Salmon
E1025554
Salmon is a biblical figure mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus, traditionally recognized as the father of Boaz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salmon canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13050600 — 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: Salmon Context triple: [Rahab, spouseInTradition, Salmon]
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A.
Salmon
Salmon is a common name for several species of migratory fish in the family Salmonidae, widely known as a popular food source and for their remarkable upstream spawning journeys.
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B.
Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon is a migratory fish species native to the North Atlantic Ocean and its connected rivers, renowned for its long-distance spawning runs and importance in both ecology and fisheries.
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C.
Herring
Herring is a common name for several species of small, oily forage fish found in the temperate waters of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans.
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D.
Herring
Herring is a common surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including American socialite and political activist Joanne Herring.
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E.
Tuna
Tuna is a locality in Botkyrka Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden.
- 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: Salmon Target entity description: Salmon is a biblical figure mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus, traditionally recognized as the father of Boaz.
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A.
Salmon
Salmon is a common name for several species of migratory fish in the family Salmonidae, widely known as a popular food source and for their remarkable upstream spawning journeys.
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B.
Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon is a migratory fish species native to the North Atlantic Ocean and its connected rivers, renowned for its long-distance spawning runs and importance in both ecology and fisheries.
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C.
Herring
Herring is a common name for several species of small, oily forage fish found in the temperate waters of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans.
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D.
Herring
Herring is a common surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including American socialite and political activist Joanne Herring.
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E.
Tuna
Tuna is a locality in Botkyrka Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person in the Bible ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Jesus
ⓘ
King David ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Luke 3
ⓘ
Matthew 1 ⓘ Ruth 4 ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Israelite settlement period (traditional context) ⓘ |
| associatedLocation |
Bethlehem (by genealogical association)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bethlehem
|
| child | Boaz ⓘ |
| genealogicalLine |
line of Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribe of Judah
|
| genealogicalRelation |
great-grandfather of Jesse (by biblical genealogy)
ⓘ
great-great-grandfather of David (by biblical genealogy) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| listedAs |
ancestor of Jesus in Luke 3:32
ⓘ
father of Boaz in Matthew 1:5 ⓘ father of Boaz in Ruth 4:21 ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Ruth
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| nameForm |
Salmon
ⓘ
Σαλμών (Greek New Testament form) ⓘ |
| partOfGenealogy |
Genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3
ⓘ
Genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1 ⓘ
linked to:
Genealogy of Jesus
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInText |
ancestor of Jesus
ⓘ
father of Boaz ⓘ |
| spouse | Rahab ⓘ |
| textualGenre | genealogy list in the New Testament ⓘ |
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: Salmon Description of subject: Salmon is a biblical figure mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus, traditionally recognized as the father of Boaz.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.