked to:
mscorlib.dll
|
| definedInNamespace | System ⓘ |
| hasConstructor |
TimeSpan(Int32,Int32,Int32)
ⓘ
TimeSpan(Int32,Int32,Int32,Int32) ⓘ TimeSpan(Int32,Int32,Int32,Int32,Int32) ⓘ TimeSpan(Int64) ⓘ |
| hasField | Ticks ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
Add(TimeSpan)
ⓘ
Compare(TimeSpan,TimeSpan) ⓘ CompareTo(TimeSpan) ⓘ Duration() ⓘ Equals(Object) ⓘ Equals(TimeSpan) ⓘ FromDays(Double) ⓘ FromHours(Double) ⓘ FromMilliseconds(Double) ⓘ FromMinutes(Double) ⓘ FromSeconds(Double) ⓘ FromTicks(Int64) ⓘ Negate() ⓘ Parse(String) ⓘ ParseExact(String,String,IFormatProvider) ⓘ Subtract(TimeSpan) ⓘ ToString() ⓘ TryParse(String,TimeSpan&) ⓘ TryParseExact(String,String,IFormatProvider,TimeSpan&) ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
Days
ⓘ
Duration ⓘ Hours ⓘ Milliseconds ⓘ Minutes ⓘ Negate ⓘ Seconds ⓘ Ticks ⓘ TotalDays ⓘ TotalHours ⓘ TotalMilliseconds ⓘ TotalMinutes ⓘ TotalSeconds ⓘ |
| hasStaticProperty |
MaxValue
ⓘ
MinValue ⓘ Zero ⓘ |
| hasUnderlyingUnit | tick ⓘ |
| implementsInterface |
System.IComparable
ⓘ
System.IComparable`1[System.TimeSpan] ⓘ System.IEquatable`1[System.TimeSpan] ⓘ System.IFormattable ⓘ System.ISpanFormattable ⓘ |
| represents | time interval ⓘ |
| supportsOperator |
addition
ⓘ
equality comparison ⓘ subtraction ⓘ unary negation ⓘ |
| tickLength | 100 nanoseconds ⓘ |
| usedFor |
difference between DateTime values
ⓘ
duration measurement ⓘ |
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: System.TimeSpan Description of subject: System.TimeSpan is a .NET value type that represents a time interval, typically used to measure durations or differences between DateTime values.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.