Ben-Ammi
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Ben-Ammi is a biblical figure described in the Book of Genesis as the progenitor of the Ammonite people.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7327625 — 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: Ben-Ammi Context triple: [Kingdom of Ammon, biblicalAncestor, Ben-Ammi]
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A.
Benzion
Benzion is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "son of Zion," traditionally used in Jewish communities.
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B.
Haim Be’er
Haim Be’er is an Israeli novelist and essayist known for his richly textured explorations of Jewish life, memory, and identity in modern Hebrew literature.
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C.
Dahn Ben Amotz
Dahn Ben Amotz was an Israeli writer, satirist, and radio broadcaster known for his influential role in shaping modern Israeli culture and humor.
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D.
Yakir
Yakir is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities.
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E.
Israel Beilin
Israel Beilin, better known as Irving Berlin, was a Russian-born American composer and lyricist who became one of the most prolific and influential songwriters in the history of popular music.
- 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: Ben-Ammi Target entity description: Ben-Ammi is a biblical figure described in the Book of Genesis as the progenitor of the Ammonite people.
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A.
Benzion
Benzion is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "son of Zion," traditionally used in Jewish communities.
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B.
Haim Be’er
Haim Be’er is an Israeli novelist and essayist known for his richly textured explorations of Jewish life, memory, and identity in modern Hebrew literature.
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C.
Dahn Ben Amotz
Dahn Ben Amotz was an Israeli writer, satirist, and radio broadcaster known for his influential role in shaping modern Israeli culture and humor.
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D.
Yakir
Yakir is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities.
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E.
Israel Beilin
Israel Beilin, better known as Irving Berlin, was a Russian-born American composer and lyricist who became one of the most prolific and influential songwriters in the history of popular music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| associatedWithPeople | children of Ammon ⓘ |
| associatedWithTerritory |
area east of the Jordan River
ⓘ
region of Ammon ⓘ |
| conceivedAfter | destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ |
| conceivedIn | cave near Zoar ⓘ |
| describedIn | Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| ethnicAncestorOf | nation of Ammon ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupFounded |
Bene Ammon
ⓘ
linked to:
Ammon
|
| ethnonymDerivedFrom | Ammonites ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
descendant of Terah
ⓘ
grandson of Haran (through Lot) ⓘ great-nephew of Abraham ⓘ |
| hasFather | Lot ⓘ |
| hasMother | younger daughter of Lot ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Moab ⓘ |
| languageOfDescendants | Ammonite language ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Genesis 19 ⓘ |
| motherUnnamed | true ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | son of my people ⓘ |
| originStoryInvolves | incestuous union ⓘ |
| progenitorOf |
Ammonite people
ⓘ
linked to:
Ammonites
Ammonites ⓘ |
| religionContext |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInText | eponymous ancestor ⓘ |
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: Ben-Ammi Description of subject: Ben-Ammi is a biblical figure described in the Book of Genesis as the progenitor of the Ammonite people.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ben-Ammi