the Devil
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The Devil is a supernatural embodiment of evil and temptation, commonly depicted in religious and literary traditions as a powerful adversary who bargains for human souls.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Devil canonical | 30 |
| Devil | 14 |
| Satan | 11 |
| The Devil | 7 |
| the Evil One | 5 |
| Iblis | 3 |
| Lucifer | 3 |
| Mephistopheles | 1 |
| Satan in Christian theology | 1 |
| Satan in Christianity | 1 |
| Satan in Judaism | 1 |
| the Devil (character in Reaper) | 1 |
| the devil | 1 |
| the devil Pug | 1 |
| the fall of the devil | 1 |
| “The Devil” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T299401 — 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 Devil Context triple: [Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte, character, the Devil]
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A.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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B.
the Beast
The Beast is a symbolic, apocalyptic figure in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, often interpreted as representing oppressive worldly powers or ultimate evil opposing God.
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C.
Blacker
Blacker is a comparative form of the color term "black," indicating a greater degree of darkness or blackness.
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D.
Hellboy
Hellboy is a darkly comic supernatural action film franchise centered on a demon-turned-reluctant-hero who battles occult threats while grappling with his own destiny.
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E.
Ditat Deus
Ditat Deus is the Latin state motto of Arizona, meaning "God enriches" or "God gives wealth."
- 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 Devil Target entity description: The Devil is a supernatural embodiment of evil and temptation, commonly depicted in religious and literary traditions as a powerful adversary who bargains for human souls.
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A.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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B.
the Beast
The Beast is a symbolic, apocalyptic figure in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, often interpreted as representing oppressive worldly powers or ultimate evil opposing God.
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C.
Blacker
Blacker is a comparative form of the color term "black," indicating a greater degree of darkness or blackness.
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D.
Hellboy
Hellboy is a darkly comic supernatural action film franchise centered on a demon-turned-reluctant-hero who battles occult threats while grappling with his own destiny.
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E.
Ditat Deus
Ditat Deus is the Latin state motto of Arizona, meaning "God enriches" or "God gives wealth."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary character
ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ religious figure ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
the Devil
ⓘ
surface form:
Iblis
the Devil ⓘ
surface form:
Lucifer
the Devil ⓘ
surface form:
Satan
Shaitan ⓘ the Adversary ⓘ
surface form:
the Accuser
the Adversary ⓘ the Enemy ⓘ the Devil ⓘ
surface form:
the Evil One
the Father of Lies ⓘ the Prince of Darkness ⓘ the Prince of this World ⓘ the Tempter ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
folktales
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medieval morality plays ⓘ modern horror fiction ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| appearsInReligion |
Christianity
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Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ various folk religions ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
damnation
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evil ⓘ hell ⓘ pride ⓘ rebellion ⓘ sin ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| centralToTheme |
damnation and salvation
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good versus evil ⓘ temptation and fall ⓘ |
| describedAs |
enemy of humanity
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lord of hell ⓘ powerful spiritual being ⓘ ruler of demons ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
accusing believers
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making pacts for souls ⓘ spiritual warfare ⓘ tempting humans ⓘ |
| hasRole |
accuser
ⓘ
adversary of God ⓘ deceiver ⓘ embodiment of evil ⓘ tempter ⓘ |
| iconographicallyDepictedAs |
fallen angel
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figure with tail and pitchfork ⓘ horned figure ⓘ serpent ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theological development
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Jewish apocalyptic literature ⓘ ancient Near Eastern demonology ⓘ |
| moralFunction |
illustrates consequences of sin
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personifies evil in narratives ⓘ tests faith ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
instigator of temptation
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opponent of divine will ⓘ source of moral corruption ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
demonology
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literary analysis ⓘ theological debate ⓘ |
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 Devil Description of subject: The Devil is a supernatural embodiment of evil and temptation, commonly depicted in religious and literary traditions as a powerful adversary who bargains for human souls.
Referenced by (82)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
Lucifer
this entity surface form:
Lucifer
this entity surface form:
Iblis
this entity surface form:
Iblis
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
the Evil One
this entity surface form:
Iblis
this entity surface form:
Lucifer
this entity surface form:
“The Devil”
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
Mephistopheles
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
Devil
this entity surface form:
Satan
subject surface form:
Paradise Lost
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
Satan
this entity surface form:
Devil
this entity surface form:
The Devil
this entity surface form:
Devil
this entity surface form:
the Evil One
subject surface form:
Prince of Darkness
this entity surface form:
Devil
subject surface form:
Prince of Darkness
this entity surface form:
the Evil One
this entity surface form:
the Evil One
subject surface form:
Father of Lies
this entity surface form:
Devil
subject surface form:
Father of Lies
this entity surface form:
the Evil One
subject surface form:
Father of Lies
this entity surface form:
Satan in Christian theology
subject surface form:
Prince of this World
this entity surface form:
Devil
this entity surface form:
Satan in Christianity