feeding of the five thousand
E328015
The feeding of the five thousand is a New Testament miracle of Jesus in which he multiplies a small amount of food to feed a vast crowd, symbolizing divine provision and abundance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| feeding of the five thousand canonical | 3 |
| Feeding of the Five Thousand | 1 |
| Feeding of the four thousand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3098570 — 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: feeding of the five thousand Context triple: [Book of Signs, containsSign, feeding of the five thousand]
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A.
Bread of Life
Bread of Life is a title for Jesus Christ that emphasizes him as the spiritual sustenance and source of eternal life for believers.
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B.
Loaves and Fishes
Loaves and Fishes is Dorothy Day’s autobiographical account of her life, faith, and the founding and work of the Catholic Worker movement among the poor.
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C.
Agape feast
Agape feast is an early Christian communal meal centered on fellowship, charity, and shared love among believers.
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D.
Last Supper
The Last Supper is the final meal Jesus shared with his disciples, commemorated in Christian tradition as the institution of the Eucharist and a pivotal moment before his crucifixion.
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E.
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a famous 1633 maritime painting by Rembrandt depicting a dramatic biblical scene of Christ calming a storm-tossed sea.
- 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: feeding of the five thousand Target entity description: The feeding of the five thousand is a New Testament miracle of Jesus in which he multiplies a small amount of food to feed a vast crowd, symbolizing divine provision and abundance.
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A.
Bread of Life
Bread of Life is a title for Jesus Christ that emphasizes him as the spiritual sustenance and source of eternal life for believers.
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B.
Loaves and Fishes
Loaves and Fishes is Dorothy Day’s autobiographical account of her life, faith, and the founding and work of the Catholic Worker movement among the poor.
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C.
Agape feast
Agape feast is an early Christian communal meal centered on fellowship, charity, and shared love among believers.
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D.
Last Supper
The Last Supper is the final meal Jesus shared with his disciples, commemorated in Christian tradition as the institution of the Eucharist and a pivotal moment before his crucifixion.
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E.
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a famous 1633 maritime painting by Rembrandt depicting a dramatic biblical scene of Christ calming a storm-tossed sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gospel narrative
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New Testament miracle ⓘ biblical event ⓘ miracle of Jesus ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
John 6
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Luke 9 ⓘ Mark 6 ⓘ Matthew 14 ⓘ |
| hasAction |
Jesus blesses the loaves and fish
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Jesus breaks the loaves ⓘ disciples distribute food ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfPeople |
5000 men
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women and children in addition ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedCommand | You give them something to eat ⓘ |
| hasAudienceInNarrative | Jewish crowd ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | present in all four canonical Gospels ⓘ |
| hasFoodItem |
five loaves
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two fish ⓘ |
| hasGenre | miracle story ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfEarliestText | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalUse | read in Christian worship ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
near the Sea of Galilee
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remote place ⓘ |
| hasLocationTradition |
Bethsaida
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surface form:
Bethsaida region
|
| hasMainSubject | Jesus ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfBaskets | 12 ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
crowd fed
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food multiplied ⓘ leftover food collected ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Jesus
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disciples of Jesus ⓘ large crowd ⓘ |
| hasResultDetail |
all ate and were satisfied
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twelve baskets of leftovers collected ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism |
abundance
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compassion of Jesus ⓘ divine provision ⓘ messianic banquet imagery ⓘ |
| hasTemporalSetting |
before the walking on water narrative in the Gospels
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during Jesus’ Galilean ministry ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalTheme |
Jesus as bread of life
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faith in God’s provision ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
feeding of the five thousand
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Feeding of the four thousand
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| narratedIn |
Gospel of John
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Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| prefigures |
Holy Eucharist
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surface form:
Eucharist
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: feeding of the five thousand Description of subject: The feeding of the five thousand is a New Testament miracle of Jesus in which he multiplies a small amount of food to feed a vast crowd, symbolizing divine provision and abundance.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Feeding of the Five Thousand
feeding of the five thousand
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isDistinctFrom
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feeding of the five thousand
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Feeding of the five thousand
this entity surface form:
Feeding of the four thousand