Iacobus Minor
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Iacobus Minor is the Latin name traditionally used for James the Less, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iacobus Minor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5998894 — 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: Iacobus Minor Context triple: [James the Less, nameInLatin, Iacobus Minor]
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A.
Iacobus Maior
Iacobus Maior is the Latin name for James the Greater, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and a prominent figure in Christian tradition.
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B.
Julia Minor
Julia Minor was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as the niece of Julius Caesar and grandmother of the future emperor Augustus.
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C.
Marino
Marino is a surname most famously associated with Dan Marino, the Hall of Fame former NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins.
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D.
Johannes
Johannes is the given name of Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz, a prominent South African lawyer, politician, and former State President of the Orange Free State.
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E.
Johannes
Johannes is the given first name of Paul Kruger, the prominent 19th-century Boer leader and president of the South African Republic.
- 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: Iacobus Minor Target entity description: Iacobus Minor is the Latin name traditionally used for James the Less, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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A.
Iacobus Maior
Iacobus Maior is the Latin name for James the Greater, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and a prominent figure in Christian tradition.
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B.
Julia Minor
Julia Minor was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as the niece of Julius Caesar and grandmother of the future emperor Augustus.
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C.
Marino
Marino is a surname most famously associated with Dan Marino, the Hall of Fame former NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins.
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D.
Johannes
Johannes is the given name of Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz, a prominent South African lawyer, politician, and former State President of the Orange Free State.
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E.
Johannes
Johannes is the given first name of Paul Kruger, the prominent 19th-century Boer leader and president of the South African Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
apostle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostolic ministry
ⓘ
early Christian Church ⓘ
linked to:
Apostolic Age
|
| associatedWithPerson | Jesus ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Byzantine liturgical calendar
ⓘ
Roman Martyrology ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Jerusalem (traditional)
ⓘ
linked to:
Jerusalem
|
| epithetIndicates | distinction from James the Greater ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning | the Less ⓘ |
| era | 1st century ⓘ |
| followsReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | saint ⓘ |
| hasFeastDay |
May 1 (some Anglican calendars)
ⓘ
May 3 (Roman Rite, traditional calendar, with Philip the Apostle) ⓘ October 9 (Eastern Orthodox, with James son of Alphaeus) ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Iacobus Minor ⓘ |
| hasName |
James son of Alphaeus
ⓘ
James the Less ⓘ James the Lesser ⓘ
linked to:
James the Less
James the Younger ⓘ
linked to:
James the Less
|
| hasPatronage |
dyers (in some traditions)
ⓘ
hatmakers (in some traditions) ⓘ pharmacists (in some traditions) ⓘ the dying (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalAttribute |
book
ⓘ
fuller's club ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| possibleIdentification |
James, brother of the Lord (disputed)
ⓘ
linked to:
James the brother of Jesus
James, first bishop of Jerusalem (disputed) ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle James the Brother of the Lord
|
| roleInChristianity | apostolic witness to Jesus ⓘ |
| traditionallyFrom | Galilee ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Iacobus Minor Description of subject: Iacobus Minor is the Latin name traditionally used for James the Less, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.