Joseph
E8383
Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph canonical | 20 |
| Joseph (husband of Mary) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34929 — 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: Joseph Context triple: [Jesus Christ, legalFather, Joseph]
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A.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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B.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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C.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
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E.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
- 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: Joseph Target entity description: Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
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A.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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B.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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C.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
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E.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ Saint ⓘ |
| appearsIn | New Testament ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
Nazareth ⓘ |
| familyLineage |
King Davidic dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
House of David
|
| feastDayInCatholicChurch |
1 May
ⓘ
19 March ⓘ |
| genealogyRecordedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| guardianOf |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| legalFatherOf |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| occupation |
carpenter
ⓘ
tekton ⓘ |
| patronage |
universal Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Universal Church
a happy death ⓘ carpenters ⓘ craftsmen ⓘ engineers ⓘ families ⓘ fathers ⓘ workers ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Nazareth ⓘ |
| roleInChristianity |
model of fatherhood
ⓘ
model of humility ⓘ model of obedience ⓘ |
| spouse |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary, mother of Jesus
|
| stepfatherOf |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| title |
Foster Father of Jesus
ⓘ
Joseph the Betrothed ⓘ Saint Joseph ⓘ Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | Flight into Egypt ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
|
| virtue |
chastity
ⓘ
faithfulness ⓘ humility ⓘ obedience ⓘ |
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: Joseph Description of subject: Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Joseph (husband of Mary)