Winged lion
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The winged lion is a mythological creature traditionally associated with Saint Mark the Evangelist and used as his emblem in Christian iconography, especially in Venice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Winged lion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2283201 — 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: Winged lion Context triple: [John Mark, symbol, Winged lion]
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A.
Lion-Mher
Lion-Mher is a heroic figure from the Armenian epic cycle "Daredevils of Sassoun," renowned for his extraordinary strength and lion-like bravery.
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B.
Gryphons
The Gryphons are the varsity athletic teams representing the University of Guelph in Canadian university sports competitions.
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C.
Bohemian lion
The Bohemian lion is a heraldic symbol featuring a silver, double-tailed lion on a red field, historically representing the Kingdom of Bohemia and its monarchy.
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D.
Hippogriff
A Hippogriff is a magical creature from the Harry Potter series, depicted as a proud, eagle-headed, horse-bodied being that can fly and serve as a mount for wizards.
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E.
Palatine lion
The Palatine lion is a heraldic lion symbol historically associated with the Electorate of the Palatinate within the Holy Roman Empire, prominently featured in its arms and insignia.
- 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: Winged lion Target entity description: The winged lion is a mythological creature traditionally associated with Saint Mark the Evangelist and used as his emblem in Christian iconography, especially in Venice.
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A.
Lion-Mher
Lion-Mher is a heroic figure from the Armenian epic cycle "Daredevils of Sassoun," renowned for his extraordinary strength and lion-like bravery.
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B.
Gryphons
The Gryphons are the varsity athletic teams representing the University of Guelph in Canadian university sports competitions.
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C.
Bohemian lion
The Bohemian lion is a heraldic symbol featuring a silver, double-tailed lion on a red field, historically representing the Kingdom of Bohemia and its monarchy.
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D.
Hippogriff
A Hippogriff is a magical creature from the Harry Potter series, depicted as a proud, eagle-headed, horse-bodied being that can fly and serve as a mount for wizards.
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E.
Palatine lion
The Palatine lion is a heraldic lion symbol historically associated with the Electorate of the Palatinate within the Holy Roman Empire, prominently featured in its arms and insignia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian symbol
ⓘ
heraldic beast ⓘ mythological creature ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Christian art
ⓘ
Venetian architecture ⓘ church decoration ⓘ city emblems ⓘ coats of arms ⓘ flags ⓘ mosaics ⓘ sculpture ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Saint Mark
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Mark the Evangelist
|
| contrastedWith |
eagle (symbol of John)
ⓘ
winged man (symbol of Matthew) ⓘ winged ox (symbol of Luke) ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | Gospel of Mark ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Venetian tradition ⓘ |
| depicts | lion with wings ⓘ |
| emblemOf |
Republic of Venice
ⓘ
Saint Mark ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Venice ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Doge's Palace
ⓘ
surface form:
Doge's Palace, Venice
St Mark's Square ⓘ
surface form:
Piazza San Marco, Venice
St Mark's Basilica ⓘ
surface form:
St Mark's Basilica, Venice
|
| hasAttribute |
book or gospel (in Christian art)
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halo (in Christian art) ⓘ lion body ⓘ sword (in martial or civic depictions) ⓘ wings ⓘ |
| oneOfSymbolsOf | four Evangelists ⓘ |
| relatedTo | tetramorph ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Gospel of Mark
ⓘ
surface form:
Markan Gospel
Republic of Venice ⓘ Saint Mark ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Venice ⓘ courage ⓘ majesty ⓘ power ⓘ resurrection (through wings) ⓘ royal dignity ⓘ watchfulness ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Catholic Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Republic of Venice ⓘ
surface form:
Venetian Republic
Venetian colonies ⓘ Venetian navy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian iconography
ⓘ
Venetian iconography ⓘ |
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: Winged lion Description of subject: The winged lion is a mythological creature traditionally associated with Saint Mark the Evangelist and used as his emblem in Christian iconography, especially in Venice.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.