diff --git a/crates/utopia-server/src/bootstrap_ontology.rs b/crates/utopia-server/src/bootstrap_ontology.rs
index 1c0922b05..b6b9ff92f 100644
--- a/crates/utopia-server/src/bootstrap_ontology.rs
+++ b/crates/utopia-server/src/bootstrap_ontology.rs
@@ -318,8 +318,19 @@ pub async fn bootstrap_ontology(state: &AppState, kb_id: Uuid) -> anyhow::Result
     // 指引，而这里没有可信的来源可写。编一句反而是往提示词里塞一个没人负责的断言，
     // 而 key 本身（`runs_on`、`available_on`）已经说清楚了。
     //
-    // temporal 一律 state：它只在 functional / inverse_functional 为真时驱动时态
-    // 引擎，而这条路**永不**自动设那两位（见文件头），所以此处它没有行为后果。
+    /* **temporal 从提案里取，不再一律 state。**
+    这里原来写死 state，理由是「它只在 functional / inverse_functional 为真时
+    驱动时态引擎，而这条路永不自动设那两位」。那个理由**在 0031（#486）之后
+    已经不成立**：`Validity::under` 现在按谓词的 temporal 规整每一次写入，
+    event 会把 `valid_to` 收到与 `valid_from` 同一刻。写死 state 的后果是
+    `Meridian invested Kestrel 2025-05-09` 被记成「从那天起一直在投」，
+    时间轴上读出来就是这样——而它是一件发生过的事，不是一个持续的状态。
+
+    答案本来就在手边：提案那一步问模型要的 JSON 里就有
+    `"temporal":"state|event|eternal"`，而下面的类、属性、map_to 都在用同一份
+    提案，唯独关系这一档把它丢了。**采纳与否仍旧只由票数决定**（0007），
+    模型只回答「这个关系是哪一种」——那是计数答不了的意义问题。 */
+    let temporal_of = proposed_temporal(&proposals);
     for g in &counted {
         // 本体里已经有等价关系就不新建，直接把事实改写过去。
         // 被动形（`produced_by` 对上 `produces`）改写时主宾对调
@@ -327,12 +338,13 @@ pub async fn bootstrap_ontology(state: &AppState, kb_id: Uuid) -> anyhow::Result
             Some(hit) => hit,
             None => {
                 let label = g.key.replace('_', " ");
+                let temporal = temporal_of(&g.key, &g.forms);
                 match utopia_store::ontology::create_relation_type(
                     &state.pool,
                     kb_id,
                     &g.key,
                     &label,
-                    "state",
+                    temporal,
                     // 冷启动不替人声明任何公理：推理机的判据必须是人写下来的
                     Default::default(),
                     "",
@@ -371,6 +383,7 @@ pub async fn bootstrap_ontology(state: &AppState, kb_id: Uuid) -> anyhow::Result
         tracing::info!(
             %kb_id, key = %g.key, forms = ?g.forms, docs = g.docs, facts = g.facts, moved, left_off,
             corrected, reused = g.existing.is_some(), swap,
+            temporal = temporal_of(&g.key, &g.forms),
             "按票数采纳关系"
         );
         moved_total += moved;
@@ -571,6 +584,40 @@ pub async fn bootstrap_ontology(state: &AppState, kb_id: Uuid) -> anyhow::Result
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// 从提案里查一个说法的 temporal，查不到给 `state`。
+///
+/// 按 key 查，再按 forms 查——计数那条路的规范 key 取的是组里事实最多的那个说法，
+/// 模型提案挑的未必是同一个（`acquires` 对 `acquired`），但它们同组，说的是一件事。
+///
+/// **查不到就 state**，与从前一致：这一档只在有明确答案时才偏离缺省，
+/// 而 state 是三者里最保守的——它不会像 event 那样把 `valid_to` 收成一个点。
+fn proposed_temporal(proposals: &serde_json::Value) -> impl Fn(&str, &[String]) -> &'static str {
+    let mut by_word: HashMap<String, &'static str> = HashMap::new();
+    if let Some(list) = proposals.get("relation_types").and_then(|v| v.as_array()) {
+        for p in list {
+            let t = match str_of(p, "temporal") {
+                Some("event") => "event",
+                Some("eternal") => "eternal",
+                // 模型偶尔编第四个值；不认识的一律当没说
+                _ => continue,
+            };
+            let mut words: Vec<String> = str_of(p, "key").map(str::to_string).into_iter().collect();
+            if let Some(forms) = p.get("forms").and_then(|v| v.as_array()) {
+                words.extend(forms.iter().filter_map(|f| f.as_str()).map(str::to_string));
+            }
+            for w in words {
