Samuel the Lamanite
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Samuel the Lamanite is a prophetic figure from the Book of Mormon known for preaching repentance to the Nephites from atop a city wall and foretelling signs of Christ’s birth and death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samuel the Lamanite canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9231419 — 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: Samuel the Lamanite Context triple: [Lamanites, associatedWithFigure, Samuel the Lamanite]
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A.
Moroni
Moroni is the largest city and political, economic, and cultural center of the island nation of Comoros in the Indian Ocean.
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B.
Moroni
Moroni is a key figure in Latter-day Saint scripture, revered as the last Nephite prophet who compiled and buried the golden plates later translated as the Book of Mormon.
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C.
Moroni
Moroni is the given first name of American silent film actor and comedian Mack Swain.
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D.
Coriantumr (last Jaredite king)
Coriantumr was the final king and sole surviving leader of the Jaredite civilization in the Book of Mormon, whose downfall and lone survival are recorded on the Plates of Ether.
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E.
Ar of Moab
Ar of Moab was an ancient Moabite city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, located east of the Dead Sea in what is now modern-day Jordan.
- 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: Samuel the Lamanite Target entity description: Samuel the Lamanite is a prophetic figure from the Book of Mormon known for preaching repentance to the Nephites from atop a city wall and foretelling signs of Christ’s birth and death.
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A.
Moroni
Moroni is the largest city and political, economic, and cultural center of the island nation of Comoros in the Indian Ocean.
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B.
Moroni
Moroni is a key figure in Latter-day Saint scripture, revered as the last Nephite prophet who compiled and buried the golden plates later translated as the Book of Mormon.
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C.
Moroni
Moroni is the given first name of American silent film actor and comedian Mack Swain.
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D.
Coriantumr (last Jaredite king)
Coriantumr was the final king and sole surviving leader of the Jaredite civilization in the Book of Mormon, whose downfall and lone survival are recorded on the Plates of Ether.
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E.
Ar of Moab
Ar of Moab was an ancient Moabite city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, located east of the Dead Sea in what is now modern-day Jordan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Book of Mormon character
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prophet ⓘ |
| activityLocation |
city of Zarahemla
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
land of Zarahemla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Helaman 13
NERFINISHED
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Helaman 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ Helaman 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calledToPreachBy | the voice of the Lord ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Nephi son of Helaman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| divineProtection |
arrows could not hit him
ⓘ
stones could not hit him ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Lamanite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| initialReactionOfNephites | rejection ⓘ |
| knownFor |
preaching from the city wall
ⓘ
prophesying signs of Christ’s birth ⓘ prophesying signs of Christ’s death ⓘ |
| legacy |
example of courage in preaching despite persecution
ⓘ
symbol of Lamanite faithfulness in the Book of Mormon narrative ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Mormon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| messageTheme |
repentance
ⓘ
testimony of Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ warning of destruction ⓘ |
| oppositionFaced |
attempts by Nephites to kill him with arrows
ⓘ
attempts by Nephites to kill him with stones ⓘ |
| preachedTo | Nephites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preachingLocationDetail | upon the wall of the city of Zarahemla ⓘ |
| prophesiedEvent |
signs at the birth of Christ
ⓘ
signs at the death of Christ ⓘ |
| prophesiedSign |
a day and a night and a day with no darkness
ⓘ
a new star in the heavens ⓘ destruction of many cities ⓘ earthquakes ⓘ great lights in heaven ⓘ rending of rocks ⓘ three days of darkness ⓘ thunderings and lightnings ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Latter-day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
preacher of repentance
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prophet ⓘ |
| scripturalBook | Helaman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | considered a true prophet in Latter-day Saint belief ⓘ |
| taughtDoctrine |
greater condemnation of the Nephites for rejecting more light
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necessity of faith and repentance ⓘ salvation through Christ ⓘ the Lord’s mercy toward the Lamanites ⓘ |
| testifiedOf | Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | approximately 6–1 BC ⓘ |
| warnedOf | destruction of the Nephites if they did not repent ⓘ |
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Subject: Samuel the Lamanite Description of subject: Samuel the Lamanite is a prophetic figure from the Book of Mormon known for preaching repentance to the Nephites from atop a city wall and foretelling signs of Christ’s birth and death.
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