Basil the Elder
E151813
Basil the Elder was a respected 4th-century Christian teacher and rhetorician in Cappadocia, best known as the father of Basil the Great and several other prominent saints.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Basil the Elder canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1274985 — 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: Basil the Elder Context triple: [Basil of Caesarea, father, Basil the Elder]
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A.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
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B.
Macarius of Egypt
Macarius of Egypt was a 4th-century Christian monk and hermit, venerated as one of the most influential Desert Fathers and a key figure in early Christian monasticism.
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C.
Basil of Caesarea
Basil of Caesarea was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian renowned for his role in shaping early Christian doctrine, especially the development of Trinitarian theology and monasticism in the Eastern Church.
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D.
Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus was a 4th-century Christian monk and theologian known for his influential teachings on asceticism, prayer, and the analysis of sinful thoughts in early Eastern monasticism.
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E.
Palladius of Helenopolis
Palladius of Helenopolis was a 4th–5th century Christian monk and bishop best known for his *Lausiac History*, a seminal account of the lives and practices of the early Desert Fathers and Mothers.
- 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: Basil the Elder Target entity description: Basil the Elder was a respected 4th-century Christian teacher and rhetorician in Cappadocia, best known as the father of Basil the Great and several other prominent saints.
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A.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
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B.
Macarius of Egypt
Macarius of Egypt was a 4th-century Christian monk and hermit, venerated as one of the most influential Desert Fathers and a key figure in early Christian monasticism.
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C.
Basil of Caesarea
Basil of Caesarea was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian renowned for his role in shaping early Christian doctrine, especially the development of Trinitarian theology and monasticism in the Eastern Church.
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D.
Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus was a 4th-century Christian monk and theologian known for his influential teachings on asceticism, prayer, and the analysis of sinful thoughts in early Eastern monasticism.
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E.
Palladius of Helenopolis
Palladius of Helenopolis was a 4th–5th century Christian monk and bishop best known for his *Lausiac History*, a seminal account of the lives and practices of the early Desert Fathers and Mothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century person
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Cappadocian ⓘ Christian teacher ⓘ lay theologian ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cappadocian Fathers
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Christian communities of Cappadocia ⓘ |
| child |
Basil of Caesarea
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surface form:
Basil the Great
Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ Macrina the Younger ⓘ Naucratius ⓘ Peter of Sebaste ⓘ Theosebia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| era | Patristic period ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Late Antiquity
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surface form:
late Roman Empire
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| knownFor |
Christian rhetorical teaching in Cappadocia
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being the father of Basil the Great ⓘ being the father of several prominent saints ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | Greek ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| notableFamily |
Cappadocian Fathers
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surface form:
Cappadocian Fathers family circle
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| notableRelative |
Basil of Caesarea
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surface form:
Basil the Great
Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ Macrina the Younger ⓘ Naucratius ⓘ Peter of Sebaste ⓘ Theosebia ⓘ |
| occupation |
rhetorician
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teacher ⓘ |
| parentalRole | Christian upbringing of his children ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Cappadocia ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Cappadocia ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Emmelia of Caesarea ⓘ |
| spouseReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
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: Basil the Elder Description of subject: Basil the Elder was a respected 4th-century Christian teacher and rhetorician in Cappadocia, best known as the father of Basil the Great and several other prominent saints.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.