Abital
E20176
Abital is one of the lesser-known wives of the biblical King David, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the mother of his son Shephatiah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abital canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158604 — 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: Abital Context triple: [King David, spouse, Abital]
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A.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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B.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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C.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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D.
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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E.
Shuar
Shuar is an indigenous language of the Jivaroan family spoken by the Shuar people primarily in the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
- 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: Abital Target entity description: Abital is one of the lesser-known wives of the biblical King David, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the mother of his son Shephatiah.
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A.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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B.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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C.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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D.
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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E.
Shuar
Shuar is an indigenous language of the Jivaroan family spoken by the Shuar people primarily in the Amazonian regions of Ecuador and Peru.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
woman ⓘ |
| appearsInBook |
Books of Chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
First Book of Chronicles
2 Samuel ⓘ
surface form:
Second Book of Samuel
|
| associatedWith |
King Davidic dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
House of David
|
| canonicalStatus | canonical biblical figure ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild | Shephatiah ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| maritalRelationContext | polygynous marriage of David ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Chronicles 3:3
ⓘ
2 Samuel 3:4 ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| motherOf | Shephatiah ⓘ |
| nameType | theophoric name ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the wives of King David
ⓘ
being the mother of Shephatiah ⓘ |
| positionInListOfDavidWives | fifth ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | minor character ⓘ |
| spouse | David ⓘ |
| spouseOf | King David ⓘ |
| spouseOfTitle |
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
ⓘ
surface form:
King of Israel
|
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: Abital Description of subject: Abital is one of the lesser-known wives of the biblical King David, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the mother of his son Shephatiah.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.