Good Shepherd mosaic
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The Good Shepherd mosaic is a renowned early Christian artwork depicting Christ as a shepherd amid a lush, symbolic landscape, celebrated for its rich colors and intricate detail.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Good Shepherd mosaic canonical | 2 |
| Lamb of God mosaic | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6253683 — 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: Good Shepherd mosaic Context triple: [Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, hasFeature, Good Shepherd mosaic]
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A.
Annunciation mosaic
The Annunciation mosaic is a renowned Byzantine artwork at Daphni Monastery depicting the angel Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary that she will bear Christ, celebrated for its refined style and spiritual intensity.
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B.
Crucifixion mosaic
The Crucifixion mosaic at Daphni Monastery is a renowned 11th-century Byzantine artwork celebrated for its classical balance, emotional restraint, and refined depiction of Christ’s crucifixion.
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C.
Tree of Life mosaic
The Tree of Life mosaic is a renowned early Islamic floor mosaic at Hisham's Palace near Jericho, depicting a stylized tree flanked by peaceful and violent animal scenes that symbolize themes of power and tranquility.
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D.
Alexander Mosaic
The Alexander Mosaic is a famous Roman floor mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, depicting Alexander the Great’s battle against the Persian king Darius III and renowned for its intricate detail and historical significance.
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E.
Virgil Mosaic
Virgil Mosaic is an ancient Roman floor mosaic depicting the poet Virgil, renowned for its artistic detail and literary significance, and preserved today as a major archaeological artwork.
- 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: Good Shepherd mosaic Target entity description: The Good Shepherd mosaic is a renowned early Christian artwork depicting Christ as a shepherd amid a lush, symbolic landscape, celebrated for its rich colors and intricate detail.
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A.
Annunciation mosaic
The Annunciation mosaic is a renowned Byzantine artwork at Daphni Monastery depicting the angel Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary that she will bear Christ, celebrated for its refined style and spiritual intensity.
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B.
Crucifixion mosaic
The Crucifixion mosaic at Daphni Monastery is a renowned 11th-century Byzantine artwork celebrated for its classical balance, emotional restraint, and refined depiction of Christ’s crucifixion.
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C.
Tree of Life mosaic
The Tree of Life mosaic is a renowned early Islamic floor mosaic at Hisham's Palace near Jericho, depicting a stylized tree flanked by peaceful and violent animal scenes that symbolize themes of power and tranquility.
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D.
Alexander Mosaic
The Alexander Mosaic is a famous Roman floor mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, depicting Alexander the Great’s battle against the Persian king Darius III and renowned for its intricate detail and historical significance.
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E.
Virgil Mosaic
Virgil Mosaic is an ancient Roman floor mosaic depicting the poet Virgil, renowned for its artistic detail and literary significance, and preserved today as a major archaeological artwork.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious artwork
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early Christian mosaic ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christ as the Good Shepherd
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linked to:
Good Shepherd
Christ surrounded by sheep ⓘ a lush symbolic landscape ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle |
early Christian art
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late antique mosaic ⓘ |
| hasCompositionFeature |
central figure of Christ
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landscape background ⓘ symmetrical arrangement of sheep ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
devotional image
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didactic image ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
religious art
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sacred art ⓘ |
| hasIconographicElement |
haloed Christ
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pastoral setting ⓘ shepherd’s staff ⓘ |
| hasIconographicType | Good Shepherd ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
glass tesserae
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gold tesserae ⓘ stone tesserae ⓘ |
| hasPeriod | early Christian period ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
cross-like staff
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halo of Christ ⓘ lush vegetation ⓘ rocks and hills ⓘ sheep ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christ as shepherd
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pastoral care ⓘ salvation ⓘ |
| hasVisualCharacteristic |
intricate detail
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rich colors ⓘ |
| isCelebratedFor |
its intricate detail
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its rich colors ⓘ its symbolic landscape ⓘ |
| representsConcept |
Christ as guide
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Christ as protector ⓘ paradise ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
glass tesserae
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gold tesserae ⓘ |
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: Good Shepherd mosaic Description of subject: The Good Shepherd mosaic is a renowned early Christian artwork depicting Christ as a shepherd amid a lush, symbolic landscape, celebrated for its rich colors and intricate detail.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.