Shield of David
E11356
Shield of David is another name for the Star of David, the hexagram symbol widely recognized as a central emblem of Judaism and Jewish identity.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hebrew term “Magen David” meaning “Shield of David” | 1 |
| Māgēn Dāvid | 1 |
| Shield of David canonical | 1 |
| מגן דוד | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113223 — 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: Shield of David Context triple: [Star of David, hasName, Shield of David]
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A.
Labarum
The Labarum is an early Christian military standard bearing the Chi-Rho symbol, famously associated with the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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B.
Seal of the Prophets
Seal of the Prophets is an Islamic title for Muhammad signifying his role as the final prophet in the line of prophetic messengers.
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C.
Heer
The Heer was the land-based component of Nazi Germany’s armed forces, serving as its primary army during World War II.
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D.
Litany
The Litany is a traditional Christian form of responsive prayer, especially prominent in Anglican worship, consisting of a series of petitions and supplications recited by a leader and answered by the congregation.
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E.
St Edward's Crown
St Edward's Crown is the historic solid gold coronation crown of British monarchs, renowned as one of the most important and sacred symbols of the United Kingdom’s monarchy.
- 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: Shield of David Target entity description: Shield of David is another name for the Star of David, the hexagram symbol widely recognized as a central emblem of Judaism and Jewish identity.
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A.
Labarum
The Labarum is an early Christian military standard bearing the Chi-Rho symbol, famously associated with the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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B.
Seal of the Prophets
Seal of the Prophets is an Islamic title for Muhammad signifying his role as the final prophet in the line of prophetic messengers.
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C.
Heer
The Heer was the land-based component of Nazi Germany’s armed forces, serving as its primary army during World War II.
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D.
Litany
The Litany is a traditional Christian form of responsive prayer, especially prominent in Anglican worship, consisting of a series of petitions and supplications recited by a leader and answered by the congregation.
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E.
St Edward's Crown
St Edward's Crown is the historic solid gold coronation crown of British monarchs, renowned as one of the most important and sacred symbols of the United Kingdom’s monarchy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish symbol
ⓘ
hexagram ⓘ religious symbol ⓘ |
| adoptedAs |
central symbol on the flag of Israel
ⓘ
emblem of modern Jewish identity ⓘ symbol of Zionism ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Jewish communal seals
ⓘ
medieval Jewish amulets ⓘ medieval Jewish manuscripts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jewish liturgy
ⓘ
Jewish mysticism ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ King David ⓘ |
| category |
Jewish religious symbols
ⓘ
hexagrams ⓘ national symbols of Israel ⓘ |
| colorTraditionally | blue ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Holocaust memorials ⓘ |
| consistsOf | two interlocking equilateral triangles ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Christian cross
ⓘ
Islamic crescent ⓘ |
| etymologyFrom |
Hebrew term “Magen David” meaning “Shield of David”
ⓘ
linked to:
Shield of David
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Magen David
ⓘ
linked to:
Star of David
Star of David ⓘ |
| hasGeometricForm | six-pointed star ⓘ |
| hasShape | hexagram ⓘ |
| hasUnicode | U+2721 ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedAs |
magical symbol
ⓘ
protective symbol ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Jewish community
ⓘ
Jewish identity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ State of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Israel
|
| usedAs |
design element in Jewish art
ⓘ
marker of Jewish communities in Europe ⓘ motif in synagogue architecture ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Jewish people
ⓘ
linked to:
Jews
State of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Israel
Zionist movement ⓘ
linked to:
Zionism
|
| usedOn |
Jewish ceremonial objects
ⓘ
Jewish tombstones ⓘ flag of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Israeli flag
synagogue decorations ⓘ |
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: Shield of David Description of subject: Shield of David is another name for the Star of David, the hexagram symbol widely recognized as a central emblem of Judaism and Jewish identity.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shield of David
linked to: Shield of David
linked to: Shield of David