the Dragon
E19386
The Dragon is a symbolic, malevolent figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing Satan or the ultimate embodiment of evil opposing God and His people.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Dragon canonical | 2 |
| The Dragon | 1 |
| dragon (Satan) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157668 — 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: the Dragon Context triple: [Book of Revelation, containsVisionOf, the Dragon]
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A.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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B.
Maeslantkering
Maeslantkering is a massive movable storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that protects the low-lying Rotterdam region from North Sea flooding.
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C.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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D.
Fidra
Fidra is a small uninhabited island off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland, known for its lighthouse, seabird colonies, and as an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson.
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E.
Poike
Poike is one of the three main extinct volcanic cones that form the triangular shape of Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
- 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: the Dragon Target entity description: The Dragon is a symbolic, malevolent figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing Satan or the ultimate embodiment of evil opposing God and His people.
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A.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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B.
Maeslantkering
Maeslantkering is a massive movable storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that protects the low-lying Rotterdam region from North Sea flooding.
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C.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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D.
Fidra
Fidra is a small uninhabited island off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland, known for its lighthouse, seabird colonies, and as an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson.
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E.
Poike
Poike is one of the three main extinct volcanic cones that form the triangular shape of Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apocalyptic symbol
ⓘ
biblical character ⓘ personification of evil ⓘ symbolic figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Revelation
GENERATED
ⓘ
New Testament GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
beast from the earth
GENERATED
ⓘ
beast from the sea GENERATED ⓘ |
| boundFor | thousand years GENERATED ⓘ |
| called | ancient serpent GENERATED ⓘ |
| castOutOf | heaven GENERATED ⓘ |
| color | red GENERATED ⓘ |
| deceives | the whole world GENERATED ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Michael
GENERATED
ⓘ
Michael and his angels GENERATED ⓘ |
| describedAs | great red dragon GENERATED ⓘ |
| destinedFor | lake of fire GENERATED ⓘ |
| finalOutcome | eternal punishment GENERATED ⓘ |
| genreContext | apocalyptic literature GENERATED ⓘ |
| givesAuthorityTo | beast from the sea GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasDiademsOnHeads | 7 GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasHeads | 7 GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasHorns | 10 GENERATED ⓘ |
| identifiedAs |
Satan
GENERATED
ⓘ
that ancient serpent GENERATED ⓘ the devil GENERATED ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
symbol of demonic power
GENERATED
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symbol of imperial persecution GENERATED ⓘ |
| opposes |
God
GENERATED
ⓘ
the Lamb GENERATED ⓘ the woman clothed with the sun GENERATED ⓘ |
| persecutes |
her offspring
ⓘ
saints ⓘ the woman GENERATED ⓘ |
| primarySource |
Revelation 12
GENERATED
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Revelation 13 GENERATED ⓘ Revelation 20 GENERATED ⓘ |
| releasedFor | short time GENERATED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity GENERATED ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
accuser of the brethren
ⓘ
cosmic adversary ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Satan
GENERATED
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cosmic enemy GENERATED ⓘ opposition to God GENERATED ⓘ persecuting power GENERATED ⓘ the devil GENERATED ⓘ ultimate evil GENERATED ⓘ |
| thrownDownTo | earth GENERATED ⓘ |
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: the Dragon Description of subject: The Dragon is a symbolic, malevolent figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing Satan or the ultimate embodiment of evil opposing God and His people.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.