Boaz
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Boaz is one of the two prominent bronze pillars that stood at the entrance of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, as described in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boaz canonical | 3 |
| pillar Boaz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T597295 — 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: Boaz Context triple: [Boaz and Jachin, hasPart, Boaz]
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A.
Abacuk Pricket
Abacuk Pricket was an English sailor and chronicler best known for his detailed account of the 1611 mutiny during Henry Hudson’s final voyage.
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B.
Avram
Avram is the given first name of Noam Chomsky, the influential American linguist, philosopher, and political activist.
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C.
Esau
Esau is a prominent biblical figure in the Book of Genesis, known as the elder twin brother of Jacob and the ancestor of the Edomites.
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D.
Isaac
Isaac is an artificial lifeform and science officer from the Kaylon race in the science fiction television series "The Orville."
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E.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
- 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: Boaz Target entity description: Boaz is one of the two prominent bronze pillars that stood at the entrance of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, as described in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Abacuk Pricket
Abacuk Pricket was an English sailor and chronicler best known for his detailed account of the 1611 mutiny during Henry Hudson’s final voyage.
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B.
Avram
Avram is the given first name of Noam Chomsky, the influential American linguist, philosopher, and political activist.
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C.
Esau
Esau is a prominent biblical figure in the Book of Genesis, known as the elder twin brother of Jacob and the ancestor of the Edomites.
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D.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
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E.
Isaac
Isaac is an artificial lifeform and science officer from the Kaylon race in the science fiction television series "The Orville."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artifact described in the Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
biblical object ⓘ bronze pillar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
First Temple in Jerusalem
ⓘ
surface form:
First Temple
First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
Solomon’s Temple
|
| category |
Objects in the Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
Religious architecture elements ⓘ First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
Solomon’s Temple
|
| constructedDuringReignOf | King Solomon ⓘ |
| describedIn |
1 Kings 7
ⓘ
2 Chronicles 3 ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| destroyedBy |
Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem
|
| destroyedInYear | 586 BCE (traditional date) ⓘ |
| destroyedWith |
First Temple in Jerusalem
ⓘ
surface form:
Solomon’s Temple
|
| hasApproximateHeight |
18 cubits
ⓘ
about 8 meters ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | part of biblical canon narrative ⓘ |
| hasCapitalDecoration |
chapiter
ⓘ
lily work ⓘ pomegranates ⓘ |
| hasColor | bronze ⓘ |
| hasCompanionPillar | Jachin ⓘ |
| hasCraftsman |
Hiram
ⓘ
surface form:
Hiram of Tyre
|
| hasCulturalInfluence | inspired later religious architectural symbolism ⓘ |
| hasFunction | temple entrance pillar ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | bronze ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | in him is strength ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | stood on the left side when facing the temple entrance ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition |
Baha'i Faith
ⓘ
surface form:
Baha’i Faith
Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ |
| isOneOf | two prominent bronze pillars of Solomon’s Temple ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Masorah
ⓘ
surface form:
Masoretic Text
Septuagint ⓘ |
| namedBy | biblical tradition ⓘ |
| pairedWithFunctionally | Jachin as twin pillar at temple entrance ⓘ |
| partOf | architectural elements of Solomon’s Temple ⓘ |
| stoodAt | entrance of Solomon’s Temple ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
stability
ⓘ
strength ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 10th century BCE (traditional dating) ⓘ |
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: Boaz Description of subject: Boaz is one of the two prominent bronze pillars that stood at the entrance of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, as described in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Boaz and Jachin
this entity surface form:
pillar Boaz