Zebedee
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Zebedee is a New Testament figure known as the father of the apostles James and John and as a Galilean fisherman mentioned in the Gospels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zebedee canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404820 — 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: Zebedee Context triple: [Apostle John, father, Zebedee]
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A.
Elijah
Elijah is a major Old Testament prophet who, according to the Bible, was taken up to heaven and later appeared alongside Moses during Jesus’ Transfiguration.
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B.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
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C.
Timothy
Timothy is the given first name of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web.
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D.
Timothy
Timothy is a prominent early Christian companion and protégé of the Apostle Paul, known from the New Testament for his missionary work and pastoral leadership.
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E.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
- 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: Zebedee Target entity description: Zebedee is a New Testament figure known as the father of the apostles James and John and as a Galilean fisherman mentioned in the Gospels.
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A.
Elijah
Elijah is a major Old Testament prophet who, according to the Bible, was taken up to heaven and later appeared alongside Moses during Jesus’ Transfiguration.
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B.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
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C.
Timothy
Timothy is the given first name of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web.
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D.
Timothy
Timothy is a prominent early Christian companion and protégé of the Apostle Paul, known from the New Testament for his missionary work and pastoral leadership.
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E.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ fisherman ⓘ |
| appearsWith |
James the son of Zebedee
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle James the Greater
Jesus ⓘ
linked to:
Jesus Christ
John the son of Zebedee ⓘ
linked to:
John son of Zebedee
|
| associatedWith | Sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| child |
James the son of Zebedee
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle James the Greater
John the son of Zebedee ⓘ
linked to:
John son of Zebedee
|
| country |
Roman Judea
ⓘ
linked to:
Judea
|
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
James the son of Zebedee
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle James the Greater
John the son of Zebedee ⓘ
linked to:
John son of Zebedee
|
| hasBoat | fishing boat ⓘ |
| hasEmployees | hired servants ⓘ |
| language | Aramaic ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| nameForm | Ζεβεδαῖος (Greek form) ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a Galilean fisherman
ⓘ
being the father of the apostles James and John ⓘ |
| occupation | fisherman ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Capernaum
ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ |
| sourceText | New Testament ⓘ |
| spouse | Salome (mother of James and John) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
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: Zebedee Description of subject: Zebedee is a New Testament figure known as the father of the apostles James and John and as a Galilean fisherman mentioned in the Gospels.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Apostle James the Greater
subject linked to:
Ζεβεδαῖος (Greek form)
subject linked to:
Ζεβεδαῖος (Greek form)