Elishua
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Elishua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of King David’s sons.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7687750 — 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: Elishua Context triple: [Shobab, sibling, Elishua]
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A.
Elissar
Elissar is the legendary Phoenician queen and founder of the ancient city of Carthage, often identified with the figure of Dido in classical mythology.
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B.
Ruviana
Ruviana is an alternative name for Roviana, an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Zerah
Zerah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as one of the sons of Judah and Tamar.
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D.
Zerah
Zerah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in genealogical records as a descendant within the tribe of Zebulun.
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E.
Liluah
Liluah is a suburban locality in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India, known for its residential areas and railway facilities near Kolkata.
- 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: Elishua Target entity description: Elishua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of King David’s sons.
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A.
Elissar
Elissar is the legendary Phoenician queen and founder of the ancient city of Carthage, often identified with the figure of Dido in classical mythology.
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B.
Ruviana
Ruviana is an alternative name for Roviana, an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Zerah
Zerah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as one of the sons of Judah and Tamar.
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D.
Zerah
Zerah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in genealogical records as a descendant within the tribe of Zebulun.
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E.
Liluah
Liluah is a suburban locality in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India, known for its residential areas and railway facilities near Kolkata.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| belongsToDynasty | House of David ⓘ |
| childOf |
Bathsheba
ⓘ
David ⓘ |
| floruitPeriod | 10th century BCE ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Israelite ⓘ |
| hasFather | David ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasMother | Bathsheba ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | God is salvation ⓘ |
| hasReligion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| livedIn | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Chronicles 14:5
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1 Chronicles 3:6 ⓘ 2 Samuel 5:15 ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
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| nameVariant |
Elishama
ⓘ
Elishua ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of King David’s sons mentioned in biblical genealogies ⓘ |
| sibling |
Eliada
ⓘ
Eliphelet ⓘ Elpelet ⓘ Ibhar ⓘ Japhia ⓘ Nathan ⓘ Nepheg ⓘ Nogah ⓘ
linked to:
Noga
Shammua ⓘ Shobab ⓘ Solomon ⓘ |
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: Elishua Description of subject: Elishua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of King David’s sons.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Elishua