Tema
E252902
Tema is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, traditionally regarded as a descendant of Ishmael and associated with a region or tribe in northwestern Arabia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tema canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2283603 — 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: Tema Context triple: [Ishmael, children, Tema]
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A.
Tema
Tema is a major port and industrial city on the Atlantic coast of Ghana, located east of the capital Accra.
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B.
Tevaram
Tevaram is a revered collection of early medieval Tamil devotional hymns dedicated to Lord Shiva, foundational to Tamil Shaivite bhakti tradition and liturgy.
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C.
Titel
Titel is a small town in northern Serbia, situated in the Vojvodina region along the Tisa River.
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D.
Tayasan
Tayasan is a coastal municipality in the province of Negros Oriental in the Philippines, known for its rural communities and agricultural economy.
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E.
the T
The T is the public transit system serving the Greater Boston area, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- 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: Tema Target entity description: Tema is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, traditionally regarded as a descendant of Ishmael and associated with a region or tribe in northwestern Arabia.
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A.
Tema
Tema is a major port and industrial city on the Atlantic coast of Ghana, located east of the capital Accra.
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B.
Tevaram
Tevaram is a revered collection of early medieval Tamil devotional hymns dedicated to Lord Shiva, foundational to Tamil Shaivite bhakti tradition and liturgy.
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C.
Titel
Titel is a small town in northern Serbia, situated in the Vojvodina region along the Tisa River.
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D.
Tayasan
Tayasan is a coastal municipality in the province of Negros Oriental in the Philippines, known for its rural communities and agricultural economy.
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E.
the T
The T is the public transit system serving the Greater Boston area, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
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descendant of Ishmael ⓘ eponymous ancestor ⓘ tribal ancestor ⓘ |
| appearsInPassage |
Genesis 25:13-15
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Isaiah 21:13-14 ⓘ Jeremiah 25:23 ⓘ Job 6:19 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
caravan trade routes
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desert dwellers ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
Temanites
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tribe of Tema ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Arabian Desert
ⓘ
Tema oasis ⓘ Northern Arabia ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Arabia
|
| describedAs | son of Ishmael in Genesis 25 ⓘ |
| hasAncestralRelationTo |
Arab tribes
ⓘ
Ishmaelites ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Ancient Arab groups in the Bible
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Biblical people of the Old Testament ⓘ Ishmaelites ⓘ
surface form:
Ishmaelites in the Bible
|
| hasFather | Ishmael ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Book of Isaiah ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Book of Job ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| nameTransliteratedAs |
Tema
ⓘ
Temaʿ ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ishmael
ⓘ
Kedar ⓘ Nebaioth ⓘ |
| roleInText | ancestor of a people or region ⓘ |
| traditionallyLocatedIn | northern Arabia ⓘ |
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: Tema Description of subject: Tema is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, traditionally regarded as a descendant of Ishmael and associated with a region or tribe in northwestern Arabia.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.