Pillow of Jacob
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The Pillow of Jacob is a biblical stone traditionally believed to be the one Jacob used as a pillow in the Book of Genesis, later associated in legend with sacred anointing and royal coronations.
All labels observed (1)
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| Pillow of Jacob canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21751346 — 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: Pillow of Jacob Context triple: [Jacob's Pillow Stone, hasAlternativeName, Pillow of Jacob]
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Pillow
Pillow is the surname of Gideon J. Pillow, a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
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Kasur
Kasur is a historic city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, renowned as the home and burial place of the Sufi poet Bulleh Shah.
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Gideon Pillow
Gideon Pillow was a controversial American lawyer, politician, and major general in the Mexican–American and Civil Wars, known for both his battlefield role and disputes over credit for military victories.
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Jacob’s staff
Jacob’s staff is a medieval astronomical and navigational instrument used primarily for measuring angles and determining the altitude of celestial bodies.
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Takhut
Takhut was an ancient Egyptian woman known primarily as the mother of the pharaoh Uahibre (Apries) of the 26th Dynasty.
- 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: Pillow of Jacob Target entity description: The Pillow of Jacob is a biblical stone traditionally believed to be the one Jacob used as a pillow in the Book of Genesis, later associated in legend with sacred anointing and royal coronations.
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A.
Pillow
Pillow is the surname of Gideon J. Pillow, a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
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B.
Kasur
Kasur is a historic city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, renowned as the home and burial place of the Sufi poet Bulleh Shah.
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C.
Gideon Pillow
Gideon Pillow was a controversial American lawyer, politician, and major general in the Mexican–American and Civil Wars, known for both his battlefield role and disputes over credit for military victories.
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D.
Jacob’s staff
Jacob’s staff is a medieval astronomical and navigational instrument used primarily for measuring angles and determining the altitude of celestial bodies.
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E.
Takhut
Takhut was an ancient Egyptian woman known primarily as the mother of the pharaoh Uahibre (Apries) of the 26th Dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.