שְׁכֶם
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שְׁכֶם (Shechem) is an ancient city of major biblical and historical significance in the central hill country of the Land of Israel, near modern-day Nablus in the West Bank.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| שְׁכֶם canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2967002 — 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: שְׁכֶם Context triple: [Shechem, nameInHebrewScript, שְׁכֶם]
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A.
Shemiran
Shemiran is a historically affluent northern district of Tehran, Iran, known for its cooler climate, gardens, and former royal residences.
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B.
سيحون
سيحون هو الاسم العربي لنهر سيحون المعروف اليوم بنهر سيح داريا، أحد الأنهار الكبرى في آسيا الوسطى.
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C.
Shuafat
Shuafat is a Palestinian neighborhood and refugee camp in East Jerusalem known for its dense population, complex political status, and challenging living conditions.
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D.
Simele
Simele is a town in the Dohuk Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, historically known as the site of the 1933 massacre of Assyrian Christians.
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E.
Shimsha
Shimsha is a river in southern India that flows through Karnataka and is known for its waterfalls and contribution to the Kaveri river system.
- 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: שְׁכֶם Target entity description: שְׁכֶם (Shechem) is an ancient city of major biblical and historical significance in the central hill country of the Land of Israel, near modern-day Nablus in the West Bank.
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A.
Shemiran
Shemiran is a historically affluent northern district of Tehran, Iran, known for its cooler climate, gardens, and former royal residences.
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B.
سيحون
سيحون هو الاسم العربي لنهر سيحون المعروف اليوم بنهر سيح داريا، أحد الأنهار الكبرى في آسيا الوسطى.
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C.
Shuafat
Shuafat is a Palestinian neighborhood and refugee camp in East Jerusalem known for its dense population, complex political status, and challenging living conditions.
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D.
Simele
Simele is a town in the Dohuk Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, historically known as the site of the 1933 massacre of Assyrian Christians.
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E.
Shimsha
Shimsha is a river in southern India that flows through Karnataka and is known for its waterfalls and contribution to the Kaveri river system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ biblical city ⓘ |
| arabicName | نابلس القديمة (تل بلاطة / شكيم التاريخية) ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSiteName | Tel Balata ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Samaritans
ⓘ
Abraham ⓘ
surface form:
patriarch Abraham
patriarch Jacob ⓘ patriarch Joseph ⓘ tribe of Ephraim ⓘ Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ
surface form:
tribe of Manasseh
|
| biblicalEvent |
Abram
ⓘ
surface form:
Abraham built an altar near Shechem
Dinah incident involving sons of Jacob ⓘ Jacob purchased land near Shechem ⓘ burial of Joseph’s bones at Shechem ⓘ covenant renewal under Joshua at Shechem ⓘ crowning of Abimelech as king at Shechem ⓘ proclamation of blessings and curses between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal ⓘ |
| contains | large Canaanite temple ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Assyria
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian Empire
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
Roman Empire ⓘ Canaanites ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Canaanites
Israelites ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Israelites
|
| country |
Eretz HaKodesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
|
| excavatedBy |
American archaeological expeditions
ⓘ
German archaeological expeditions ⓘ |
| fortifications | massive Middle Bronze Age city wall ⓘ |
| greekName | Σίκιμα ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalLayersFrom |
Iron Age
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ Middle Bronze Age ⓘ |
| hebrewName | שְׁכֶם self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important archaeological and biblical heritage site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
West Bank
ⓘ
central hill country of the Land of Israel ⓘ State of Palestine ⓘ
surface form:
modern-day State of Palestine
region of Samaria ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Nablus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Books of Chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Chronicles
Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Kings
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
New Testament ⓘ |
| nearbySacredSite |
Mount Gerizim area
ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Gerizim Samaritan sanctuary
|
| religiousSignificance | holy site for Samaritans ⓘ |
| servedAs |
capital of the Kingdom of Israel in its early phase
ⓘ
early cultic center in ancient Israel ⓘ political center in the period of the Judges ⓘ |
| situatedBetween |
Mount Ebal
ⓘ
Mount Gerizim area ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Gerizim
|
| successorSettlement | Flavia Neapolis (Nablus) ⓘ |
| transliteration | Shechem ⓘ |
| valleyLocation | between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal ⓘ |
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: שְׁכֶם Description of subject: שְׁכֶם (Shechem) is an ancient city of major biblical and historical significance in the central hill country of the Land of Israel, near modern-day Nablus in the West Bank.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
שכם