Shaul Mofaz
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Shaul Mofaz is an Israeli military leader and politician who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and later as Israel’s Minister of Defense.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shaul Mofaz canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7873106 — 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: Shaul Mofaz Context triple: [Operation Defensive Shield, commandedBy, Shaul Mofaz]
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A.
Oren Uziel
Oren Uziel is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for genre-blending projects such as The Cloverfield Paradox and 22 Jump Street.
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B.
Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon was an Israeli military commander, Palmach leader, and politician who served in senior government roles, including acting prime minister.
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C.
Gideon Sa’ar
Gideon Sa’ar is an Israeli politician and former minister who has held senior roles in government, including serving as Minister of Education and Minister of the Interior.
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D.
Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman was an Israeli military commander and politician who served as the seventh President of Israel and previously as a key architect of the Israeli Air Force.
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E.
Ehud Yonay
Ehud Yonay was an Israeli-American writer and journalist best known for his 1983 magazine article that inspired the film "Top Gun."
- 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: Shaul Mofaz Target entity description: Shaul Mofaz is an Israeli military leader and politician who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and later as Israel’s Minister of Defense.
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A.
Oren Uziel
Oren Uziel is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for genre-blending projects such as The Cloverfield Paradox and 22 Jump Street.
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B.
Yigal Allon
Yigal Allon was an Israeli military commander, Palmach leader, and politician who served in senior government roles, including acting prime minister.
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C.
Gideon Sa’ar
Gideon Sa’ar is an Israeli politician and former minister who has held senior roles in government, including serving as Minister of Education and Minister of the Interior.
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D.
Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman was an Israeli military commander and politician who served as the seventh President of Israel and previously as a key architect of the Israeli Air Force.
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E.
Ehud Yonay
Ehud Yonay was an Israeli-American writer and journalist best known for his 1983 magazine article that inspired the film "Top Gun."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief of General Staff
ⓘ
Israeli politician ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| allegiance |
State of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Israel
|
| citizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| conflict |
Lebanon War 1982
ⓘ
linked to:
1982 Lebanon War
Second Intifada ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Iran ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-11-04 ⓘ |
| education |
Command and Staff College of the Israel Defense Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
IDF Command and Staff College
United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College ⓘ
linked to:
Marine Corps University
|
| endTime | 2002-07-09 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mizrahi Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Mofaz ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military affairs
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Shaul ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | Israel ⓘ |
| immigrationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Hebrew
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to:
Persian language
|
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Kadima
ⓘ
Likud ⓘ
linked to:
Likud party
|
| militaryBranch | Israel Defense Forces ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant general ⓘ |
| name | Shaul Mofaz ⓘ |
| notableWork | oversaw IDF operations during the Second Intifada ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tehran ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Deputy Prime Minister of Israel ⓘ Leader of Kadima ⓘ Member of the Knesset ⓘ Minister of Defense of Israel ⓘ Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel ⓘ Minister of Transport and Road Safety of Israel ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Israel ⓘ |
| startTime | 1998-07-09 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shaul Mofaz Description of subject: Shaul Mofaz is an Israeli military leader and politician who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and later as Israel’s Minister of Defense.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.