Rav Chisda
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Rav Chisda was a prominent third-generation Babylonian Amora and Talmudic sage known for his sharp legal analysis and teachings in the academies of Babylonia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rav Chisda canonical | 9 |
| Rav Chisda at Sura | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3635876 — 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: Rav Chisda Context triple: [Sura, notableStudent, Rav Chisda]
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A.
Rav Ashi
Rav Ashi was a leading Babylonian Talmudic sage traditionally credited with initiating the redaction and organization of the Babylonian Talmud.
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B.
Rav Sheshet
Rav Sheshet was a prominent Babylonian Amoraic sage renowned for his vast Talmudic knowledge and sharp halakhic analysis.
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C.
Rav Huna
Rav Huna was a prominent third-century Babylonian Amora and head of the Sura academy, renowned for his halakhic rulings and influence on the Talmud.
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D.
Rav Yehuda
Rav Yehuda was a prominent early Babylonian Amoraic sage and disciple of Rav who played a key role in shaping Talmudic scholarship.
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E.
Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai
Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai was a prominent second-century Tannaic sage, renowned for his extensive halakhic teachings and frequent citation throughout the Mishnah and Talmud.
- 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: Rav Chisda Target entity description: Rav Chisda was a prominent third-generation Babylonian Amora and Talmudic sage known for his sharp legal analysis and teachings in the academies of Babylonia.
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A.
Rav Ashi
Rav Ashi was a leading Babylonian Talmudic sage traditionally credited with initiating the redaction and organization of the Babylonian Talmud.
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B.
Rav Sheshet
Rav Sheshet was a prominent Babylonian Amoraic sage renowned for his vast Talmudic knowledge and sharp halakhic analysis.
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C.
Rav Huna
Rav Huna was a prominent third-century Babylonian Amora and head of the Sura academy, renowned for his halakhic rulings and influence on the Talmud.
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D.
Rav Yehuda
Rav Yehuda was a prominent early Babylonian Amoraic sage and disciple of Rav who played a key role in shaping Talmudic scholarship.
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E.
Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai
Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai was a prominent second-century Tannaic sage, renowned for his extensive halakhic teachings and frequent citation throughout the Mishnah and Talmud.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amora
ⓘ
Talmudic sage ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Talmud Bavli
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Talmud
|
| associatedWith |
Medieval Babylonian Jewry
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Jewry
Sura ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Rav Huna
ⓘ
Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak ⓘ
surface form:
Rav Nachman
Rava ⓘ |
| era | Talmudic era ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Aggadah
ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| generation | third-generation Amora ⓘ |
| honorific | Rav ⓘ |
| knownFor |
halakhic rulings
ⓘ
sharp legal analysis ⓘ teachings in Babylonian academies ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalArea |
civil law
ⓘ
family law ⓘ laws of purity ⓘ ritual law ⓘ |
| legalMethod |
dialectical analysis
ⓘ
precise formulation of rulings ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bava Batra
ⓘ
Bava Kamma ⓘ Bava Metzia ⓘ Tractate Berakhot ⓘ
surface form:
Berakhot
Gittin ⓘ Talmudic tractates Ketubot ⓘ
surface form:
Ketubot
Tractate Pesachim ⓘ
surface form:
Pesachim
Shabbat ⓘ Yevamot ⓘ |
| region |
Babylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
|
| religiousStatus | Torah scholar ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| role |
Posek
ⓘ
surface form:
posek
rosh yeshiva ⓘ |
| source |
Talmud Bavli
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Talmud
|
| studentOf |
Rav
ⓘ
Rav Huna ⓘ |
| teacherAt | Sura academy ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Rabba bar Nahmani
ⓘ
surface form:
Rabbah bar Rav Huna
Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak ⓘ Rava ⓘ |
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: Rav Chisda Description of subject: Rav Chisda was a prominent third-generation Babylonian Amora and Talmudic sage known for his sharp legal analysis and teachings in the academies of Babylonia.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sura Academy
this entity surface form:
Rav Chisda at Sura