Stones
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Stones are naturally occurring solid aggregates of minerals or mineraloids that form the basic building blocks of the Earth's crust and are widely used in construction, art, and cultural artifacts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stones canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7609786 — 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: Stones Context triple: [Coronation Stone, category, Stones]
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A.
Stones
"Stones" is a track from Bruce Springsteen’s album *Western Stars*, reflecting the record’s cinematic, introspective Americana style.
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B.
On Stones
On Stones is an ancient treatise by Theophrastus that is considered one of the earliest systematic works on mineralogy and the properties of stones.
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C.
Like a Stone
"Like a Stone" is a melancholic, introspective rock ballad by Audioslave, renowned for Chris Cornell’s haunting vocals and reflective lyrics on mortality and longing.
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D.
Stone
"Stone" is a track by the American rock band Alice in Chains from their album *The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here*.
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E.
Stone
"Stone" is a 2010 American crime drama film directed by John Curran, starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Milla Jovovich in a tense psychological story of manipulation and redemption.
- 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: Stones Target entity description: Stones are naturally occurring solid aggregates of minerals or mineraloids that form the basic building blocks of the Earth's crust and are widely used in construction, art, and cultural artifacts.
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A.
Stones
"Stones" is a track from Bruce Springsteen’s album *Western Stars*, reflecting the record’s cinematic, introspective Americana style.
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B.
On Stones
On Stones is an ancient treatise by Theophrastus that is considered one of the earliest systematic works on mineralogy and the properties of stones.
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C.
Like a Stone
"Like a Stone" is a melancholic, introspective rock ballad by Audioslave, renowned for Chris Cornell’s haunting vocals and reflective lyrics on mortality and longing.
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D.
Stone
"Stone" is a track by the American rock band Alice in Chains from their album *The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here*.
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E.
Stone
"Stone" is a 2010 American crime drama film directed by John Curran, starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Milla Jovovich in a tense psychological story of manipulation and redemption.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AggregateOfMinerals
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GeologicalMaterial ⓘ NaturalObject ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Mineraloids
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Minerals ⓘ |
| exampleOfUse |
AncientStoneCircles
ⓘ
EuropeanCathedrals ⓘ GreatWallOfChina ⓘ
linked to:
Great Wall of China
PyramidsOfGiza ⓘ
linked to:
Giza Pyramids
|
| formedBy |
CoolingOfMagmaOrLava
ⓘ
GeologicalProcesses ⓘ Metamorphism ⓘ SedimentationAndLithification ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
SymbolOfPermanence
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SymbolOfStrength ⓘ UsedInMegalithicStructures ⓘ UsedInReligiousArchitecture ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalState | Solid ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
Brittle
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Durable ⓘ Hard ⓘ Inorganic ⓘ NaturallyOccurring ⓘ VariableColor ⓘ VariableDensity ⓘ VariablePorosity ⓘ VariableTexture ⓘ |
| hasType |
Basalt
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Boulders ⓘ Cobblestones ⓘ CrushedStone ⓘ Gneiss ⓘ Granite ⓘ IgneousRock ⓘ Limestone ⓘ Marble ⓘ MetamorphicRock ⓘ Pebbles ⓘ Quartzite ⓘ Sandstone ⓘ Schist ⓘ SedimentaryRock ⓘ
linked to:
Sandstone
Slate ⓘ |
| measuredBy | MohsHardnessScale ⓘ |
| partOf |
EarthsCrust
ⓘ
linked to:
Earth's crust
|
| subjectOf |
Geology
ⓘ
linked to:
Earth sciences
Petrology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
BuildingFoundations
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ConcreteAggregate ⓘ Construction ⓘ CulturalArtifacts ⓘ DecorativeArt ⓘ Gravestones ⓘ GrindingAndMilling ⓘ JewelryWhenPreciousOrSemiPrecious ⓘ Landscaping ⓘ Masonry ⓘ Monuments ⓘ Paving ⓘ RailwayBallast ⓘ RitualObjects ⓘ RoadConstruction ⓘ RoofingSlabs ⓘ Sculpture ⓘ SharpeningEdges ⓘ ToolsInPrehistoricTimes ⓘ WallCladding ⓘ |
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: Stones Description of subject: Stones are naturally occurring solid aggregates of minerals or mineraloids that form the basic building blocks of the Earth's crust and are widely used in construction, art, and cultural artifacts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.