South Philadelphia Hebrew Association
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The South Philadelphia Hebrew Association, commonly known as the Philadelphia Sphas, was a prominent early 20th-century American professional basketball team with strong roots in the city's Jewish community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| South Philadelphia Hebrew Association canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20098136 — 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: South Philadelphia Hebrew Association Context triple: [Philadelphia Sphas, alsoKnownAs, South Philadelphia Hebrew Association]
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A.
Rodef Shalom Congregation
Rodef Shalom Congregation is a historic Reform Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its prominent role in the city’s Jewish religious and cultural life.
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B.
Kahal Adath Jeshurun
Kahal Adath Jeshurun is a historic Orthodox Jewish congregation best known for its landmark 19th-century synagogue on Eldridge Street in New York City’s Lower East Side.
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C.
Beth Sholom Congregation
Beth Sholom Congregation is a prominent Conservative Jewish synagogue in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, renowned for its striking modernist sanctuary designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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D.
Temple Beth David
Temple Beth David is a Jewish synagogue serving the local community in Commack, New York.
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E.
Congregation Mikveh Israel
Congregation Mikveh Israel is one of the oldest and most historically significant Sephardic Jewish congregations in the United States, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 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: South Philadelphia Hebrew Association Target entity description: The South Philadelphia Hebrew Association, commonly known as the Philadelphia Sphas, was a prominent early 20th-century American professional basketball team with strong roots in the city's Jewish community.
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A.
Rodef Shalom Congregation
Rodef Shalom Congregation is a historic Reform Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its prominent role in the city’s Jewish religious and cultural life.
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B.
Kahal Adath Jeshurun
Kahal Adath Jeshurun is a historic Orthodox Jewish congregation best known for its landmark 19th-century synagogue on Eldridge Street in New York City’s Lower East Side.
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C.
Beth Sholom Congregation
Beth Sholom Congregation is a prominent Conservative Jewish synagogue in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, renowned for its striking modernist sanctuary designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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D.
Temple Beth David
Temple Beth David is a Jewish synagogue serving the local community in Commack, New York.
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E.
Congregation Mikveh Israel
Congregation Mikveh Israel is one of the oldest and most historically significant Sephardic Jewish congregations in the United States, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.