Shamma
E829938
Shamma is a biblical figure whose name is a variant of Shammah, appearing in Old Testament genealogies and narratives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shamma canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9915858 — 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: Shamma Context triple: [Shammah, nameVariant, Shamma]
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A.
Shammua
Shammua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as one of the sons of David.
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B.
Shimsha
Shimsha is a river in southern India that flows through Karnataka and is known for its waterfalls and contribution to the Kaveri river system.
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C.
Rumaitha
Rumaitha is a town in southern Iraq notable as one of the centers of resistance during the 1920 Iraqi revolt against British rule.
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D.
Shalim
Shalim is a deity from ancient Canaanite religion, commonly associated with dusk or the setting sun.
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E.
Shammar
Shammar is a prominent Arab tribal confederation historically centered in the Najd region and influential across parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq.
- 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: Shamma Target entity description: Shamma is a biblical figure whose name is a variant of Shammah, appearing in Old Testament genealogies and narratives.
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A.
Shammua
Shammua is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, known primarily as one of the sons of David.
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B.
Shimsha
Shimsha is a river in southern India that flows through Karnataka and is known for its waterfalls and contribution to the Kaveri river system.
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C.
Rumaitha
Rumaitha is a town in southern Iraq notable as one of the centers of resistance during the 1920 Iraqi revolt against British rule.
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D.
Shalim
Shalim is a deity from ancient Canaanite religion, commonly associated with dusk or the setting sun.
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E.
Shammar
Shammar is a prominent Arab tribal confederation historically centered in the Najd region and influential across parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | biblical figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| associatedWithTextualTradition | Masoretic Text ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Biblical people
ⓘ
Hebrew masculine given names ⓘ Old Testament people ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasGivenNameForm | Shammah ⓘ |
| hasNameForm | שַׁמָּה ⓘ |
| hasNameType | theophoric or descriptive Hebrew name ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
biblical genealogies
ⓘ
biblical narratives ⓘ |
| nameVariantOf |
Shammah
ⓘ
linked to:
Shammah son of Agee
|
| relatedTo |
Israelite tribes
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribes of Israel
|
| roleInText |
genealogical figure
ⓘ
minor character in biblical narrative ⓘ |
| sharesTraditionWith |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
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: Shamma Description of subject: Shamma is a biblical figure whose name is a variant of Shammah, appearing in Old Testament genealogies and narratives.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.