al-Ḥajar al-Aswad
E221352
al-Ḥajar al-Aswad is the revered Black Stone set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, venerated by Muslims as a sacred relic associated with Islamic tradition and pilgrimage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| al-Ḥajar al-Aswad canonical | 1 |
| the Black Stone | 1 |
| الحجر الأسود | 1 |
| ركن الحجر الأسود | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1988373 — 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: al-Ḥajar al-Aswad Context triple: [Black Stone, ArabicName, al-Ḥajar al-Aswad]
-
A.
Kaaba
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque in Mecca and the focal point of Muslim prayer and pilgrimage.
-
B.
Maqam Ibrahim
Maqam Ibrahim is a small, glass-enclosed stone near the Kaaba in Mecca that holds the footprints believed to be those of the Prophet Abraham and serves as a significant site of prayer for Muslim pilgrims.
-
C.
Al-Hijr
Al-Hijr is the 15th chapter of the Qur’an, known for its themes of divine revelation, the fate of past nations, and the protection of the Qur’anic message.
-
D.
Qurnat as Sawda
Qurnat as Sawda is the tallest mountain peak in Lebanon and the Levant, rising to over 3,000 meters in the Mount Lebanon range.
-
E.
Bab al-Kaaba
Bab al-Kaaba is the sacred door of the Kaaba in Mecca, serving as the ornate, gold-plated entrance to Islam’s holiest shrine.
- 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: al-Ḥajar al-Aswad Target entity description: al-Ḥajar al-Aswad is the revered Black Stone set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, venerated by Muslims as a sacred relic associated with Islamic tradition and pilgrimage.
-
A.
Kaaba
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque in Mecca and the focal point of Muslim prayer and pilgrimage.
-
B.
Maqam Ibrahim
Maqam Ibrahim is a small, glass-enclosed stone near the Kaaba in Mecca that holds the footprints believed to be those of the Prophet Abraham and serves as a significant site of prayer for Muslim pilgrims.
-
C.
Al-Hijr
Al-Hijr is the 15th chapter of the Qur’an, known for its themes of divine revelation, the fate of past nations, and the protection of the Qur’anic message.
-
D.
Qurnat as Sawda
Qurnat as Sawda is the tallest mountain peak in Lebanon and the Levant, rising to over 3,000 meters in the Mount Lebanon range.
-
E.
Bab al-Kaaba
Bab al-Kaaba is the sacred door of the Kaaba in Mecca, serving as the ornate, gold-plated entrance to Islam’s holiest shrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious relic
ⓘ
pilgrimage object ⓘ sacred stone ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hajj
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Kaaba ⓘ Umrah ⓘ tawaf ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic holy sites
ⓘ
relics associated with the Kaaba ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| composition | several fragments ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of covenant between God and humanity in Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| enclosedIn | silver frame ⓘ |
| eventAssociatedWith | placement dispute resolved by Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| function |
focal point for kissing or touching during circumambulation
ⓘ
starting point of tawaf ⓘ |
| guardedBy | authorities of Masjid al-Haram ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificanceIn | Islam ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
pilgrims attempt to kiss it
ⓘ
pilgrims gesture towards it if they cannot reach it ⓘ pilgrims touch it ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kaaba
ⓘ
Makkah Province ⓘ Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ eastern corner of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
al-Ḥajar al-Aswad
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
the Black Stone
|
| orientation | faces outward from the Kaaba wall ⓘ |
| partOf | Kaaba structure ⓘ |
| protectedBy | metal and stone setting in Kaaba wall ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| shape | irregular ⓘ |
| status |
revered
ⓘ
sacred ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | crowds of pilgrims during Hajj season ⓘ |
| traditionallyAssociatedWith |
Prophet Ibrahim
ⓘ
Prophet Ismail ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
rebuilding of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| traditionallyBelievedToBe |
originally white but turned black by sins of humans
ⓘ
stone sent from Paradise ⓘ |
| veneratedBy | Muslims ⓘ |
| visibility | publicly visible to pilgrims in Masjid al-Haram ⓘ |
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: al-Ḥajar al-Aswad Description of subject: al-Ḥajar al-Aswad is the revered Black Stone set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, venerated by Muslims as a sacred relic associated with Islamic tradition and pilgrimage.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ركن الحجر الأسود
this entity surface form:
the Black Stone
this entity surface form:
الحجر الأسود