Ben-Ami
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Ben-Ami is a Hebrew surname borne by various Israeli public figures, including politicians, academics, and artists.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7822033 — 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-Ami Context triple: [Shlomo Ben-Ami, familyName, Ben-Ami]
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A.
Ben-Ammi
Ben-Ammi is a biblical figure described in the Book of Genesis as the progenitor of the Ammonite people.
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B.
Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
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C.
Yigal
Yigal is a Hebrew given name commonly used for males, notably borne by several Israeli public figures.
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D.
Natan
Natan is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in Jewish and Israeli communities and meaning "he gave."
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E.
Yossi
Yossi is a common Hebrew diminutive of the given name Yosef, frequently used as a familiar or affectionate form in Israeli and Jewish communities.
- 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-Ami Target entity description: Ben-Ami is a Hebrew surname borne by various Israeli public figures, including politicians, academics, and artists.
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A.
Ben-Ammi
Ben-Ammi is a biblical figure described in the Book of Genesis as the progenitor of the Ammonite people.
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B.
Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
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C.
Yigal
Yigal is a Hebrew given name commonly used for males, notably borne by several Israeli public figures.
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D.
Natan
Natan is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in Jewish and Israeli communities and meaning "he gave."
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E.
Yossi
Yossi is a common Hebrew diminutive of the given name Yosef, frequently used as a familiar or affectionate form in Israeli and Jewish communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew-language surname
ⓘ
person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category | Jewish surnames ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Israel
ⓘ
Israel ⓘ |
| derivedFromPhrase | ben ami ⓘ |
| etymologicalComponent |
Ami
ⓘ
Ben ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ben-Ami
ⓘ
Ben-Ami ⓘ Ben-Ami ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | unisex surname ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Ami Ayalon (born Amihai Ben-Ami)
ⓘ
Daniel Ben-Ami ⓘ Shlomo Ben-Ami ⓘ Yitzhak Ben-Ami ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration |
Ben Ami
ⓘ
linked to:
Ben-Ami
|
| hasVariantSpacing |
Ben Ami
ⓘ
linked to:
Ben-Ami
|
| languageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| meaning | son of my people ⓘ |
| occupation |
Zionist activist
ⓘ
author ⓘ diplomat ⓘ historian ⓘ journalist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs
ⓘ
linked to:
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel
|
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Israeli Jews
ⓘ
linked to:
Jewish Israelis
|
| usedByProfessionGroup |
academics
ⓘ
artists ⓘ politicians ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Israel ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
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-Ami Description of subject: Ben-Ami is a Hebrew surname borne by various Israeli public figures, including politicians, academics, and artists.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.