Katsav

E262813

Israeli politician human surname

Katsav is the surname of Moshe Katsav, an Israeli politician who served as the eighth President of Israel.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Katsav canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2400932 — 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: Katsav
Context triple: [Moshe Katsav, familyName, Katsav]

A. Seloo
Seloo is a town in the Indian state of Maharashtra, known as a local commercial and educational center within the Vidarbha region.
B. Getsewoud
Getsewoud is a residential neighborhood in the town of Nieuw-Vennep in the Dutch province of North Holland.
C. Kapuskasing
Kapuskasing is a small town in northern Ontario, Canada, known historically for its pulp and paper industry and its location along the Kapuskasing River.
D. Yenakiieve
Yenakiieve is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine, historically known for its coal mining and metallurgical industries.
E. Katchal
Katchal is a dialect of the Nicobarese language spoken by the indigenous community on Katchal Island in India’s Nicobar Islands.
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: Katsav
Target entity description: Katsav is the surname of Moshe Katsav, an Israeli politician who served as the eighth President of Israel.

A. Seloo
Seloo is a town in the Indian state of Maharashtra, known as a local commercial and educational center within the Vidarbha region.
B. Getsewoud
Getsewoud is a residential neighborhood in the town of Nieuw-Vennep in the Dutch province of North Holland.
C. Kapuskasing
Kapuskasing is a small town in northern Ontario, Canada, known historically for its pulp and paper industry and its location along the Kapuskasing River.
D. Yenakiieve
Yenakiieve is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine, historically known for its coal mining and metallurgical industries.
E. Katchal
Katchal is a dialect of the Nicobarese language spoken by the indigenous community on Katchal Island in India’s Nicobar Islands.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Israeli politician ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Iran ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Israel ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
familyName	Katsav self-linksurface differs ⓘ
givenName	Moses ⓘ surface form: Moshe
hasSurname	Katsav self-linksurface differs ⓘ
immigratedTo	Israel ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Hebrew ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Likud party ⓘ surface form: Likud
nativeLanguage	Hebrew ⓘ
notableFor	serving as the eighth President of Israel ⓘ
occupation	politician ⓘ
officeEndTime	2007 ⓘ
officeStartTime	2000 ⓘ
ordinalInOffice	8 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Yazd ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of the Knesset ⓘ Minister of Tourism of Israel ⓘ President of Israel ⓘ
precededBy	Ezer Weizman ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
succeededBy	Shimon Peres ⓘ
usedBy	Moshe Katsav ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moshe Katsav → familyName → Katsav ⓘ

Katsav → familyName → Katsav self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Moshe Katsav

Katsav → hasSurname → Katsav self-linksurface differs ⓘ