Joash
E466902
Joash is a biblical figure from the Old Testament, known primarily as the father of Gideon, the judge and military leader of Israel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joash canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4760976 — 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: Joash Context triple: [Gideon, father, Joash]
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A.
Adonijah
Adonijah was a son of King David in the Hebrew Bible who attempted to claim the throne of Israel before Solomon’s succession.
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B.
Uzziah
Uzziah was a long-reigning king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, remembered for his military success, economic prosperity, and eventual downfall after being struck with leprosy.
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C.
Ish-bosheth
Ish-bosheth is a biblical figure, a son of King Saul who briefly ruled part of Israel in opposition to David after Saul’s death.
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D.
Rehoboam
Rehoboam was a king of ancient Judah, best known for his harsh policies that led to the division of the united monarchy of Israel into the northern and southern kingdoms.
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E.
Josiah
Josiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh.
- 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: Joash Target entity description: Joash is a biblical figure from the Old Testament, known primarily as the father of Gideon, the judge and military leader of Israel.
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A.
Adonijah
Adonijah was a son of King David in the Hebrew Bible who attempted to claim the throne of Israel before Solomon’s succession.
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B.
Uzziah
Uzziah was a long-reigning king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, remembered for his military success, economic prosperity, and eventual downfall after being struck with leprosy.
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C.
Ish-bosheth
Ish-bosheth is a biblical figure, a son of King Saul who briefly ruled part of Israel in opposition to David after Saul’s death.
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D.
Rehoboam
Rehoboam was a king of ancient Judah, best known for his harsh policies that led to the division of the united monarchy of Israel into the northern and southern kingdoms.
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E.
Josiah
Josiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Judges 6
ⓘ
Judges 7 ⓘ Judges 8 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ophrah of the Abiezrites ⓘ |
| belongsToTribe |
tribe of Manasseh
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribe of Manasseh
|
| canonicalStatus |
part of Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
part of Jewish canon ⓘ |
| clan | Abiezrite ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Israelite culture ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Israelite ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Gideon ⓘ |
| fatherRole | father of a judge of Israel ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild | Gideon ⓘ |
| hasNameForm | Hebrew: יוֹאָשׁ (Yoash) ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the father of Gideon ⓘ |
| knownFrom | Hebrew Bible narrative ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | biblical narrative ⓘ |
| livedInPeriod | time of the Judges ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Judges
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| nationality | Israelite ⓘ |
| region |
ancient Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Israel
|
| religion | Yahwism ⓘ |
| residence | Ophrah ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | background figure in Gideon story ⓘ |
| scripturalContext | narrative of Gideon ⓘ |
| sourceTextTradition | Masoretic 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: Joash Description of subject: Joash is a biblical figure from the Old Testament, known primarily as the father of Gideon, the judge and military leader of Israel.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.