St Michael and the Devil
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St Michael and the Devil is a sculpture depicting the archangel Michael in dramatic combat with the Devil, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Michael and the Devil canonical | 1 |
| St Michael slaying Satan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9154962 — 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: St Michael and the Devil Context triple: [St Michael and the Devil (sculpture), title, St Michael and the Devil]
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A.
The Ghost of St. Michael's
"The Ghost of St. Michael's" is a 1941 British comedy film set in a Scottish boarding school, starring Will Hay in a wartime spy and sabotage caper.
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B.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1929 speculative science and futurist essay by J. D. Bernal that explores humanity’s potential evolution, space colonization, and the social implications of advanced technology.
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C.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1959 post-apocalyptic science fiction film in which Gary Merrill co-stars alongside Harry Belafonte and Inger Stevens as survivors navigating a deserted, racially tense New York City.
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D.
John Crow’s Devil
John Crow’s Devil is a dark, supernatural-infused debut novel by Marlon James that explores religious fanaticism, violence, and power struggles in a 1950s Jamaican village.
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E.
A Devil's Chaplain
A Devil's Chaplain is a 2003 collection of essays by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins that explores science, religion, and rationalism through a series of critical and reflective writings.
- 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: St Michael and the Devil Target entity description: St Michael and the Devil is a sculpture depicting the archangel Michael in dramatic combat with the Devil, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
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A.
The Ghost of St. Michael's
"The Ghost of St. Michael's" is a 1941 British comedy film set in a Scottish boarding school, starring Will Hay in a wartime spy and sabotage caper.
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B.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1929 speculative science and futurist essay by J. D. Bernal that explores humanity’s potential evolution, space colonization, and the social implications of advanced technology.
-
C.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1959 post-apocalyptic science fiction film in which Gary Merrill co-stars alongside Harry Belafonte and Inger Stevens as survivors navigating a deserted, racially tense New York City.
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D.
John Crow’s Devil
John Crow’s Devil is a dark, supernatural-infused debut novel by Marlon James that explores religious fanaticism, violence, and power struggles in a 1950s Jamaican village.
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E.
A Devil's Chaplain
A Devil's Chaplain is a 2003 collection of essays by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins that explores science, religion, and rationalism through a series of critical and reflective writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
religious artwork
ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ |
| depicts |
Archangel Michael
NERFINISHED
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combat between Michael and the Devil ⓘ the Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Archangel Michael
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Satan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Christian religious sculpture ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christian iconography
NERFINISHED
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good versus evil ⓘ spiritual warfare ⓘ |
| intendedMeaning |
moral triumph over sin
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victory of divine justice ⓘ |
| narrativeSource | Christian tradition of Michael defeating Satan ⓘ |
| portraysRoleOfDevil |
defeated adversary
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embodiment of evil ⓘ |
| portraysRoleOfMichael |
defender of faith
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warrior angel ⓘ |
| subjectOf | religious devotion ⓘ |
| symbolizes | triumph of good over evil ⓘ |
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: St Michael and the Devil Description of subject: St Michael and the Devil is a sculpture depicting the archangel Michael in dramatic combat with the Devil, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
St Michael and the Devil (sculpture)
subject surface form:
St Michael and the Devil (sculpture)
this entity surface form:
St Michael slaying Satan