Earth-shaker
E118803
Earth-shaker is an epithet of the Greek god Poseidon, highlighting his power to cause earthquakes and his dominion over the earth and seas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Earth-shaker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1000683 — 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: Earth-shaker Context triple: [Poseidon, epithet, Earth-shaker]
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A.
Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that continues his Foundation series, following a quest to rediscover humanity’s long-lost home planet.
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B.
Earthshock
Earthshock is a classic 1982 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fifth Doctor, notable for the dramatic return of the Cybermen and the shocking death of companion Adric.
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C.
What a World
"What a World" is a track featured on the hip hop album *Universal Mind Control* by Common.
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D.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
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E.
Sleeping Giant
Sleeping Giant is a prominent rock formation on the Sibley Peninsula in Ontario, Canada, whose silhouette resembles a reclining giant and serves as an iconic natural symbol of Thunder Bay.
- 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: Earth-shaker Target entity description: Earth-shaker is an epithet of the Greek god Poseidon, highlighting his power to cause earthquakes and his dominion over the earth and seas.
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A.
Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that continues his Foundation series, following a quest to rediscover humanity’s long-lost home planet.
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B.
Earthshock
Earthshock is a classic 1982 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fifth Doctor, notable for the dramatic return of the Cybermen and the shocking death of companion Adric.
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C.
What a World
"What a World" is a track featured on the hip hop album *Universal Mind Control* by Common.
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D.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
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E.
Sleeping Giant
Sleeping Giant is a prominent rock formation on the Sibley Peninsula in Ontario, Canada, whose silhouette resembles a reclining giant and serves as an iconic natural symbol of Thunder Bay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epithet
ⓘ
mythological epithet ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
Olympian god Poseidon
ⓘ
linked to:
Poseidon
|
| associatedDeity | Poseidon ⓘ |
| connotation |
awe
ⓘ
destruction ⓘ power ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| denotesPowerOver |
earthquakes
ⓘ
the earth ⓘ the sea ⓘ |
| domainOfDeity |
earthquakes
ⓘ
the earth ⓘ the sea ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Poseidon ⓘ |
| highlightsAspectOf |
Poseidon as earth-shaker
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Poseidon as god of earthquakes ⓘ Poseidon as god of the sea ⓘ |
| indicatesControlOver |
storms at sea
ⓘ
tectonic forces ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| refersTo | Poseidon ⓘ |
| religiousContext | ancient Greek worship of Poseidon ⓘ |
| roleInMythology | title emphasizing Poseidon’s destructive power ⓘ |
| semanticField |
marine domain
ⓘ
natural disasters ⓘ seismic activity ⓘ |
| typeOfEpithet | descriptive epithet ⓘ |
| usedAsTitleFor |
earthquake god
ⓘ
sea god ⓘ |
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: Earth-shaker Description of subject: Earth-shaker is an epithet of the Greek god Poseidon, highlighting his power to cause earthquakes and his dominion over the earth and seas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.