{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "id": "evt-1993-tptp",
  "slug": "tptp-problem-library",
  "title": {
    "en": "TPTP establishes a shared benchmark library for automated theorem proving",
    "zh-CN": "TPTP 建立自动定理证明共享基准问题库"
  },
  "dates": {
    "event": "1993-11-12",
    "first_public_claim": "1993-11-12",
    "paper_release": null,
    "artifact_release": "1993-11-12",
    "independently_verified": null,
    "added_to_chronicle": "2026-09-15",
    "last_updated": "2026-09-15"
  },
  "event_types": [
    "benchmark",
    "dataset",
    "infrastructure"
  ],
  "significance": {
    "tier": "H2",
    "rationale": {
      "en": "TPTP standardized a large public problem library for automated theorem proving, enabling repeatable evaluation and meaningful cross-system comparisons over a shared corpus.",
      "zh-CN": "TPTP 将大型自动定理证明问题库标准化并公开，使可重复评测和跨系统比较建立在共同语料基础上。"
    }
  },
  "mathematical_novelty": {
    "type": "tooling_only"
  },
  "interfaces": [
    "formal",
    "symbolic"
  ],
  "claim": {
    "en": "The official TPTP history records the first public TPTP v1.0.0 release on Friday 12 November 1993, containing 2,295 problems across 23 domains.",
    "zh-CN": "TPTP 官方历史记录显示，首个公开版本 v1.0.0 于 1993 年 11 月 12 日星期五发布，包含 23 个领域、2,295 个问题。"
  },
  "summary": {
    "en": "TPTP collected ATP test problems into standardized formats with domain classification and release/version discipline so theorem provers could be tested on comparable inputs.",
    "zh-CN": "TPTP 以统一格式整理 ATP 测试问题，并建立领域分类与版本发布规范，使定理证明器能够在可比较输入上进行测试。"
  },
  "why_it_matters": {
    "en": "The library became core infrastructure for automated deduction and later supported system competitions, benchmarking and learning-guided theorem proving.",
    "zh-CN": "该问题库成为自动演绎核心基础设施，并进一步支撑系统竞赛、benchmark 与学习式定理证明。"
  },
  "ai_role": {
    "level": "computation_only",
    "description": {
      "en": "AI and ATP systems are evaluated on the library; the milestone itself is benchmark infrastructure rather than an AI-generated mathematical result.",
      "zh-CN": "AI 与 ATP 系统在该问题库上接受评测；事件本身是 benchmark 基础设施而非 AI 生成数学结果。"
    }
  },
  "human_contribution": {
    "description": {
      "en": "Geoff Sutcliffe, Christian Suttner and contributors curated, normalized and maintained the public problem library.",
      "zh-CN": "Geoff Sutcliffe、Christian Suttner 与贡献者整理、标准化并维护公共问题库。"
    }
  },
  "systems": [
    "tptp"
  ],
  "organizations": [],
  "people": [
    "geoff-sutcliffe",
    "christian-suttner"
  ],
  "problems": [
    "automated-theorem-proving"
  ],
  "methods": [
    "benchmarking",
    "standardized-problem-formats"
  ],
  "verification": {
    "evidence_level": "E3",
    "status": "claimed",
    "formal_assurance": "artifact_available",
    "history": [
      {
        "date": "1993-11-12",
        "status": "claimed",
        "evidence_level": "E3",
        "note": {
          "en": "The official TPTP history and current library make the release chronology and benchmark artifacts directly inspectable.",
          "zh-CN": "TPTP 官方历史与当前问题库使发布 chronology 与 benchmark artifacts 可直接检查。"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "tptp-official-history",
      "tier": "S1",
      "type": "benchmark",
      "title": "TPTP History",
      "url": "https://www.cs.miami.edu/home/geoff/Courses/TPTPSYS/TPTPWorld/TPTPHistory.shtml",
      "primary": true,
      "published_date": null,
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-15"
    }
  ],
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "id": "tptp-problem-library",
      "kind": "benchmark",
      "title": "TPTP Problem Library",
      "url": "https://www.tptp.org/"
    }
  ],
  "relationships": {
    "predecessors": [],
    "successors": [],
    "related": []
  },
  "timeline": {
    "featured": true,
    "significance": "primary"
  },
  "tags": [
    "tptp",
    "benchmark",
    "dataset",
    "automated-theorem-proving"
  ],
  "editorial": {
    "created_at": "2026-09-15",
    "last_reviewed": "2026-09-15",
    "reviewers": [
      "Charlie-Wang-03"
    ]
  },
  "corrections": []
}