Numbers
E19391
Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, recounting the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and organizing laws and censuses.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Numbers canonical | 19 |
| Numbers 18 | 1 |
| Numbers 26 | 1 |
| Numbers 29 | 1 |
| Numbers 31 | 1 |
| numbers | 1 |
| Αριθμοί | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157720 — 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: Numbers Context triple: [Septuagint, includesBook, Numbers]
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Namba
Namba is a major commercial and entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its bustling nightlife, shopping, and iconic neon-lit streets.
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DS
DS is the Directorate of Support, a key administrative and logistical branch responsible for providing essential support services within an intelligence or governmental organization.
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DS
DS is the standardized Diploma Supplement used across the European Higher Education Area to provide transparent, comparable information about higher education qualifications.
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Principles of Mathematics
Principles of Mathematics is Bertrand Russell’s foundational work in mathematical logic and the philosophy of mathematics, arguing that mathematics can be derived from purely logical principles.
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E.
A Loop
A Loop is a modern streetcar route in Portland, Oregon, that provides circulator service through the central city and adjacent neighborhoods as part of the Portland Streetcar system.
- 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: Numbers Target entity description: Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, recounting the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and organizing laws and censuses.
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A.
Namba
Namba is a major commercial and entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its bustling nightlife, shopping, and iconic neon-lit streets.
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B.
DS
DS is the standardized Diploma Supplement used across the European Higher Education Area to provide transparent, comparable information about higher education qualifications.
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C.
DS
DS is the Directorate of Support, a key administrative and logistical branch responsible for providing essential support services within an intelligence or governmental organization.
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D.
Principles of Mathematics
Principles of Mathematics is Bertrand Russell’s foundational work in mathematical logic and the philosophy of mathematics, arguing that mathematics can be derived from purely logical principles.
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E.
A Loop
A Loop is a modern streetcar route in Portland, Oregon, that provides circulator service through the central city and adjacent neighborhoods as part of the Portland Streetcar system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Book of the Bible
ⓘ
Fourth Book of Moses ⓘ Old Testament book ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Moses ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
canonical in Christianity
ⓘ
canonical in Judaism ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Israelites’ wilderness wanderings
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divine guidance and rebellion ⓘ organization of Israelite community ⓘ |
| contains |
censuses
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laws ⓘ wilderness narratives ⓘ |
| division |
Non-priestly narrative material
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Priestly material ⓘ |
| followedBy | Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ |
| genre |
Historical narrative
ⓘ
Legal text ⓘ Religious text ⓘ |
| includesCharacter |
Aaron
ⓘ
Caleb ⓘ Joshua ⓘ Miriam ⓘ Moses ⓘ |
| includesEvent |
Balaam’s oracles
ⓘ
Korah’s rebellion ⓘ
linked to:
Korah's rebellion
bronze serpent episode ⓘ census of Israelite tribes ⓘ spies sent into Canaan ⓘ |
| language |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| liturgicalUse |
read in Christian church lectionaries
ⓘ
read in Jewish synagogue lectionary ⓘ |
| partOf |
Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Torah ⓘ |
| positionInCanon |
fourth book of the Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
fourth book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| precededBy | Book of Leviticus ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | regulates Israel’s worship and camp order ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| setting |
Moab plains
ⓘ
linked to:
Plains of Moab
Sinai wilderness ⓘ
linked to:
Sinai wilderness complex
|
| subject |
Israelite tribes
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribes of Israel
journey from Sinai toward the Promised Land ⓘ |
| title |
Numbers
ⓘ
The Fourth Book of Moses: Numbers ⓘ
linked to:
Five Books of Moses
|
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: Numbers Description of subject: Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, recounting the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and organizing laws and censuses.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Numbers
linked to: Numbers
linked to: Numbers
linked to: Numbers
linked to: Numbers
linked to: Numbers
subject linked to:
Hebrew term "Yam Suf"