Jacob's Pillow Stone
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Jacob's Pillow Stone is a legendary sacred stone in Scottish and Irish tradition, believed by some to be the biblical stone upon which the patriarch Jacob rested his head and later associated with the coronation of kings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacob's Pillow Stone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5606679 — 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: Jacob's Pillow Stone Context triple: [Stone of Destiny, legendAssociatedWith, Jacob's Pillow Stone]
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A.
Jacob's Pillow
Jacob's Pillow is a renowned dance center, school, and festival in western Massachusetts, celebrated for its historic stages, performances, and contributions to contemporary and classical dance.
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B.
Storm King Art Center
Storm King Art Center is a renowned open-air museum in New York featuring large-scale modern and contemporary sculptures set within a vast landscaped park.
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C.
Grounds For Sculpture
Grounds For Sculpture is a 42-acre contemporary sculpture park and museum featuring large-scale artworks set within landscaped gardens and outdoor galleries.
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D.
Naumkeag
Naumkeag is a historic Gilded Age estate and garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, renowned for its elegant Shingle-style mansion and iconic landscaped terraces.
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E.
Naumkeag
Naumkeag is the original Native American name for the area that later became Salem, Massachusetts.
- 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: Jacob's Pillow Stone Target entity description: Jacob's Pillow Stone is a legendary sacred stone in Scottish and Irish tradition, believed by some to be the biblical stone upon which the patriarch Jacob rested his head and later associated with the coronation of kings.
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A.
Jacob's Pillow
Jacob's Pillow is a renowned dance center, school, and festival in western Massachusetts, celebrated for its historic stages, performances, and contributions to contemporary and classical dance.
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B.
Storm King Art Center
Storm King Art Center is a renowned open-air museum in New York featuring large-scale modern and contemporary sculptures set within a vast landscaped park.
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C.
Grounds For Sculpture
Grounds For Sculpture is a 42-acre contemporary sculpture park and museum featuring large-scale artworks set within landscaped gardens and outdoor galleries.
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D.
Naumkeag
Naumkeag is the original Native American name for the area that later became Salem, Massachusetts.
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E.
Naumkeag
Naumkeag is a historic Gilded Age estate and garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, renowned for its elegant Shingle-style mansion and iconic landscaped terraces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legendary stone
ⓘ
relic in Irish tradition ⓘ relic in Scottish tradition ⓘ sacred object ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Jacob's Pillar Stone
ⓘ
Pillow of Jacob ⓘ Stone of Jacob ⓘ
linked to:
Eben-Ezer
|
| hasCulturalRole |
object of pilgrimage in some traditions
ⓘ
symbol of divine sanction for rulers ⓘ |
| hasDebatedIdentificationWith |
Lia Fáil
ⓘ
linked to:
Stone of Destiny
Stone of Scone ⓘ
linked to:
Stone of Destiny
|
| hasLegendStatus | sacred coronation stone ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalAssociation |
biblical patriarch Jacob
ⓘ
linked to:
patriarch Jacob
|
| hasNarrativeFunction | link between biblical Israel and Celtic kings ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition |
Christian folklore
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Irish tradition ⓘ Scottish tradition ⓘ |
| hasStatus | subject of legend rather than verified archaeology ⓘ |
| hasSymbolicMeaning |
covenant between God and Jacob
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divine presence ⓘ legitimacy of kingship ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
coronation of kings
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royal inauguration rituals ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithEvent | Jacob's dream of a ladder reaching to heaven ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithRegion |
Ireland
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Scotland ⓘ |
| isBelievedBySomeToBe |
the biblical stone used by Jacob as a pillow at Bethel
ⓘ
the stone anointed by Jacob in the Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| isDescribedIn | Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Irish legendary history of kingship
ⓘ
Scottish legendary history of kingship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacob's Pillow Stone Description of subject: Jacob's Pillow Stone is a legendary sacred stone in Scottish and Irish tradition, believed by some to be the biblical stone upon which the patriarch Jacob rested his head and later associated with the coronation of kings.
Referenced by (1)
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