Judah ben Asher
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Judah ben Asher was a 14th-century German-born rabbi and halakhic authority who served as a leading rabbinic figure in Toledo, Spain, and was the son of the eminent scholar Asher ben Jehiel (the Rosh).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Judah ben Asher canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7004589 — 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: Judah ben Asher Context triple: [Asher ben Jehiel, child, Judah ben Asher]
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A.
Asher ben Jehiel
Asher ben Jehiel was a prominent 13th–14th century rabbi and halakhic authority whose legal rulings significantly shaped later Jewish law, including the work of Yosef Karo.
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B.
Eleazar
Eleazar is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally associated with religious and historical figures.
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C.
Yechiel ben Asher
Yechiel ben Asher was a medieval Jewish scholar and poet, known as a son of the prominent rabbinic authority Asher ben Jehiel (the Rosh).
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D.
Jacob ben Asher
Jacob ben Asher was a medieval rabbi and halakhic authority best known for his influential legal code, the Arba'ah Turim, which became a foundational work in Jewish law.
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E.
Yehuda ben Ilai
Yehuda ben Ilai was a prominent 2nd-century Tannaic sage, a leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva, and one of the most frequently cited rabbis in the Mishnah and Talmud.
- 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: Judah ben Asher Target entity description: Judah ben Asher was a 14th-century German-born rabbi and halakhic authority who served as a leading rabbinic figure in Toledo, Spain, and was the son of the eminent scholar Asher ben Jehiel (the Rosh).
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A.
Asher ben Jehiel
Asher ben Jehiel was a prominent 13th–14th century rabbi and halakhic authority whose legal rulings significantly shaped later Jewish law, including the work of Yosef Karo.
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B.
Eleazar
Eleazar is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally associated with religious and historical figures.
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C.
Yechiel ben Asher
Yechiel ben Asher was a medieval Jewish scholar and poet, known as a son of the prominent rabbinic authority Asher ben Jehiel (the Rosh).
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D.
Jacob ben Asher
Jacob ben Asher was a medieval rabbi and halakhic authority best known for his influential legal code, the Arba'ah Turim, which became a foundational work in Jewish law.
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E.
Yehuda ben Ilai
Yehuda ben Ilai was a prominent 2nd-century Tannaic sage, a leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva, and one of the most frequently cited rabbis in the Mishnah and Talmud.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish scholar
ⓘ
halakhic authority ⓘ medieval rabbi ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| areaOfWork |
Halakha
ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Spain ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| era | medieval period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Ashkenazi Jew
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jews
|
| familyBackground | son of the Rosh ⓘ |
| father | Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ |
| givenName |
Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Yehuda
|
| languageOfWork | Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement |
Halakhic Judaism
ⓘ
linked to:
Orthodox Judaism
|
| notableFamily | family of Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
halakhic rulings
ⓘ
rabbinic leadership in Toledo ⓘ |
| occupation |
posek
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rabbi ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Toledo ⓘ |
| region | Castile ⓘ |
| relative | Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousLawSchool | halakhic tradition of the Rosh ⓘ |
| role | leading rabbinic figure in Toledo ⓘ |
| teacher | Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ |
| timePeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| tradition | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
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: Judah ben Asher Description of subject: Judah ben Asher was a 14th-century German-born rabbi and halakhic authority who served as a leading rabbinic figure in Toledo, Spain, and was the son of the eminent scholar Asher ben Jehiel (the Rosh).
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.