Sisera
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Sisera is the Canaanite military commander in the Hebrew Bible who is defeated by the Israelites and famously killed by Jael in the Book of Judges.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sisera canonical | 18 |
| Jael killing Sisera | 1 |
| Sisera as defeated enemy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4760914 — 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: Sisera Context triple: [Song of Deborah, mainCharacters, Sisera]
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A.
Marcellus
Marcellus is a prominent ancient Roman cognomen associated with members of the patrician Claudian gens, notably borne by several distinguished statesmen and military leaders.
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B.
Skurge
Skurge is a Marvel Comics character, often depicted as the Asgardian warrior "Skurge the Executioner," known for his complex arc from villainy to a redemptive sacrifice.
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C.
Jahzeel
Jahzeel is a biblical figure recognized as one of the sons of Naphtali and a founder of a clan within the tribe of Naphtali in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Dorohusk
Dorohusk is a village in eastern Poland near the Ukrainian border, known as an important road and rail border crossing point between the two countries.
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E.
D'Lila
D'Lila is one of the twin daughters of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and the late model Kim Porter.
- 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: Sisera Target entity description: Sisera is the Canaanite military commander in the Hebrew Bible who is defeated by the Israelites and famously killed by Jael in the Book of Judges.
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A.
Marcellus
Marcellus is a prominent ancient Roman cognomen associated with members of the patrician Claudian gens, notably borne by several distinguished statesmen and military leaders.
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B.
Skurge
Skurge is a Marvel Comics character, often depicted as the Asgardian warrior "Skurge the Executioner," known for his complex arc from villainy to a redemptive sacrifice.
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C.
Jahzeel
Jahzeel is a biblical figure recognized as one of the sons of Naphtali and a founder of a clan within the tribe of Naphtali in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Dorohusk
Dorohusk is a village in eastern Poland near the Ukrainian border, known as an important road and rail border crossing point between the two countries.
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E.
D'Lila
D'Lila is one of the twin daughters of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and the late model Kim Porter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canaanite military commander
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Jabin’s kingdom of Hazor
ⓘ
linked to:
Jabin, king of Canaan
|
| associatedWith |
900 iron chariots
ⓘ
Canaanite oppression of Israel ⓘ |
| commands |
Canaanite chariots
ⓘ
iron chariots ⓘ |
| deathCause | tent peg driven through his head ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Jael’s tent ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Barak
ⓘ
Deborah’s leadership ⓘ Israelites ⓘ |
| describedIn |
poetic account in Judges 5 (Song of Deborah)
ⓘ
prose account in Judges 4 ⓘ |
| fallsAsleepIn | Jael’s tent ⓘ |
| fightsAgainst |
Barak son of Abinoam
ⓘ
linked to:
Abinoam
forces led by Deborah ⓘ tribes of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Tribes of Israel
|
| fightsIn | battle at the River Kishon ⓘ |
| fleesTo |
tent of Jael
ⓘ
linked to:
Jael
|
| genreContext | Deuteronomistic history ⓘ |
| given | milk by Jael ⓘ |
| hasRole | commander of the Canaanite army ⓘ |
| historicStatus | figure of debated historicity among scholars ⓘ |
| killedBy | Jael ⓘ |
| killedWhile | sleeping ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew transcription of a non-Israelite name ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | foil to Deborah and Jael ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Judges
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| motherMentionedIn | Judges 5:28–30 ⓘ |
| narrativeSection | Judges chapters 4–5 ⓘ |
| opposes |
Barak
ⓘ
Deborah ⓘ Israelites ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
enemy of Israel
ⓘ
oppressor defeated by divine aid ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| requests | water from Jael ⓘ |
| seeksRefugeWith | Jael ⓘ |
| servesUnder | Jabin, king of Canaan ⓘ |
| sourceType | ancient religious text ⓘ |
| symbolIn | Song of Deborah ⓘ |
| timePeriod | era of the Judges ⓘ |
| victoryAttributedTo | Yahweh in the biblical text ⓘ |
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: Sisera Description of subject: Sisera is the Canaanite military commander in the Hebrew Bible who is defeated by the Israelites and famously killed by Jael in the Book of Judges.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.