+                by_word.insert(w.to_lowercase(), t);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    move |key: &str, forms: &[String]| {
+        std::iter::once(key)
+            .chain(forms.iter().map(String::as_str))
+            .find_map(|w| by_word.get(&w.to_lowercase()).copied())
+            .unwrap_or("state")
+    }
+}
+
 fn str_of<'a>(v: &'a serde_json::Value, key: &str) -> Option<&'a str> {
     v.get(key)
         .and_then(|x| x.as_str())
@@ -583,6 +630,44 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use utopia_core::models::TypeCandidate;
 
+    /// 一个关系是发生过一次，还是持续成立。
+    ///
+    /// 从前这里写死 `state`，于是「Meridian 2025-05-09 投了 Kestrel」被记成
+    /// 从那天起一直在投。答案本来就在提案里，只是没人读。
+    #[test]
+    fn a_relation_takes_the_temporal_it_was_proposed_with() {
+        let proposals = serde_json::json!({
+            "relation_types": [
+                { "key": "acquired", "temporal": "event", "forms": ["acquires", "acquisition_of"] },
+                { "key": "capital_of", "temporal": "eternal", "forms": [] },
+                { "key": "employs", "temporal": "state", "forms": ["employed_by"] },
+                // 模型偶尔编一个第四值：当没说，落回缺省
+                { "key": "sponsors", "temporal": "ongoing", "forms": [] },
+            ]
+        });
+        let t = proposed_temporal(&proposals);
+
+        assert_eq!(t("acquired", &[]), "event");
+        // 规范 key 取的是组里事实最多的说法，未必是模型挑的那个——按 forms 也要查得到
+        assert_eq!(t("acquisition_of", &[]), "event");
+        assert_eq!(t("Acquires", &[]), "event", "大小写不该影响");
+        assert_eq!(
+            t("bought", &["acquires".into()]),
+            "event",
+            "本名查不到时看同组说法"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(t("capital_of", &[]), "eternal");
+        assert_eq!(t("employs", &[]), "state");
+
+        // **查不到一律 state**：三者里最保守的，不会像 event 那样把 valid_to 收成一个点
+        assert_eq!(t("sponsors", &[]), "state", "不认识的值当没说");
+        assert_eq!(t("never_proposed", &[]), "state");
+        assert_eq!(
+            proposed_temporal(&serde_json::json!({}))("anything", &[]),
+            "state"
+        );
+    }
+
     fn cand(key: &str, distance: f32) -> TypeCandidate {
         TypeCandidate {
             id: Uuid::now_v7(),
diff --git a/docs/decisions/0007-who-decides-what-becomes-a-relation.md b/docs/decisions/0007-who-decides-what-becomes-a-relation.md
index 804d5ad94..55d618be2 100644
--- a/docs/decisions/0007-who-decides-what-becomes-a-relation.md
+++ b/docs/decisions/0007-who-decides-what-becomes-a-relation.md
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 - **Status**: Built · adoption by counting (`MIN_DOCS = 2`; an LLM run needs `MIN_SIGNALS
   = 3`); six defects fixed; proposals persist in `ontology_proposals` (#112); open:
   narrative verbs in the ontology, `merge_key` not folding `_by`; the starting point (10
-  seeds, the `related_to` share) no longer exists.
+  seeds, the `related_to` share) no longer exists · 2026-09-10: the counting path now
+  takes `temporal` from the proposal it already reads for classes and attributes, instead
+  of writing `state` for every relation it adopts — the comment that justified `state`
+  ("temporal has no consequence unless functional is set") stopped being true at
+  [0031](0031-an-event-holds-at-the-moment-it-names.md), which normalises every write by
+  it; counting still decides *whether*, the model only answers *which kind*.
 - **Written**: 2026-08-30 · condensed into English 2026-09-03
 - **Related**: [0006](0006-ontology-scale-and-the-prompt.md) for the bench and its
   caveats; [0010](0010-no-relation-is-no-relation.md) and