Eli
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Eli is a biblical high priest and judge of Israel known for mentoring the prophet Samuel and presiding over the sanctuary at Shiloh.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eli the priest | 5 |
| Eli canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4607856 — 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: Eli Context triple: [Samuel, servedUnder, Eli]
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A.
Eli
Eli is a given name most famously associated with American inventor Eli Whitney, known for creating the cotton gin.
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B.
Elias
Elias is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is God," commonly used in various European and English-speaking countries.
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C.
Elias
Elias is a WWE professional wrestler and musician character known for his in-ring performances that often feature live guitar-playing and crowd-interacting segments.
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D.
Elias
Elias are a pair of tiny, mystical twin priestesses from the Mothra films in the Godzilla franchise who serve as her human (or fairy) spokespeople and guardians.
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E.
Elias
Elias is a central child protagonist in the Danish drama film "In a Better World," whose experiences explore themes of bullying, revenge, and moral responsibility.
- 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: Eli Target entity description: Eli is a biblical high priest and judge of Israel known for mentoring the prophet Samuel and presiding over the sanctuary at Shiloh.
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A.
Eli
Eli is a given name most famously associated with American inventor Eli Whitney, known for creating the cotton gin.
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B.
Elias
Elias is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is God," commonly used in various European and English-speaking countries.
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C.
Elias
Elias is a WWE professional wrestler and musician character known for his in-ring performances that often feature live guitar-playing and crowd-interacting segments.
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D.
Elias
Elias are a pair of tiny, mystical twin priestesses from the Mothra films in the Godzilla franchise who serve as her human (or fairy) spokespeople and guardians.
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E.
Elias
Elias is a central child protagonist in the Danish drama film "In a Better World," whose experiences explore themes of bullying, revenge, and moral responsibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
high priest ⓘ judge of Israel ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1 Samuel
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| associatedWith |
House of Eli
ⓘ
Shiloh ⓘ ark of the covenant ⓘ
linked to:
Ark of the Covenant
|
| country |
ancient Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Israel
|
| deathCause | fell from his seat and broke his neck ⓘ |
| deathMentionedIn | 1 Samuel 4 ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Hophni
ⓘ
Phinehas ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor | failure to restrain his sons ⓘ |
| hasSon |
Hophni
ⓘ
Phinehas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
judging Israel
ⓘ
mentoring the prophet Samuel ⓘ serving at the sanctuary in Shiloh ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext | Deuteronomistic history ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Samuel ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
“ascended”
ⓘ
“my God” ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Books of Samuel ⓘ |
| officeSucceededBy | Samuel ⓘ |
| oversaw | ark of the covenant at Shiloh ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
high priest of Israel
ⓘ
judge of Israel ⓘ |
| precedes | reign of Saul ⓘ |
| presidedOver |
sanctuary at Shiloh
ⓘ
tabernacle at Shiloh ⓘ |
| receivedMessageFrom | man of God who prophesied judgment ⓘ |
| receivedRevelationThrough | young Samuel ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Shiloh ⓘ |
| role | mentor of Samuel ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition | Masoretic Text ⓘ |
| servedAs | priest at Shiloh ⓘ |
| sonsDescribedAs | corrupt priests ⓘ |
| subjectOf | prophecy of judgment on his house ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Samuel ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-monarchic period of Israel ⓘ |
| tribalAssociation |
tribe of Levi
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribe of Levi
|
| veneratedIn |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ |
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: Eli Description of subject: Eli is a biblical high priest and judge of Israel known for mentoring the prophet Samuel and presiding over the sanctuary at Shiloh.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible
subject linked to:
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible
linked to: Eli
linked to: Eli
linked to: Eli
linked to: Eli