Molek
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Molek is a deity from ancient Near Eastern religions, often associated with child sacrifice and condemned in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Molek canonical | 1 |
| whether Molek is a proper name or a type of sacrifice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9421168 — 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: Molek Context triple: [Moloch, nameVariant, Molek]
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A.
Mokre
Mokre is a district of the town of Mikołów in southern Poland, situated in the Silesian region.
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B.
Motal
Motal is a small town in present-day Belarus, historically part of the Russian Empire, known as the birthplace of Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann.
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C.
Muolaa
Muolaa was a former Finnish municipality on the Karelian Isthmus, historically significant for its rural communities and its transfer to Soviet control after World War II.
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D.
Mihos
Mihos is an ancient Egyptian lion-headed god associated with war and protection, venerated as a son of the feline goddess Bastet.
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E.
Mollerussa
Mollerussa is a small town in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, known for its agricultural surroundings and regional commercial services.
- 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: Molek Target entity description: Molek is a deity from ancient Near Eastern religions, often associated with child sacrifice and condemned in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Mokre
Mokre is a district of the town of Mikołów in southern Poland, situated in the Silesian region.
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B.
Motal
Motal is a small town in present-day Belarus, historically part of the Russian Empire, known as the birthplace of Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann.
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C.
Muolaa
Muolaa was a former Finnish municipality on the Karelian Isthmus, historically significant for its rural communities and its transfer to Soviet control after World War II.
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D.
Mihos
Mihos is an ancient Egyptian lion-headed god associated with war and protection, venerated as a son of the feline goddess Bastet.
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E.
Mollerussa
Mollerussa is a small town in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, known for its agricultural surroundings and regional commercial services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Near Eastern deity
ⓘ
deity ⓘ |
| alsoSpelled |
Molech
ⓘ
linked to:
Moloch
Moloch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
child sacrifice
ⓘ
idolatry ⓘ valley of Hinnom ⓘ
linked to:
Valley of Hinnom
|
| condemnationType | capital offense in biblical law ⓘ |
| condemnedBy | Israelite prophets ⓘ |
| condemnedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| culturalContext |
Canaanite religion
ⓘ
Phoenician religion ⓘ |
| describedAs | abomination in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| forbiddenPractice | passing children through the fire ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later literary symbol of cruel or oppressive power ⓘ |
| languageForm | Hebrew term מלך (mlk) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Jeremiah
ⓘ
Book of Kings ⓘ
linked to:
Books of Kings
Book of Leviticus ⓘ |
| moralEvaluation | strongly negative in Jewish and Christian traditions ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Yahwistic religion of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| prohibitedBy | Israelite law ⓘ |
| region |
Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
|
| religion | ancient Near Eastern religions ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
whether Molek is a proper name or a type of sacrifice
ⓘ
linked to:
Molek
|
| sourceType | biblical text ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Iron Age Near East ⓘ |
| worshipLocation |
Topheth
ⓘ
linked to:
Valley of Hinnom
valley of Ben-Hinnom ⓘ
linked to:
Valley of Hinnom
|
| worshipPractices | ritual child sacrifice ⓘ |
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: Molek Description of subject: Molek is a deity from ancient Near Eastern religions, often associated with child sacrifice and condemned in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Molek