Judah Ben-Hur
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Judah Ben-Hur is a fictional Jewish prince and former slave in ancient Rome whose journey of betrayal, revenge, and spiritual redemption forms the core of Lew Wallace’s novel *Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ*.
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| Judah Ben-Hur canonical | 14 |
| Judah Ben-Hur to compete in the chariot race | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15066035 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Judah Ben-Hur Context triple: [Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, mainCharacter, Judah Ben-Hur]
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Messala in Ben-Hur
Messala in Ben-Hur is the ambitious and ruthless Roman officer whose betrayal of his childhood friend Judah Ben-Hur drives the central conflict of the 1959 epic film.
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Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic historical drama film renowned for its grand scale, record-setting 11 Academy Awards, and iconic chariot race sequence.
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Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
Sheik Ilderim in *Ben-Hur* is a wealthy, shrewd Arab sheikh who owns the champion horses that enable Judah Ben-Hur to compete in the pivotal chariot race.
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Alexander of Judea
Alexander of Judea was a Hasmonean prince and son of Herod the Great whose contested lineage and political significance made him a notable figure within the Herodian dynasty.
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Barabbas
Barabbas is a figure in the New Testament Gospels who was imprisoned for insurrection and released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus at the crowd’s demand.
- 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: Judah Ben-Hur Target entity description: Judah Ben-Hur is a fictional Jewish prince and former slave in ancient Rome whose journey of betrayal, revenge, and spiritual redemption forms the core of Lew Wallace’s novel *Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ*.
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A.
Messala in Ben-Hur
Messala in Ben-Hur is the ambitious and ruthless Roman officer whose betrayal of his childhood friend Judah Ben-Hur drives the central conflict of the 1959 epic film.
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B.
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic historical drama film renowned for its grand scale, record-setting 11 Academy Awards, and iconic chariot race sequence.
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C.
Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
Sheik Ilderim in *Ben-Hur* is a wealthy, shrewd Arab sheikh who owns the champion horses that enable Judah Ben-Hur to compete in the pivotal chariot race.
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D.
Alexander of Judea
Alexander of Judea was a Hasmonean prince and son of Herod the Great whose contested lineage and political significance made him a notable figure within the Herodian dynasty.
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E.
Barabbas
Barabbas is a figure in the New Testament Gospels who was imprisoned for insurrection and released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus at the crowd’s demand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (novel)
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Messala in Ben-Hur
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Messala in Ben-Hur
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Messala in Ben-Hur
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Messala in Ben-Hur
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Simonides in "Ben-Hur"
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Simonides in "Ben-Hur"
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Simonides in "Ben-Hur"
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Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
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Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
linked to: Judah Ben-Hur
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Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur