Simeon called Niger
E594925
Simeon called Niger was an early Christian prophet and teacher mentioned in the New Testament as part of the leadership of the church at Antioch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simeon called Niger canonical | 1 |
| Simeon who was called Niger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6458774 — 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: Simeon called Niger Context triple: [church in Antioch, hasMember, Simeon called Niger]
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A.
Saint Simon
Saint Simon, also known as Simon the Zealot or Simon the Cananaean, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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B.
Simeon
Simeon is a biblical figure, one of the twelve sons of Jacob and a progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel.
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C.
Simeon
Simeon is a monastic name referring to Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, a revered Orthodox Christian saint known for the miraculous flow of myrrh from his relics.
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D.
N Simone
N Simone is a composer best known for creating the music to the song "Blood on the Leaves."
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E.
Simeon the God-receiver
Simeon the God-receiver is a biblical figure in Christian tradition revered as the righteous elder who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah during His presentation in the Temple.
- 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: Simeon called Niger Target entity description: Simeon called Niger was an early Christian prophet and teacher mentioned in the New Testament as part of the leadership of the church at Antioch.
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A.
Saint Simon
Saint Simon, also known as Simon the Zealot or Simon the Cananaean, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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B.
Simeon
Simeon is a biblical figure, one of the twelve sons of Jacob and a progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel.
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C.
Simeon
Simeon is a monastic name referring to Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, a revered Orthodox Christian saint known for the miraculous flow of myrrh from his relics.
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D.
N Simone
N Simone is a composer best known for creating the music to the song "Blood on the Leaves."
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E.
Simeon the God-receiver
Simeon the God-receiver is a biblical figure in Christian tradition revered as the righteous elder who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah during His presentation in the Temple.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
early Christian ⓘ prophet ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Acts 13 ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Antioch ⓘ |
| contemporaneousWith |
Barnabas
ⓘ
Lucius of Cyrene ⓘ Manaen ⓘ Saul (Paul the Apostle) ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Paul
|
| describedAs | prophet and teacher ⓘ |
| epithet | called Niger ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Simeon ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| listedAmong | prophets and teachers at Antioch ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Simeon Niger
ⓘ
Simeon who was called Niger ⓘ
linked to:
Simeon called Niger
|
| partOf | early Christian community at Antioch ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInChurch | leader in the church at Antioch ⓘ |
| sourceTextReference | Acts 13:1 ⓘ |
| 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: Simeon called Niger Description of subject: Simeon called Niger was an early Christian prophet and teacher mentioned in the New Testament as part of the leadership of the church at Antioch.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Simeon called Niger