Beor
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Beor is a biblical figure known primarily as the father of the non-Israelite prophet Balaam mentioned in the Old Testament.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beor canonical | 2 |
| Bela son of Beor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9409208 — 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: Beor Context triple: [Balaam, father, Beor]
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A.
Thortan
Thortan is the historical site in Armenia traditionally regarded as the place where Saint Gregory the Illuminator, the patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, died.
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B.
Heorogar
Heorogar is a legendary Danish prince from the Old English epic Beowulf, known as the elder brother of King Hrothgar and a member of the royal Scylding dynasty.
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C.
Baradine
Baradine is a small rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a gateway to the Pilliga Forest and for its agricultural and forestry activities.
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D.
Baldwyn
Baldwyn is a masculine given name and surname of Old Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and leadership.
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E.
Raginmund
Raginmund is a Germanic personal name of early medieval origin that later evolved into forms such as the Spanish given name Ramón.
- 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: Beor Target entity description: Beor is a biblical figure known primarily as the father of the non-Israelite prophet Balaam mentioned in the Old Testament.
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A.
Thortan
Thortan is the historical site in Armenia traditionally regarded as the place where Saint Gregory the Illuminator, the patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, died.
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B.
Heorogar
Heorogar is a legendary Danish prince from the Old English epic Beowulf, known as the elder brother of King Hrothgar and a member of the royal Scylding dynasty.
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C.
Baradine
Baradine is a small rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a gateway to the Pilliga Forest and for its agricultural and forestry activities.
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D.
Baldwyn
Baldwyn is a masculine given name and surname of Old Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and leadership.
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E.
Raginmund
Raginmund is a Germanic personal name of early medieval origin that later evolved into forms such as the Spanish given name Ramón.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appearsInSection |
Prophets
ⓘ
Torah ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
Transjordan region (implied via Balaam)
ⓘ
linked to:
Transjordan
|
| associatedWith | Balaam ⓘ |
| describedAs | father of Balaam ⓘ |
| ethnicIdentity | non-Israelite ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Balaam ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild | Balaam ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Micah
ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| nameVariant | Beor ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Biblical tradition ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInText | genealogical reference ⓘ |
| scripturalReference |
Micah 6:5
ⓘ
Numbers 22:5 ⓘ Numbers 24:15 ⓘ Numbers 24:3 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | biblical era ⓘ |
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: Beor Description of subject: Beor is a biblical figure known primarily as the father of the non-Israelite prophet Balaam mentioned in the Old Testament.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Beor