Machlon
E482521
Machlon is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Ruth as one of Elimelech and Naomi’s sons, whose death leads to Ruth’s eventual marriage to Boaz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Machlon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4954270 — 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: Machlon Context triple: [Mahlon, nameTransliteration, Machlon]
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A.
Ahimaaz
Ahimaaz is a biblical figure, son of the priest Zadok, known for serving as a swift messenger to King David in the events surrounding Absalom’s rebellion.
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B.
Ithamar
Ithamar is a biblical figure, a son of Aaron who served as a priest in ancient Israel.
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C.
Zerach
Zerach is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, borne by several notable Jewish figures including rabbis, politicians, and scholars.
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D.
Shem
Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
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E.
Amnon
Amnon is a biblical figure known as the eldest son of King David, whose rape of his half-sister Tamar and subsequent murder by her brother Absalom sparked major turmoil in David’s household.
- 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: Machlon Target entity description: Machlon is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Ruth as one of Elimelech and Naomi’s sons, whose death leads to Ruth’s eventual marriage to Boaz.
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A.
Ahimaaz
Ahimaaz is a biblical figure, son of the priest Zadok, known for serving as a swift messenger to King David in the events surrounding Absalom’s rebellion.
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B.
Ithamar
Ithamar is a biblical figure, a son of Aaron who served as a priest in ancient Israel.
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C.
Zerach
Zerach is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, borne by several notable Jewish figures including rabbis, politicians, and scholars.
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D.
Shem
Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
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E.
Amnon
Amnon is a biblical figure known as the eldest son of King David, whose rape of his half-sister Tamar and subsequent murder by her brother Absalom sparked major turmoil in David’s household.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| appearsInChapter | Ruth 1 ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Bethlehem in Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Bethlehem
country of Moab ⓘ
linked to:
land of Moab
|
| canonicalStatus |
recognized in Christian tradition
ⓘ
recognized in Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| deathLeadsTo |
Ruth’s eventual marriage to Boaz
ⓘ
Ruth’s widowhood ⓘ |
| diedIn | Moab ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Israelite ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Elimelech
ⓘ
Naomi ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Chilion ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Ruth ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| livedIn | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| marriedIn | Moab ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Ruth ⓘ |
| migratedTo | Moab ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Mahlon ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
first husband of Ruth
ⓘ
kinsman of Boaz ⓘ son of Elimelech and Naomi ⓘ |
| tribe | 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: Machlon Description of subject: Machlon is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Ruth as one of Elimelech and Naomi’s sons, whose death leads to Ruth’s eventual marriage to Boaz.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.