Black Stone
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The Black Stone is a revered Islamic relic set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, which pilgrims traditionally try to touch or kiss during the Hajj and Umrah rituals.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Stone canonical | 19 |
| Black Stone is set into the wall of the corner in a silver frame | 1 |
| The Black Stone | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341086 — 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: Black Stone Context triple: [Kaaba, hasComponent, Black Stone]
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A.
Like a Stone
"Like a Stone" is a melancholic, introspective rock ballad by Audioslave, renowned for Chris Cornell’s haunting vocals and reflective lyrics on mortality and longing.
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B.
Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Blacker
Blacker is a comparative form of the color term "black," indicating a greater degree of darkness or blackness.
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Holy Mountain
Holy Mountain is the traditional name for Mount Athos, a monastic peninsula in northeastern Greece renowned as a major center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism and spirituality.
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E.
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.
- 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: Black Stone Target entity description: The Black Stone is a revered Islamic relic set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, which pilgrims traditionally try to touch or kiss during the Hajj and Umrah rituals.
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A.
Like a Stone
"Like a Stone" is a melancholic, introspective rock ballad by Audioslave, renowned for Chris Cornell’s haunting vocals and reflective lyrics on mortality and longing.
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B.
Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Blacker
Blacker is a comparative form of the color term "black," indicating a greater degree of darkness or blackness.
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D.
Holy Mountain
Holy Mountain is the traditional name for Mount Athos, a monastic peninsula in northeastern Greece renowned as a major center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism and spirituality.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious relic
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sacred stone ⓘ |
| access | public access only during Hajj and Umrah under crowd control ⓘ |
| ArabicName | al-Ḥajar al-Aswad ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Prophet Ibrahim
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Prophet Ismail ⓘ Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| associatedPractice |
pilgrims gesture towards the stone if they cannot reach it
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pilgrims try to kiss the stone ⓘ pilgrims try to touch the stone ⓘ |
| associatedRitual |
Hajj
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Umrah ⓘ |
| associatedWith | tawaf ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic holy sites
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Islamic relics ⓘ objects associated with the Kaaba ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| culturalContext | central symbol in Islamic pilgrimage ⓘ |
| embeddedIn | mortar ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | stone was broken into pieces during historical conflicts ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kaaba
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Makkah Province ⓘ Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| location | eastern corner of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| marks | starting point of tawaf ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| meaningOfArabicName |
The Black Stone
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linked to:
Black Stone
|
| notWorshippedAs | deity ⓘ |
| numberOfFragments | several smaller pieces ⓘ |
| orientation | faces the circumambulation area (tawaf) around the Kaaba ⓘ |
| positionOnKaaba | eastern corner ⓘ |
| protectedBy |
Saudi authorities
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linked to:
Government of Saudi Arabia
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInIslam | symbolic relic rather than object of worship ⓘ |
| setInto |
Kaaba wall
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linked to:
Kaaba
|
| shape | irregular oval ⓘ |
| significance |
important in Hajj rituals
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important in Umrah rituals ⓘ revered by Muslims ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | silver frame ⓘ |
| tradition |
believed by many Muslims to date back to the time of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham)
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believed by many Muslims to have been placed by Prophet Ibrahim and his son Ismail ⓘ |
| veneratedBy | Muslims worldwide ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Black Stone Description of subject: The Black Stone is a revered Islamic relic set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, which pilgrims traditionally try to touch or kiss during the Hajj and Umrah rituals.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Black Stone
al-Hajar al-Aswad corner
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materialContext
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Black Stone is set into the wall of the corner in a silver frame
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linked to: Black Stone