Shiloh sanctuary
E635715
Shiloh sanctuary was an important early Israelite religious center in ancient Canaan where the tabernacle and Ark of the Covenant were housed before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shiloh sanctuary canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7006900 — 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: Shiloh sanctuary Context triple: [Tribe of Joseph, associatedWithSanctuary, Shiloh sanctuary]
-
A.
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature preserve in western Massachusetts known for its forested trails, diverse wildlife habitats, and environmental education programs.
-
B.
Joe Wheeler State Park
Joe Wheeler State Park is a scenic Alabama state park along the Tennessee River known for its lakeside recreation, marina, golf course, and resort-style lodge.
-
C.
Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary
Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary is a coastal nature preserve and bird sanctuary on Long Island Sound known for its diverse habitats, migratory bird populations, and scenic trails.
-
D.
Alexander H. Stephens State Park
Alexander H. Stephens State Park is a Georgia state park that preserves the historic home and grounds of Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, featuring a museum, period buildings, and outdoor recreation facilities.
-
E.
Oswald West State Park
Oswald West State Park is a scenic coastal state park in northwestern Oregon known for its rugged shoreline, old-growth forest, and popular surfing beach at Short Sand Beach.
- 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: Shiloh sanctuary Target entity description: Shiloh sanctuary was an important early Israelite religious center in ancient Canaan where the tabernacle and Ark of the Covenant were housed before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem.
-
A.
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature preserve in western Massachusetts known for its forested trails, diverse wildlife habitats, and environmental education programs.
-
B.
Joe Wheeler State Park
Joe Wheeler State Park is a scenic Alabama state park along the Tennessee River known for its lakeside recreation, marina, golf course, and resort-style lodge.
-
C.
Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary
Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary is a coastal nature preserve and bird sanctuary on Long Island Sound known for its diverse habitats, migratory bird populations, and scenic trails.
-
D.
Alexander H. Stephens State Park
Alexander H. Stephens State Park is a Georgia state park that preserves the historic home and grounds of Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, featuring a museum, period buildings, and outdoor recreation facilities.
-
E.
Oswald West State Park
Oswald West State Park is a scenic coastal state park in northwestern Oregon known for its rugged shoreline, old-growth forest, and popular surfing beach at Short Sand Beach.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Israelite sanctuary
ⓘ
ancient religious site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationsBy |
Danish expedition under Hans Kjaer
ⓘ
Israel Finkelstein ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eli the priest
ⓘ
Samuel ⓘ tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| coordinateApprox | 32.054°N 35.289°E ⓘ |
| country | State of Palestine ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
early Israelite religious centralization
ⓘ
predecessor of Jerusalem Temple worship ⓘ |
| declineCause |
Philistine conflicts
ⓘ
capture of the Ark by Philistines ⓘ |
| event |
Hannah’s prayer for a son
ⓘ
annual pilgrimage festivals ⓘ dedication of Samuel ⓘ |
| followedBy | First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| governedBy | priesthood of Eli ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceOf |
animal bones
ⓘ
cultic installations ⓘ destruction layers ⓘ storage jars ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cultic center
ⓘ
pilgrimage center ⓘ religious center ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological park ⓘ |
| housed |
Ark of the Covenant
ⓘ
Tabernacle ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Shiloh
ⓘ
ancient Canaan ⓘ central hill country of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Joshua
ⓘ
Book of Judges ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
First Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to:
1 Samuel
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| precededBy |
Gilgal sanctuary
ⓘ
linked to:
Gilgal
|
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| servedAs | central sanctuary for Israelite tribes ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age I
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| usedBy | Israelites ⓘ |
| visitedFor |
archaeological research
ⓘ
biblical tourism ⓘ religious pilgrimage ⓘ |
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: Shiloh sanctuary Description of subject: Shiloh sanctuary was an important early Israelite religious center in ancient Canaan where the tabernacle and Ark of the Covenant were housed before the First Temple was built in Jerusalem.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.