Mahlon
E111242
Mahlon is a minor biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, known as one of Naomi’s sons and the first husband of Ruth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahlon canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T917176 — 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: Mahlon Context triple: [Book of Ruth, mentionsFigure, Mahlon]
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A.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
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B.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
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C.
Ogden Rood
Ogden Rood was a 19th-century American physicist and color theorist whose work on color perception and optical mixing significantly shaped modern art movements.
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D.
Gilbert
Gilbert is a masculine given name of Norman-French origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including philosophers, writers, and entertainers.
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E.
Gilbert
Gilbert is a rapidly growing suburban town in the southeastern Phoenix metropolitan area known for its family-friendly communities and high quality of life.
- 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: Mahlon Target entity description: Mahlon is a minor biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, known as one of Naomi’s sons and the first husband of Ruth.
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A.
Milhous
Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
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B.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
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C.
Ogden Rood
Ogden Rood was a 19th-century American physicist and color theorist whose work on color perception and optical mixing significantly shaped modern art movements.
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D.
Gilbert
Gilbert is a rapidly growing suburban town in the southeastern Phoenix metropolitan area known for its family-friendly communities and high quality of life.
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E.
Gilbert
Gilbert is a masculine given name of Norman-French origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including philosophers, writers, and entertainers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Ruth 1
ⓘ
Ruth 4 ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
exile
ⓘ
family lineage ⓘ levirate-like marriage ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
recognized in Christian canon
ⓘ
recognized in Jewish canon ⓘ |
| deathPrecedes | marriageOfRuthAndBoaz ⓘ |
| diedIn | Moab ⓘ |
| fromPlace | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| fromRegion | Judah ⓘ |
| hasBrother | Chilion ⓘ |
| hasFather | Elimelech ⓘ |
| hasMother | Naomi ⓘ |
| hasNationality |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| hasRole |
first husband of Ruth
ⓘ
son of Elimelech ⓘ son of Naomi ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Ruth ⓘ |
| hasTribalAffiliation |
Ephrathite
ⓘ
linked to:
Ephrath
|
| lineageConnectedTo |
King David
ⓘ
Messianic line (Christian tradition) ⓘ |
| lineageContinuedThrough | Boaz ⓘ |
| marriageLeadsTo | Ruth’sIntegrationIntoIsrael ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Ruth ⓘ |
| migratedTo | Moab ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| nameTransliteration | Machlon ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousTextContext |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| scripturalStatus | minor biblical character ⓘ |
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: Mahlon Description of subject: Mahlon is a minor biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, known as one of Naomi’s sons and the first husband of Ruth.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.