Sea of Galilee
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The Sea of Galilee is a large freshwater lake in northeastern Israel, historically and religiously significant in Judaism and Christianity and a key site in the New Testament.
All labels observed (17)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113588 — 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: Sea of Galilee Context triple: [Tiberias, locatedNear, Sea of Galilee]
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A.
Tiberias
Tiberias is an ancient city in northern Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, historically significant as a major center of Jewish learning and pilgrimage.
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B.
Dead Sea shore
The Dead Sea shore is the hypersaline coastline of the landlocked Dead Sea, renowned as the lowest exposed land on Earth and a major natural and tourist landmark in the Middle East.
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C.
Lake Assal
Lake Assal is a hypersaline crater lake in Djibouti renowned as the lowest point on the African continent and one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.
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D.
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is a vast freshwater lake in East Africa, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, and is renowned as the world’s largest tropical lake and a vital regional resource.
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E.
Lake Carnegie
Lake Carnegie is a man-made lake in Princeton, New Jersey, best known as a rowing and recreational waterway associated with Princeton University.
- 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: Sea of Galilee Target entity description: The Sea of Galilee is a large freshwater lake in northeastern Israel, historically and religiously significant in Judaism and Christianity and a key site in the New Testament.
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A.
Tiberias
Tiberias is an ancient city in northern Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, historically significant as a major center of Jewish learning and pilgrimage.
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B.
Dead Sea shore
The Dead Sea shore is the hypersaline coastline of the landlocked Dead Sea, renowned as the lowest exposed land on Earth and a major natural and tourist landmark in the Middle East.
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C.
Lake Assal
Lake Assal is a hypersaline crater lake in Djibouti renowned as the lowest point on the African continent and one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.
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D.
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is a vast freshwater lake in East Africa, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, and is renowned as the world’s largest tropical lake and a vital regional resource.
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E.
Lake Carnegie
Lake Carnegie is a man-made lake in Princeton, New Jersey, best known as a rowing and recreational waterway associated with Princeton University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freshwater lake
ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ lake ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sea of Galilee
ⓘ
surface form:
Kinneret
Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Kinneret
Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Tiberias
Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form:
Lake of Gennesaret
Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form:
Sea of Tiberias
|
| area |
about 166 square kilometers
ⓘ
about 64 square miles ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Jesus walking on water
ⓘ
calling of the first disciples ⓘ calming of the storm ⓘ miraculous catch of fish ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Israel ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Golan Heights
ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Galilee
|
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| distanceFromMediterranean | about 27 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| elevation |
about -210 meters
ⓘ
about -690 feet ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
|
| hasType | natural lake ⓘ |
| inflow | Jordan River ⓘ |
| isLowest | lowest freshwater lake on Earth ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galilee
ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley ⓘ Galilee ⓘ
surface form:
northeastern Israel
|
| maximumDepth |
about 141 feet
ⓘ
about 43 meters ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospels
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Hebrew word "Kinneret" ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Bethsaida
ⓘ
Capernaum ⓘ Magdala ⓘ Tiberias ⓘ |
| outflow | Jordan River ⓘ |
| partOf |
East African Rift
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Rift Valley
|
| religionSignificance |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
drinking water supply
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Sea of Galilee Description of subject: The Sea of Galilee is a large freshwater lake in northeastern Israel, historically and religiously significant in Judaism and Christianity and a key site in the New Testament.
Referenced by (75)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lake Kinneret
this entity surface form:
Lake Tiberias
this entity surface form:
Kinneret
this entity surface form:
Lake Kinneret
this entity surface form:
Sea of Tiberias
this entity surface form:
Lake of Gennesaret
this entity surface form:
Sea of Galilee and surrounding hills
this entity surface form:
Lake Kinneret
this entity surface form:
Sea of Galilee (distant views)
this entity surface form:
Sea of Galilee shoreline
this entity surface form:
Lake Kinneret
this entity surface form:
Sea of Galilee basin
this entity surface form:
shore of the Sea of Galilee
subject surface form:
Tribe of Naftali
this entity surface form:
Chinnereth
subject surface form:
Tribe of Naftali
this entity surface form:
Sea of Galilee region (upper Jordan River area)
this entity surface form:
Lake Gennesaret
this entity surface form:
Sea of Galilee area