Pontius Pilate
E4635
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pontius Pilate canonical | 31 |
| Pilate | 2 |
| PONTIUS PILATUS | 1 |
| PRAEFECTUS IUDAEAE | 1 |
| Pontius Pilate (ascribed in Gospel narratives) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34959 — 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: Pontius Pilate Context triple: [Jesus Christ, condemnedBy, Pontius Pilate]
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A.
Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
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B.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
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C.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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D.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
- 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: Pontius Pilate Target entity description: Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
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A.
Julius
Julius is the first given name of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb."
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B.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
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C.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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D.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Emperor
The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman governor
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Tiberius ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Crucifixion of Jesus
ⓘ
surface form:
crucifixion of Jesus
trial of Jesus ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Caesarea Maritima
ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ |
| conflict | tensions with Jewish religious authorities ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| employer | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| endTime | 36 CE ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Romans
|
| governedTerritory |
Idumea
ⓘ
Judea ⓘ Samaria ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conflicts over religious images and standards
ⓘ
harsh administration ⓘ involvement in incidents of bloodshed ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalAction | authorized crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ |
| legalRole | Roman judicial authority in Judea ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Pauline Epistles
ⓘ
surface form:
1 Timothy
Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Apostles’ Creed ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authorizing the crucifixion of Jesus
ⓘ
presiding over the trial of Jesus ⓘ role in the Passion of Jesus ⓘ |
| occupation |
Roman prefect
ⓘ
governor of Judea ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | reluctant to condemn Jesus in Christian tradition ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Prefect of Judea
ⓘ
Roman governor of Judaea ⓘ |
| religion | Roman paganism ⓘ |
| source |
Flavius Josephus
ⓘ
surface form:
Josephus
Philo of Alexandria ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ |
| spouse |
Claudia
ⓘ
surface form:
Claudia Procula
|
| startTime | 26 CE ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Tiberius
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Tiberius
Roman governor of Syria ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1st century CE ⓘ |
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: Pontius Pilate Description of subject: Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pilate
subject surface form:
Scala Sancta
this entity surface form:
PONTIUS PILATUS
this entity surface form:
PRAEFECTUS IUDAEAE
subject surface form:
Clavius
this entity surface form:
Pontius Pilate (ascribed in Gospel narratives)