interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt
E437643
The entity is Judah, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, who pleaded with the Egyptian ruler (unrecognized as Joseph) to spare his youngest brother Benjamin during the famine narrative in the Book of Genesis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4405688 — 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: interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt Context triple: [Judah son of Jacob, narrativeRole, interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt]
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A.
Isaac Blessing Jacob
"Isaac Blessing Jacob" is a 17th-century biblical-themed painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Govert Flinck depicting the Old Testament scene of Isaac bestowing his blessing on Jacob.
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B.
Joseph and His Brothers
Joseph and His Brothers is a monumental four-part novel cycle by Thomas Mann that retells and elaborates the biblical story of Joseph with rich psychological, historical, and mythological detail.
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C.
Prophet Yusuf
Prophet Yusuf is a revered figure in Islam, known as a prophet whose life story of trials, patience, and eventual elevation is recounted in detail in Surah Yusuf of the Qur’an.
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D.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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E.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of legendary American comic book artist and writer Jack Kirby, a key creator of many iconic Marvel and DC superheroes.
- 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: interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt Target entity description: The entity is Judah, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, who pleaded with the Egyptian ruler (unrecognized as Joseph) to spare his youngest brother Benjamin during the famine narrative in the Book of Genesis.
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A.
Isaac Blessing Jacob
"Isaac Blessing Jacob" is a 17th-century biblical-themed painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Govert Flinck depicting the Old Testament scene of Isaac bestowing his blessing on Jacob.
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B.
Joseph and His Brothers
Joseph and His Brothers is a monumental four-part novel cycle by Thomas Mann that retells and elaborates the biblical story of Joseph with rich psychological, historical, and mythological detail.
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C.
Prophet Yusuf
Prophet Yusuf is a revered figure in Islam, known as a prophet whose life story of trials, patience, and eventual elevation is recounted in detail in Surah Yusuf of the Qur’an.
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D.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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E.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of legendary American comic book artist and writer Jack Kirby, a key creator of many iconic Marvel and DC superheroes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
Patriarch ⓘ Tribe eponym ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
David
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of David NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ kings of Judah ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Messianic lineage ⓘ |
| birthOrder | fourth son of Jacob ⓘ |
| childOf |
Jacob
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hadRelationshipWith | Tamar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| halfSiblingOf |
Asher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gad NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ Naphtali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intercededBefore | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intercededFor | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intercededIn | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | praise ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| name | Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeContext | famine in Canaan ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Er
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Onan NERFINISHED ⓘ Perez NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelah NERFINISHED ⓘ Zerah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
acknowledged his guilt to Tamar
ⓘ
interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt ⓘ offered himself as surety for Benjamin ⓘ proposed selling Joseph into slavery ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Dinah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Issachar NERFINISHED ⓘ Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ Reuben NERFINISHED ⓘ Simeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Zebulun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speechLocation | Genesis 44 ⓘ |
| spouseOf | daughter of Shua ⓘ |
| symbol | lion of Judah ⓘ |
| tribeEponymOf | Tribe of Judah 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: interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt Description of subject: The entity is Judah, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, who pleaded with the Egyptian ruler (unrecognized as Joseph) to spare his youngest brother Benjamin during the famine narrative in the Book of Genesis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.