stones of Gaia
E102209
The stones of Gaia are the mythic rocks that, when thrown by Deucalion and Pyrrha after the great flood in Greek mythology, transformed into the renewed race of humans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| stones of Gaia canonical | 1 |
| stones of the Earth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869588 — 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: stones of Gaia Context triple: [Deucalion, interpretedBonesOfMotherAs, stones of Gaia]
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A.
The Ages of Gaia
The Ages of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that elaborates and popularizes his Gaia hypothesis, presenting Earth as a self-regulating, living system.
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B.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
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C.
The Revenge of Gaia
The Revenge of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that warns about severe environmental crises and argues that Earth’s self-regulating systems are being dangerously disrupted by human activity.
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D.
Dawn
Dawn is a novel by Elie Wiesel that explores the moral and psychological struggles of a young Holocaust survivor involved in a Jewish underground movement in British-controlled Palestine.
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E.
Telos
Telos is an icy, subterranean planet in the Doctor Who universe best known as a major stronghold and tomb world of the Cybermen.
- 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: stones of Gaia Target entity description: The stones of Gaia are the mythic rocks that, when thrown by Deucalion and Pyrrha after the great flood in Greek mythology, transformed into the renewed race of humans.
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A.
The Ages of Gaia
The Ages of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that elaborates and popularizes his Gaia hypothesis, presenting Earth as a self-regulating, living system.
-
B.
Galatea of the Spheres
Galatea of the Spheres is a 1952 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a fragmented, spherical representation of his wife Gala, reflecting his fascination with nuclear physics and mysticism.
-
C.
The Revenge of Gaia
The Revenge of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that warns about severe environmental crises and argues that Earth’s self-regulating systems are being dangerously disrupted by human activity.
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D.
Dawn
Dawn is a novel by Elie Wiesel that explores the moral and psychological struggles of a young Holocaust survivor involved in a Jewish underground movement in British-controlled Palestine.
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E.
Telos
Telos is an icy, subterranean planet in the Doctor Who universe best known as a major stronghold and tomb world of the Cybermen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artifact in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological object ⓘ |
| appearsInStoryOf | postdiluvian repopulation of the world ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
divine mercy
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earth as mother of humans ⓘ purification by flood ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Great Flood in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth |
Deucalion
ⓘ
surface form:
Deucalion and Pyrrha
|
| category | objects transformed into humans in mythology ⓘ |
| commandedBy | oracle of Themis ⓘ |
| etymologicalNote | linked to idea that humans are born from earth ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
stones of Gaia
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surface form:
stones of the Earth
|
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| mythicFunction | instrument of divine restoration ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| narrativeSequencePosition | occurs after the Great Flood subsides ⓘ |
| obeyedBy |
Deucalion
ⓘ
surface form:
Deucalion and Pyrrha
|
| origin | Gaia ⓘ |
| relatedDeity |
Gaia
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | source of renewed human race ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
connection between earth and humans
ⓘ
continuity of human race ⓘ rebirth of humanity ⓘ |
| thrownBy |
Deucalion
ⓘ
Pyrrha ⓘ |
| transformationType | metamorphosis from stone to human ⓘ |
| transformedInto | humans ⓘ |
| usedFor | recreating humankind after the flood ⓘ |
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: stones of Gaia Description of subject: The stones of Gaia are the mythic rocks that, when thrown by Deucalion and Pyrrha after the great flood in Greek mythology, transformed into the renewed race of humans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Stones of Gaia
this entity surface form:
stones of the Earth