Miriam
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Miriam is a prominent biblical figure known as the sister of Moses and Aaron and as a prophetess during the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miriam canonical | 42 |
| Miriam (sister of Moses) | 1 |
| Miriam the prophetess | 1 |
| Myriam | 1 |
| a prophetess (Miriam) | 1 |
| מִרְיָם | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T648728 — 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: Miriam Context triple: [Moses, associatedWithPeople, Miriam]
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A.
Miryam
Miryam is the Hebrew form of the name of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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B.
Bilhah
Bilhah is a biblical figure who served as Rachel’s maidservant and bore two of Jacob’s sons, Dan and Naphtali.
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C.
Zilpah
Zilpah is a biblical figure who served as Leah’s maidservant and bore two of Jacob’s sons, Gad and Asher.
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D.
Leah
Leah is a prominent biblical matriarch, wife of Jacob and mother of several tribes of Israel, traditionally believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
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E.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
- 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: Miriam Target entity description: Miriam is a prominent biblical figure known as the sister of Moses and Aaron and as a prophetess during the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
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A.
Miryam
Miryam is the Hebrew form of the name of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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B.
Bilhah
Bilhah is a biblical figure who served as Rachel’s maidservant and bore two of Jacob’s sons, Dan and Naphtali.
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C.
Zilpah
Zilpah is a biblical figure who served as Leah’s maidservant and bore two of Jacob’s sons, Gad and Asher.
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D.
Leah
Leah is a prominent biblical matriarch, wife of Jacob and mother of several tribes of Israel, traditionally believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
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E.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew woman
ⓘ
Israelite ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ prophetess ⓘ |
| afflictedWith | leprosy ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Exodus from Egypt
ⓘ
crossing of the Red Sea ⓘ wilderness wanderings ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Song of the Sea
ⓘ
timbrel ⓘ women of Israel ⓘ |
| buriedAt | Kadesh ⓘ |
| campStatusDuringAffliction | shut out of the camp ⓘ |
| causeOfConflict | criticism of Moses over his Cushite wife ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Moses ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | inspiration for the name Mary ⓘ |
| diedIn | wilderness of Zin ⓘ |
| durationOfAffliction | seven days ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| honoredIn | Micah 6:4 as one of the leaders of Israel ⓘ |
| intercessorFor | Moses prayed for her healing ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Exodus
ⓘ
Book of Micah ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
Torah ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
consequences of speaking against God’s chosen leader
ⓘ
leadership ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| nameMeaningTradition |
beloved
ⓘ
rebellious ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Mariam
ⓘ
Miryam ⓘ Μαριάμ ⓘ
linked to:
Maryam
|
| performedAction |
led women in song and dance after crossing the Red Sea
ⓘ
sang the Song of Miriam ⓘ took a timbrel in her hand ⓘ |
| punishedBy | God ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInText |
leader during the Exodus
ⓘ
prophetess during the Exodus ⓘ sister of Aaron ⓘ sister of Moses ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Aaron
ⓘ
Moses ⓘ |
| title |
Miriam the prophetess
ⓘ
linked to:
Miriam
|
| veneratedIn |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ |
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: Miriam Description of subject: Miriam is a prominent biblical figure known as the sister of Moses and Aaron and as a prophetess during the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Numbers
linked to: Miriam
subject linked to:
Saint Mary and Saint Botolph
subject linked to:
Miriam E. David (née Miner)
subject linked to:
Maria is of Hebrew origin
subject linked to:
Saint Mary and Saint Cecilia
linked to: Miriam
linked to: Miriam
subject linked to:
Miriam Colon (divorced)