Saint George and the Dragon
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Christian legend
chivalric romance motif
hagiographic legend
iconographic motif
legend
religious motif
Saint George and the Dragon is a legendary Christian tale and iconic motif depicting Saint George heroically slaying a dragon, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T382724 — 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: Saint George and the Dragon Context triple: [Imperial double-headed eagle of Russia, bearsOnBreast, Saint George and the Dragon]
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A.
St. George
St. George is a waterfront neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, known for its ferry terminal, civic buildings, and views of the Manhattan skyline.
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B.
King Arthur's court
King Arthur's court is the legendary royal household and chivalric center of King Arthur's realm, often depicted as a hub of knights, quests, and medieval romance.
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C.
Merlin
Merlin is the legendary wizard of Arthurian myth, often depicted as King Arthur’s powerful but enigmatic advisor and magician.
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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E.
King Arthur
King Arthur is the legendary British monarch and central figure of Arthurian mythology, renowned as the noble ruler of Camelot and leader of the Knights of the Round Table.
- 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: Saint George and the Dragon Target entity description: Saint George and the Dragon is a legendary Christian tale and iconic motif depicting Saint George heroically slaying a dragon, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
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A.
St. George
St. George is a waterfront neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, known for its ferry terminal, civic buildings, and views of the Manhattan skyline.
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B.
King Arthur's court
King Arthur's court is the legendary royal household and chivalric center of King Arthur's realm, often depicted as a hub of knights, quests, and medieval romance.
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C.
Merlin
Merlin is the legendary wizard of Arthurian myth, often depicted as King Arthur’s powerful but enigmatic advisor and magician.
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D.
The Castle
The Castle is the iconic red sandstone building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that serves as the historic headquarters and visitor center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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E.
King Arthur
King Arthur is the legendary British monarch and central figure of Arthurian mythology, renowned as the noble ruler of Camelot and leader of the Knights of the Round Table.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian legend
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chivalric romance motif ⓘ hagiographic legend ⓘ iconographic motif ⓘ legend ⓘ religious motif ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christian hagiography
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crusading ideology ⓘ knightly virtues ⓘ martial heroism ⓘ medieval chivalry ⓘ patron saint cults ⓘ |
| commonDepiction |
Saint George and the Dragon
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Saint George on horseback
Saint George with a lance or spear ⓘ dragon at the feet of Saint George ⓘ princess or maiden nearby ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
church frescoes
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heraldry ⓘ icons ⓘ literary retellings ⓘ medieval illuminated manuscripts ⓘ panel paintings ⓘ sculpture ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | a dragon ⓘ |
| flourishedIn | medieval Europe ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
baptism after deliverance
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city or kingdom in peril ⓘ conversion of pagans ⓘ hero rescuing a princess ⓘ monster-slaying hero ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Libya
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surface form:
Libya (legendary setting)
Silene ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courage
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divine assistance in battle ⓘ faith ⓘ self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| iconographicAttributeOf |
Saint George of Lydda
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surface form:
Saint George
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| influenced |
Renaissance religious art
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later dragon-slaying tales in European folklore ⓘ national and military emblems featuring Saint George ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Saint George of Lydda
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surface form:
Saint George
|
| narrativeElement |
Saint George slaying the dragon
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a dragon terrorizing a city ⓘ a princess offered as sacrifice ⓘ people converting to Christianity ⓘ |
| notableSource |
Legenda Aurea
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The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Christian victory over paganism
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faith overcoming adversity ⓘ triumph of good over evil ⓘ |
| timeOfPopularization | Middle Ages ⓘ |
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: Saint George and the Dragon Description of subject: Saint George and the Dragon is a legendary Christian tale and iconic motif depicting Saint George heroically slaying a dragon, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
Referenced by (23)
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this entity surface form:
Saint George and the Dragon legend
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George Cross
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St George slaying the dragon
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St. George and the Dragon
this entity surface form:
Saint George slaying a dragon
this entity surface form:
Saint George slaying the dragon
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legend of Saint George and the Dragon
this entity surface form:
Saint George on horseback
Saint George and the Dragon
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Saint George and the Dragon
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this entity surface form:
Saint George on horseback
Coat of arms of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
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Saint George and the Dragon
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this entity surface form:
Saint George and the Dragon motif
this entity surface form:
Saint George slaying the dragon
this entity surface form:
Saint George slaying the dragon
this entity surface form:
St. George and the Dragon
this entity surface form:
Saint George slaying the dragon
this entity surface form:
Saint George on horseback slaying a dragon
this entity surface form:
St. George and the Dragonet