Hannah
E112936
Hannah is a biblical figure in the Book of 1 Samuel known for her fervent prayer for a child and as the mother of the prophet Samuel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hannah canonical | 22 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899381 — 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: Hannah Context triple: [1 Samuel, centralFigure, Hannah]
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A.
Hannah Gurney
Hannah Gurney was a member of the prominent Quaker Gurney family of Norwich, known for her connections to leading 19th-century British social reformers.
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B.
Hannah Jeter
Hannah Jeter is an American fashion model and television host best known for her work with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and for co-hosting "Project Runway: Junior."
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C.
Leah
Leah is a prominent biblical matriarch, wife of Jacob and mother of several tribes of Israel, traditionally believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
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D.
Sara
Sara is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess," historically borne by notable figures including Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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E.
Olivia
Olivia is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "olive tree," widely used in English-speaking countries and popularized by literature and modern media.
- 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: Hannah Target entity description: Hannah is a biblical figure in the Book of 1 Samuel known for her fervent prayer for a child and as the mother of the prophet Samuel.
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A.
Hannah Gurney
Hannah Gurney was a member of the prominent Quaker Gurney family of Norwich, known for her connections to leading 19th-century British social reformers.
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B.
Hannah Jeter
Hannah Jeter is an American fashion model and television host best known for her work with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and for co-hosting "Project Runway: Junior."
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C.
Leah
Leah is a prominent biblical matriarch, wife of Jacob and mother of several tribes of Israel, traditionally believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
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D.
Sara
Sara is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess," historically borne by notable figures including Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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E.
Olivia
Olivia is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "olive tree," widely used in English-speaking countries and popularized by literature and modern media.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
1 Samuel
ⓘ
surface form:
1 Samuel 1
1 Samuel 2 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Shiloh ⓘ |
| brings | Samuel to Eli at Shiloh ⓘ |
| coWifeOf | Peninnah ⓘ |
| dedicates | Samuel to the LORD ⓘ |
| describedAs | barren before the birth of Samuel ⓘ |
| ethnicIdentity |
Israelites
ⓘ
surface form:
Israelite
|
| hasChild |
Samuel
ⓘ
unnamed daughter ⓘ unnamed son ⓘ |
| influences | Samuel’s dedication to prophetic service ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fervent prayer for a child
ⓘ
song of praise in 1 Samuel 2 ⓘ vow to dedicate her son to the LORD ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literaryType | character in Deuteronomistic history ⓘ |
| makes | a little robe for Samuel each year ⓘ |
| makesVowIn | 1 Samuel 1 ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Samuel
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of 1 Samuel
|
| mockedBy | Peninnah ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | grace ⓘ |
| praysAt | sanctuary at Shiloh ⓘ |
| praysBefore |
Eli
ⓘ
surface form:
Eli the priest
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam (as a traditional figure often identified with the mother of Mary) ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
example of faithful prayer
ⓘ
mother of the prophet Samuel ⓘ |
| singsIn | 1 Samuel 2 ⓘ |
| songParallels | themes later echoed in the Magnificat ⓘ |
| spouse | Elkanah ⓘ |
| themeIllustrated |
God’s care for the lowly and barren
ⓘ
reversal of fortunes ⓘ |
| visits | Samuel annually ⓘ |
| vowsTo |
give her son to the LORD all the days of his life
ⓘ
have no razor come upon her son’s head ⓘ |
| weeps | because of her barrenness ⓘ |
| worships |
YHWH
ⓘ
surface form:
the LORD (YHWH)
|
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: Hannah Description of subject: Hannah is a biblical figure in the Book of 1 Samuel known for her fervent prayer for a child and as the mother of the prophet Samuel.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Samuel
subject surface form:
Hannah Callowhill Penn