Shem Tov ibn Gaon
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Shem Tov ibn Gaon was a medieval Spanish Jewish kabbalist and scholar known for his influential role in the development and transmission of early Kabbalistic thought in Iberia.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19723288 — 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: Shem Tov ibn Gaon Context triple: [Spanish Kabbalah, associatedWithFigure, Shem Tov ibn Gaon]
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A.
Rav Natronai Gaon
Rav Natronai Gaon was a prominent 9th-century Babylonian Talmudic scholar and Gaon of the Pumbedita academy, known for his extensive responsa and leadership in the Geonic era.
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B.
Rabbi Nissim Gaon
Rabbi Nissim Gaon was an 11th-century North African Talmudic scholar and head of the Kairouan yeshiva, renowned for his halakhic rulings and commentaries that influenced later authorities such as Isaac Alfasi.
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C.
Hezekiah Gaon
Hezekiah Gaon was a prominent 11th-century Jewish scholar and the last Gaon of the Pumbedita academy, known for his leadership during the final phase of the Geonic era.
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D.
Rav Yehudai Gaon
Rav Yehudai Gaon was a leading 8th-century Babylonian Talmudic scholar and Gaon whose halakhic rulings and responsa significantly shaped early medieval Jewish law and practice.
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E.
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz was a 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbi of Safed, best known as a leading mystic of the Golden Age of Jewish mysticism.
- 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: Shem Tov ibn Gaon Target entity description: Shem Tov ibn Gaon was a medieval Spanish Jewish kabbalist and scholar known for his influential role in the development and transmission of early Kabbalistic thought in Iberia.
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A.
Rav Natronai Gaon
Rav Natronai Gaon was a prominent 9th-century Babylonian Talmudic scholar and Gaon of the Pumbedita academy, known for his extensive responsa and leadership in the Geonic era.
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B.
Rabbi Nissim Gaon
Rabbi Nissim Gaon was an 11th-century North African Talmudic scholar and head of the Kairouan yeshiva, renowned for his halakhic rulings and commentaries that influenced later authorities such as Isaac Alfasi.
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C.
Hezekiah Gaon
Hezekiah Gaon was a prominent 11th-century Jewish scholar and the last Gaon of the Pumbedita academy, known for his leadership during the final phase of the Geonic era.
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D.
Rav Yehudai Gaon
Rav Yehudai Gaon was a leading 8th-century Babylonian Talmudic scholar and Gaon whose halakhic rulings and responsa significantly shaped early medieval Jewish law and practice.
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E.
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz was a 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbi of Safed, best known as a leading mystic of the Golden Age of Jewish mysticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
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