Onan
E437639
Onan is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the second son of Judah whose refusal to fulfill his levirate duty led to his death by divine judgment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Onan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4405683 — 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: Onan Context triple: [Judah son of Jacob, child, Onan]
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A.
Onikan
Onikan is a historic neighborhood on Lagos Island in Lagos, Nigeria, known for its cultural landmarks, sports and event venues, and proximity to the city’s central business and administrative districts.
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B.
Ota
Ota is a historically significant Awori town in southwestern Nigeria that has grown into a major industrial and educational hub.
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C.
Onne
Onne is a port town in Rivers State, Nigeria, known for its major oil and gas logistics base and deepwater port facilities.
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D.
Nambui
Nambui was a Mongol empress consort of the Yuan dynasty and a prominent wife of Kublai Khan, influential in the imperial court after the death of his first empress.
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E.
Noatun
Noatun is the seaside home of the Norse sea god Njord, often depicted as a peaceful, ship-filled haven by the water.
- 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: Onan Target entity description: Onan is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the second son of Judah whose refusal to fulfill his levirate duty led to his death by divine judgment.
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A.
Onikan
Onikan is a historic neighborhood on Lagos Island in Lagos, Nigeria, known for its cultural landmarks, sports and event venues, and proximity to the city’s central business and administrative districts.
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B.
Ota
Ota is a historically significant Awori town in southwestern Nigeria that has grown into a major industrial and educational hub.
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C.
Onne
Onne is a port town in Rivers State, Nigeria, known for its major oil and gas logistics base and deepwater port facilities.
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D.
Nambui
Nambui was a Mongol empress consort of the Yuan dynasty and a prominent wife of Kublai Khan, influential in the imperial court after the death of his first empress.
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E.
Noatun
Noatun is the seaside home of the Norse sea god Njord, often depicted as a peaceful, ship-filled haven by the water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person in the Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Genesis 38 ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
coitus interruptus
ⓘ
divine punishment ⓘ levirate marriage ⓘ sexual ethics ⓘ |
| birthOrder | second son of Judah ⓘ |
| brother |
Er
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shelah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
figure in the Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
figure in the Old Testament ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | divine judgment ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandType | perform levirate marriage ⓘ |
| deathDescribedInVerse | Genesis 38:10 ⓘ |
| describedIn | Book of Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eponymFor | onanism ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Hebrew ⓘ |
| father | Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| judgedBy | Yahweh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| levirateDutyReason | Er died childless ⓘ |
| levirateDutyTo | Tamar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | patriarchal narrative character ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| misinterpretedAs | symbol of general condemnation of masturbation ⓘ |
| moralEvaluationInText | what he did was evil in the sight of the Lord ⓘ |
| mother | Shua’s daughter ⓘ |
| motivation | to avoid giving offspring to his brother ⓘ |
| nameInHebrew | אוֹנָן NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | illustration of disobedience to familial and divine obligations ⓘ |
| primaryOffense | failure to provide offspring for his deceased brother ⓘ |
| refusedDuty | levirate marriage ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| sexualActDescribedAs | withdrawing and spilling semen on the ground ⓘ |
| timePeriod | patriarchal age (traditional biblical chronology) ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wife | Tamar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Onan Description of subject: Onan is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the second son of Judah whose refusal to fulfill his levirate duty led to his death by divine judgment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.