Prophet Yunus
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Prophet Yunus is an Islamic prophet, known in the Quran and earlier Abrahamic traditions for his story of being swallowed by a great fish after initially fleeing his divine mission to call his people to repentance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prophet Yunus canonical | 7 |
| Yonah | 3 |
| Nabi Yunis | 2 |
| Jonah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1386637 — 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: Prophet Yunus Context triple: [Surah Yunus, namedAfter, Prophet Yunus]
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A.
Prophet Noah
Prophet Noah is a revered messenger in Islam known for calling his people to monotheism, building the Ark by God’s command, and surviving the great flood sent as a punishment to disbelievers.
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B.
Prophet Hud
Prophet Hud is an ancient Arabian prophet in Islamic tradition who was sent by God to guide the people of ‘Ad away from idolatry and toward monotheism.
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C.
Prophet Shu'ayb
Prophet Shu'ayb is an Islamic prophet, often identified with the biblical Jethro, who was sent to the people of Midian to call them to monotheism and honest dealings.
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D.
Prophet Salih
Prophet Salih is a revered prophet in Islamic tradition who was sent to the ancient tribe of Thamud to call them to monotheism and warn them against idolatry and injustice.
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E.
Harun
Harun is the Islamic prophet Aaron, brother of Moses, revered for his prophethood and leadership among the Israelites.
- 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: Prophet Yunus Target entity description: Prophet Yunus is an Islamic prophet, known in the Quran and earlier Abrahamic traditions for his story of being swallowed by a great fish after initially fleeing his divine mission to call his people to repentance.
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A.
Prophet Noah
Prophet Noah is a revered messenger in Islam known for calling his people to monotheism, building the Ark by God’s command, and surviving the great flood sent as a punishment to disbelievers.
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B.
Prophet Hud
Prophet Hud is an ancient Arabian prophet in Islamic tradition who was sent by God to guide the people of ‘Ad away from idolatry and toward monotheism.
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C.
Prophet Shu'ayb
Prophet Shu'ayb is an Islamic prophet, often identified with the biblical Jethro, who was sent to the people of Midian to call them to monotheism and honest dealings.
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D.
Prophet Salih
Prophet Salih is a revered prophet in Islamic tradition who was sent to the ancient tribe of Thamud to call them to monotheism and warn them against idolatry and injustice.
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E.
Harun
Harun is the Islamic prophet Aaron, brother of Moses, revered for his prophethood and leadership among the Israelites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic prophet
ⓘ
Quranic figure ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ prophet ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Nineveh ⓘ |
| associatedWithStory |
being swallowed by a great fish
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calling his people to repentance ⓘ leaving his people before receiving divine permission ⓘ supplicating to God in the belly of the fish ⓘ |
| calledInArabic | Yunus ⓘ |
| calledInEnglish |
Jonah
ⓘ
linked to:
prophet Jonah
|
| calledInHebrew |
Yonah
ⓘ
linked to:
Prophet Yunus
|
| experienced |
being cast into the sea
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being swallowed by a large fish by God’s command ⓘ deliverance after repentance ⓘ |
| hasFeastOrCommemoration | commemorated in some Christian liturgical calendars as Jonah ⓘ |
| hasQuranicSurahNamedAfterHim | Surah Yunus ⓘ |
| isRegardedAs |
example of divine mercy
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example of repentance ⓘ messenger of God ⓘ righteous servant of God ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Jonah
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
New Testament ⓘ Quran ⓘ |
| moralLesson |
consequences of abandoning one’s duty
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importance of patience in prophetic mission ⓘ necessity of sincere repentance ⓘ vastness of divine mercy ⓘ |
| nameInArabic |
يُونُس
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linked to:
Yonas
|
| nameInEnglish |
Jonah
ⓘ
linked to:
prophet Jonah
|
| performedSupplication | There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers ⓘ |
| quranicSurahNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Jewish tradition
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Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to:
Shia Islam
Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to:
Sunni Islam
various Christian denominations ⓘ |
| roleInIslam |
called his people to repentance
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warned his people to worship God alone ⓘ |
| sentTo |
people of Nineveh
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linked to:
Nineveh
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| symbolizes |
God’s control over nature
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hope of forgiveness ⓘ repentance of a community ⓘ |
| tradition | Abrahamic religions ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Christianity
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Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
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: Prophet Yunus Description of subject: Prophet Yunus is an Islamic prophet, known in the Quran and earlier Abrahamic traditions for his story of being swallowed by a great fish after initially fleeing his divine mission to call his people to repentance.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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