Apphus
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Apphus is the cognomen (family or distinguishing name) of Jonathan Apphus, a prominent leader of the Maccabean revolt in 2nd-century BCE Judea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apphus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6323669 — 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: Apphus Context triple: [Jonathan Apphus, cognomen, Apphus]
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A.
Sandvika
Sandvika is a town in southeastern Norway that serves as the administrative center of Bærum and a commercial hub in the Greater Oslo Region.
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B.
Storo
Storo is a neighborhood and transport hub in Oslo, Norway, known for its major shopping center and connections to tram, metro, and bus lines.
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C.
Aulestad
Aulestad is the historic Norwegian country estate and museum best known as the longtime home of Nobel Prize–winning writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
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D.
Ballstad
Ballstad is a fishing village in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago, known for its scenic coastal landscape and traditional maritime culture.
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E.
Fagerborg
Fagerborg is a residential neighborhood in Oslo, Norway, known for its central location, historic buildings, and proximity to major educational institutions.
- 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: Apphus Target entity description: Apphus is the cognomen (family or distinguishing name) of Jonathan Apphus, a prominent leader of the Maccabean revolt in 2nd-century BCE Judea.
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A.
Sandvika
Sandvika is a town in southeastern Norway that serves as the administrative center of Bærum and a commercial hub in the Greater Oslo Region.
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B.
Storo
Storo is a neighborhood and transport hub in Oslo, Norway, known for its major shopping center and connections to tram, metro, and bus lines.
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C.
Aulestad
Aulestad is the historic Norwegian country estate and museum best known as the longtime home of Nobel Prize–winning writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
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D.
Ballstad
Ballstad is a fishing village in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago, known for its scenic coastal landscape and traditional maritime culture.
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E.
Fagerborg
Fagerborg is a residential neighborhood in Oslo, Norway, known for its central location, historic buildings, and proximity to major educational institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cognomen
ⓘ
name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hasmonean dynasty
ⓘ
Maccabean revolt ⓘ
linked to:
Maccabean Revolt
|
| category |
Ancient personal names
ⓘ
Jewish historical names ⓘ |
| hasBearer | Jonathan Apphus ⓘ |
| hasNameType |
distinguishing name
ⓘ
family name ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the cognomen of Jonathan, a leader of the Maccabean revolt ⓘ |
| usedBy | Jonathan Apphus ⓘ |
| usedInCentury | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | Judea ⓘ |
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: Apphus Description of subject: Apphus is the cognomen (family or distinguishing name) of Jonathan Apphus, a prominent leader of the Maccabean revolt in 2nd-century BCE Judea.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.