Yigael Yadin
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Yigael Yadin was an Israeli archaeologist, military leader, and politician renowned for directing major excavations such as those at Masada and Hazor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yigael Yadin canonical | 8 |
| Yigael Yadin Chair in the Archaeology of Eretz Israel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2786338 — 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: Yigael Yadin Context triple: [Masada, excavatedBy, Yigael Yadin]
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A.
Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician, famed for his role in shaping Israel’s defense strategy and his iconic eye-patch symbolizing the country’s early wars.
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B.
Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon was an Israeli military commander, Palmach leader, and politician who served in senior government roles, including acting prime minister.
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C.
Rafael Eitan
Rafael Eitan was an Israeli general and Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces who played a central role in several key military operations and wars involving Israel.
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D.
Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman was an Israeli military commander and politician who served as the seventh President of Israel and previously as a key architect of the Israeli Air Force.
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E.
Pinhas Lavon
Pinhas Lavon was an Israeli politician and trade union leader who served as Israel’s Minister of Defense in the 1950s and was central to the “Lavon Affair” political scandal.
- 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: Yigael Yadin Target entity description: Yigael Yadin was an Israeli archaeologist, military leader, and politician renowned for directing major excavations such as those at Masada and Hazor.
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A.
Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician, famed for his role in shaping Israel’s defense strategy and his iconic eye-patch symbolizing the country’s early wars.
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B.
Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon was an Israeli military commander, Palmach leader, and politician who served in senior government roles, including acting prime minister.
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C.
Rafael Eitan
Rafael Eitan was an Israeli general and Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces who played a central role in several key military operations and wars involving Israel.
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D.
Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman was an Israeli military commander and politician who served as the seventh President of Israel and previously as a key architect of the Israeli Air Force.
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E.
Pinhas Lavon
Pinhas Lavon was an Israeli politician and trade union leader who served as Israel’s Minister of Defense in the 1950s and was central to the “Lavon Affair” political scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Israeli person
ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| academicWork |
Hazor: The Rediscovery of a Great Citadel of the Bible
ⓘ
Masada ⓘ
surface form:
Masada: Herod’s Fortress and the Zealots’ Last Stand
The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1917-03-21 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Herzl ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1984-06-28 ⓘ |
| directedExcavation |
Hazor
ⓘ
Masada ⓘ Qumran ⓘ
surface form:
Qumran area
|
| educatedAt | Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish people
|
| familyName | Yadin ⓘ |
| father | Eleazar Sukenik ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
archaeology
ⓘ
biblical archaeology ⓘ military history ⓘ |
| givenName |
Yigal
ⓘ
surface form:
Yigael
|
| knownFor |
excavations at Hazor
ⓘ
Masada ⓘ
surface form:
excavations at Masada
research on Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ service as IDF Chief of Staff ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Movement
ⓘ
Democratic Movement for Change ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| name | Yigael Yadin self-link ⓘ |
| occupation |
archaeologist
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Arab–Israeli War of 1948
ⓘ
surface form:
1948 Arab–Israeli War
|
| placeOfBirth | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
ⓘ
Deputy Prime Minister of Israel ⓘ Member of the Knesset ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Haganah
ⓘ
Israel Defense Forces ⓘ |
| spouse | Carmel Yadin ⓘ |
| studied | archaeology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yigael Yadin Chair in the Archaeology of Eretz Israel