people of Lot
E193658
Quranic people
community mentioned in the Abrahamic scriptures
community mentioned in the Bible
community mentioned in the Torah
The people of Lot were an ancient community mentioned in the Quran and other Abrahamic scriptures, known for their rejection of the prophet Lot and their subsequent destruction as a divine punishment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| people of Lot canonical | 1 |
| people of Lut | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1710657 — 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: people of Lot Context triple: [Surah Ash-Shu'ara, mentionsCommunity, people of Lot]
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A.
people of Thamud
The people of Thamud were an ancient Arabian tribe known from Islamic and pre-Islamic tradition for rejecting the prophet Salih and being destroyed by a divine punishment.
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B.
Chumash people
The Chumash people are a Native American group indigenous to California’s central and southern coastal regions, renowned for their complex maritime culture, plank canoes (tomols), and rich artistic and spiritual traditions.
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C.
Shilha people
The Shilha people are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group indigenous to southwestern Morocco, particularly the Sous region and the High Atlas mountains.
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D.
Tübatulabal people
The Tübatulabal people are a Native American group indigenous to the Kern River Valley region of California, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language and traditional riverine culture.
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E.
people of 'Ad
The people of 'Ad were an ancient Arabian tribe mentioned in the Quran for their great power, arrogance, and subsequent destruction as a divine punishment for rejecting the prophet Hud.
- 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: people of Lot Target entity description: The people of Lot were an ancient community mentioned in the Quran and other Abrahamic scriptures, known for their rejection of the prophet Lot and their subsequent destruction as a divine punishment.
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A.
people of Thamud
The people of Thamud were an ancient Arabian tribe known from Islamic and pre-Islamic tradition for rejecting the prophet Salih and being destroyed by a divine punishment.
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B.
Chumash people
The Chumash people are a Native American group indigenous to California’s central and southern coastal regions, renowned for their complex maritime culture, plank canoes (tomols), and rich artistic and spiritual traditions.
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C.
Shilha people
The Shilha people are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group indigenous to southwestern Morocco, particularly the Sous region and the High Atlas mountains.
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D.
Tübatulabal people
The Tübatulabal people are a Native American group indigenous to the Kern River Valley region of California, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language and traditional riverine culture.
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E.
people of 'Ad
The people of 'Ad were an ancient Arabian tribe mentioned in the Quran for their great power, arrogance, and subsequent destruction as a divine punishment for rejecting the prophet Hud.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Quranic people
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community mentioned in the Abrahamic scriptures ⓘ community mentioned in the Bible ⓘ community mentioned in the Torah ⓘ |
| alsoCalled |
Qawm Lut
ⓘ
Sodom ⓘ
surface form:
Sodomites
people of Lut ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
hospitality and its violation
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prophetic warning and disbelief ⓘ sexual ethics in Abrahamic religions ⓘ |
| committedSin |
homosexual acts (as described in scripture)
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hostility toward guests ⓘ idolatry (according to some interpretations) ⓘ injustice ⓘ sexual immorality ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Lot and his family ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Bible
ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ Quran ⓘ Surah Al-Ankabut ⓘ Surah Al-A'raf ⓘ
surface form:
Surah Al-Araf
Surah Al-Hijr ⓘ Surah An-Naml ⓘ Surah Ash-Shu'ara ⓘ
surface form:
Surah Ash-Shuara
Surah Hud ⓘ Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ
surface form:
Surah Qamar
Torah ⓘ |
| moralLessonIn |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lot ⓘ |
| punishedBy | God ⓘ |
| punishmentType |
destruction of their city
ⓘ
overturning of the town ⓘ rain of stones ⓘ |
| receivedWarningFrom |
Lot
ⓘ
angels sent by God ⓘ |
| refusedToRepent | true ⓘ |
| rejectedProphet | Lot ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| residedIn |
Sodom
ⓘ
cities of the plain ⓘ |
| survivors | none except Lot and some of his family (according to scripture) ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Ancient Near East
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Near East
|
| usedAsExampleOf |
consequence of rejecting prophets
ⓘ
corruption leading to destruction ⓘ divine retribution ⓘ |
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: people of Lot Description of subject: The people of Lot were an ancient community mentioned in the Quran and other Abrahamic scriptures, known for their rejection of the prophet Lot and their subsequent destruction as a divine punishment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.