The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
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The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant is the subtitle of Graham Hancock’s investigative book *The Sign and the Seal*, which explores historical, biblical, and archaeological clues surrounding the fate and possible location of the biblical Ark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5229219 — 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: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant Context triple: [The Sign and the Seal, subtitle, The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant]
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg that introduced archaeologist Indiana Jones in a quest to recover the biblical Ark of the Covenant.
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B.
Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant is the sacred gold-covered chest described in the Hebrew Bible as containing the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and symbolizing God's presence with the Israelites.
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C.
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is an action-adventure video game that follows archaeologist Indiana Jones on a globe-trotting quest set in the 1930s, blending combat, platforming, and puzzle-solving.
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D.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 action-adventure film in the Indiana Jones franchise that follows archaeologist Indiana Jones on a quest for the Holy Grail alongside his father, played by Sean Connery.
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E.
Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils
Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils is an adventure novel in the Indiana Jones series that follows the archaeologist’s perilous quest involving ancient mysteries and exotic locales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant Target entity description: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant is the subtitle of Graham Hancock’s investigative book *The Sign and the Seal*, which explores historical, biblical, and archaeological clues surrounding the fate and possible location of the biblical Ark.
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A.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg that introduced archaeologist Indiana Jones in a quest to recover the biblical Ark of the Covenant.
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B.
Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant is the sacred gold-covered chest described in the Hebrew Bible as containing the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and symbolizing God's presence with the Israelites.
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C.
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is an action-adventure video game that follows archaeologist Indiana Jones on a globe-trotting quest set in the 1930s, blending combat, platforming, and puzzle-solving.
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D.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 action-adventure film in the Indiana Jones franchise that follows archaeologist Indiana Jones on a quest for the Holy Grail alongside his father, played by Sean Connery.
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E.
Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils
Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils is an adventure novel in the Indiana Jones series that follows the archaeologist’s perilous quest involving ancient mysteries and exotic locales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book subtitle
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literary work title ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
investigative literature
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non-fiction ⓘ pseudoarchaeology literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| describes |
fate of the Ark of the Covenant
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possible location of the Ark of the Covenant ⓘ search for the Ark of the Covenant ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Ark of the Covenant
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archaeological investigation ⓘ biblical history ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ historical research ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
exploration of archaeological clues
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exploration of biblical clues ⓘ exploration of historical clues ⓘ intersection of myth and history ⓘ mystery of sacred relics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | The Sign and the Seal ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Ark of the Covenant in the Hebrew Bible
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linked to:
Ark of the Covenant
lost religious artifact ⓘ |
| subtitleOf | The Sign and the Seal ⓘ |
| usedAsMarketingTitleFor | The Sign and the Seal ⓘ |
| usedInWorkBy | Graham Hancock ⓘ |
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: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant Description of subject: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant is the subtitle of Graham Hancock’s investigative book *The Sign and the Seal*, which explores historical, biblical, and archaeological clues surrounding the fate and possible location of the biblical Ark.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.