Kedar
E252897
Kedar is traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Ishmael and the ancestor of a nomadic Arab tribe mentioned in biblical and historical sources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kedar canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2283596 — 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: Kedar Context triple: [Ishmael, children, Kedar]
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A.
Sundar
Sundar is the given name of Sundar Pichai, the Indian-American CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google.
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B.
Shalin
Shalin is a Malaysian ten-pin bowler renowned for her numerous international titles and status as one of Asia’s most successful female bowlers.
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C.
Saketa
Saketa is the ancient name of the historic Indian city now known as Ayodhya, a major cultural and religious center in Hindu tradition.
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D.
Kesava
Kesava is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu, highlighting him as the slayer of the demon Keshi and the one with beautiful, luxuriant hair.
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E.
Pavanputra
Pavanputra is a revered epithet of the Hindu deity Hanuman, highlighting his divine parentage as the son of the wind god.
- 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: Kedar Target entity description: Kedar is traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Ishmael and the ancestor of a nomadic Arab tribe mentioned in biblical and historical sources.
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A.
Sundar
Sundar is the given name of Sundar Pichai, the Indian-American CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google.
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B.
Shalin
Shalin is a Malaysian ten-pin bowler renowned for her numerous international titles and status as one of Asia’s most successful female bowlers.
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C.
Saketa
Saketa is the ancient name of the historic Indian city now known as Ayodhya, a major cultural and religious center in Hindu tradition.
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D.
Kesava
Kesava is a revered epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu, highlighting him as the slayer of the demon Keshi and the one with beautiful, luxuriant hair.
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E.
Pavanputra
Pavanputra is a revered epithet of the Hindu deity Hanuman, highlighting his divine parentage as the son of the wind god.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
eponymous ancestor ⓘ human ⓘ son of Ishmael ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arab tribes
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black tents ⓘ nomadic pastoralists ⓘ north Arabian desert ⓘ |
| childOf | Ishmael ⓘ |
| describedAs | dweller in tents ⓘ |
| ethnicAncestorOf | tribe of Kedar ⓘ |
| grandchildOf |
Abraham
ⓘ
Hagar ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | genealogies of the sons of Ishmael ⓘ |
| languageContext | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Ezekiel
ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Isaiah ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| nameForm |
Qahtan
ⓘ
surface form:
קֵדָר
|
| region | Ancient Near East ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
Ishmaelites ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| sourceType | biblical and historical sources ⓘ |
| timePeriod | patriarchal era ⓘ |
| traditionallyRegardedAs | ancestor of a nomadic Arab tribe ⓘ |
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: Kedar Description of subject: Kedar is traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Ishmael and the ancestor of a nomadic Arab tribe mentioned in biblical and historical sources.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.