Asahel
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Asahel is a figure from the Hebrew Bible known as one of King David’s mighty warriors and the swift-footed brother of Joab and Abishai.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asahel canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4852307 — 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: Asahel Context triple: [Joab, sibling, Asahel]
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A.
Ogden Rood
Ogden Rood was a 19th-century American physicist and color theorist whose work on color perception and optical mixing significantly shaped modern art movements.
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B.
John Henry Kagi
John Henry Kagi was an abolitionist and close associate of John Brown who served as a key lieutenant and strategist in the lead-up to the 1859 Harpers Ferry raid.
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C.
Dedan
Dedan is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a descendant of Abraham through Keturah and associated with an Arabian tribe or region known for trade.
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D.
Allan
Allan is the given name of Allan Octavian Hume, a British civil servant and political reformer who was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress.
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E.
Allan
Allan is the first name of Bud Selig, the longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball who oversaw the sport’s modern era of expansion and change.
- 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: Asahel Target entity description: Asahel is a figure from the Hebrew Bible known as one of King David’s mighty warriors and the swift-footed brother of Joab and Abishai.
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A.
Ogden Rood
Ogden Rood was a 19th-century American physicist and color theorist whose work on color perception and optical mixing significantly shaped modern art movements.
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B.
John Henry Kagi
John Henry Kagi was an abolitionist and close associate of John Brown who served as a key lieutenant and strategist in the lead-up to the 1859 Harpers Ferry raid.
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C.
Dedan
Dedan is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a descendant of Abraham through Keturah and associated with an Arabian tribe or region known for trade.
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D.
Allan
Allan is the given name of Allan Octavian Hume, a British civil servant and political reformer who was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress.
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E.
Allan
Allan is the first name of Bud Selig, the longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball who oversaw the sport’s modern era of expansion and change.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| appearsInGenealogy | 1 Chronicles 2 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | military exploits of David ⓘ |
| auntOrUncle | David ⓘ |
| brotherOf |
Abishai
ⓘ
Joab ⓘ |
| buriedAt | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | spear thrust from Abner ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Jewish and Christian biblical tradition ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | King David ⓘ |
| deathConsequence | contributed to later blood feud between Joab and Abner ⓘ |
| describedAs | swift-footed ⓘ |
| era |
United Monarchy of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
|
| ethnicity |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| eventAssociatedWithDeath | battle at the pool of Gibeon ⓘ |
| familyRole |
brother of Abishai
ⓘ
younger brother of Joab ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| killedBy | Abner ⓘ |
| knownFor | great speed in running ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | God has made ⓘ |
| memberOf |
David’s mighty men
ⓘ
linked to:
David’s mighty warriors
|
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| mentionedInBook |
1 Chronicles
ⓘ
2 Samuel ⓘ |
| mother | Zeruiah ⓘ |
| nameInHebrew | עֲשָׂהאֵל ⓘ |
| nephewOf | King David ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
courage in battle
ⓘ
persistence in pursuit of Abner ⓘ |
| notedIn | 2 Samuel 2 ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Gibeon ⓘ |
| pursued | Abner ⓘ |
| relatedTo | King David ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| role | one of David’s mighty warriors ⓘ |
| servedUnder | King David ⓘ |
| siblingRelation | son of Zeruiah ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
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: Asahel Description of subject: Asahel is a figure from the Hebrew Bible known as one of King David’s mighty warriors and the swift-footed brother of Joab and Abishai.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.