Simeon the God-receiver
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Simeon the God-receiver is a biblical figure in Christian tradition revered as the righteous elder who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah during His presentation in the Temple.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simeon | 3 |
| Saint Simeon | 2 |
| Righteous Simeon | 1 |
| Simeon (in the Temple narrative) | 1 |
| Simeon the God-Receiver | 1 |
| Simeon the God-receiver canonical | 1 |
| Simeon the Righteous | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2380125 — 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: Simeon the God-receiver Context triple: [Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, associatedWithFigure, Simeon the God-receiver]
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A.
Simeon
Simeon is a biblical figure, one of the twelve sons of Jacob and a progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel.
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B.
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming is the monastic name of Stefan Nemanja, the medieval Serbian grand prince revered as a founding figure of the Serbian state and church and honored for the miraculous myrrh said to have flowed from his relics.
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C.
St. Symeon
St. Symeon was a medieval port serving the Principality of Antioch, functioning as its key maritime gateway for trade and communication in the eastern Mediterranean.
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D.
Nicholas the Wonderworker
Nicholas the Wonderworker is a revered 4th-century Christian bishop and miracle-working saint, best known as the historical figure behind the legend of Saint Nicholas.
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E.
Patriarch Isaac
Patriarch Isaac is a central biblical figure in the Hebrew tradition, known as the son of Abraham and father of Jacob, and regarded as one of the founding patriarchs of Israel.
- 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: Simeon the God-receiver Target entity description: Simeon the God-receiver is a biblical figure in Christian tradition revered as the righteous elder who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah during His presentation in the Temple.
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A.
Simeon
Simeon is a biblical figure, one of the twelve sons of Jacob and a progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel.
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B.
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming is the monastic name of Stefan Nemanja, the medieval Serbian grand prince revered as a founding figure of the Serbian state and church and honored for the miraculous myrrh said to have flowed from his relics.
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C.
St. Symeon
St. Symeon was a medieval port serving the Principality of Antioch, functioning as its key maritime gateway for trade and communication in the eastern Mediterranean.
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D.
Nicholas the Wonderworker
Nicholas the Wonderworker is a revered 4th-century Christian bishop and miracle-working saint, best known as the historical figure behind the legend of Saint Nicholas.
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E.
Patriarch Isaac
Patriarch Isaac is a central biblical figure in the Hebrew tradition, known as the son of Abraham and father of Jacob, and regarded as one of the founding patriarchs of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian holy person
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Meeting of the Lord
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple ⓘ
surface form:
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
|
| associatedWithPlace |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Jewish Temple ⓘ
surface form:
Temple in Jerusalem
|
| associatedWithPrayer |
Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
ⓘ
surface form:
Nunc dimittis (Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
|
| awaited | consolation of Israel ⓘ |
| category |
Biblical saints
ⓘ
People in the Gospel of Luke ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn |
Candlemas
ⓘ
Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord ⓘ |
| describedAs |
devout
ⓘ
righteous ⓘ |
| feastDay |
February 2
ⓘ
February 3 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| guidedBy |
God the Holy Spirit
ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Spirit
|
| hasNameVariant |
Simeon the God-receiver
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Simeon
Simeon the God-receiver self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Simeon the Righteous
Symeon the God-receiver ⓘ |
| hasRole | righteous elder ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
elder holding the Christ Child
ⓘ
scene of the Presentation in the Temple ⓘ |
| knownFor |
meeting Jesus at His presentation in the Temple
ⓘ
proclaiming the Nunc dimittis ⓘ recognizing the infant Jesus as the Messiah ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedInChapter | Luke 2 ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | witness to the Messiahship of Jesus ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spokeProphecyAbout |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Mary, the mother of Jesus
|
| title |
Simeon the God-receiver
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Righteous Simeon
the God-receiver ⓘ |
| tradition | Christian tradition ⓘ |
| utteredText |
Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
ⓘ
surface form:
Nunc dimittis
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| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
European Lutheran churches ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
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: Simeon the God-receiver Description of subject: Simeon the God-receiver is a biblical figure in Christian tradition revered as the righteous elder who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah during His presentation in the Temple.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
→
associatedWithFigure
→
Simeon the God-receiver
ⓘ
Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace)
→
isSpokenBy
→
Simeon the God-receiver
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Nunc Dimittis
this entity surface form:
Simeon
this entity surface form:
Saint Simeon
subject surface form:
Anna
this entity surface form:
Simeon (in the Temple narrative)
this entity surface form:
Simeon the God-Receiver
this entity surface form:
Simeon
subject surface form:
Anna
this entity surface form:
Simeon
this entity surface form:
Righteous Simeon
this entity surface form:
Saint Simeon
this entity surface form:
Simeon the Righteous