Phanuel
E900028
Phanuel is a biblical figure mentioned in the Gospel of Luke as the father of the prophetess Anna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phanuel canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11007879 — 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: Phanuel Context triple: [Anna, father, Phanuel]
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A.
Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
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B.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
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C.
Portius
Portius is a virtuous and philosophical young Roman nobleman in Joseph Addison’s tragedy "Cato," often portrayed as a model of stoic honor and moral integrity.
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D.
Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Azarias
Azarias is the Hebrew name traditionally associated with Abednego, one of the three youths in the biblical Book of Daniel who survived the fiery furnace.
- 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: Phanuel Target entity description: Phanuel is a biblical figure mentioned in the Gospel of Luke as the father of the prophetess Anna.
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A.
Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
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B.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
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C.
Portius
Portius is a virtuous and philosophical young Roman nobleman in Joseph Addison’s tragedy "Cato," often portrayed as a model of stoic honor and moral integrity.
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D.
Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Azarias
Azarias is the Hebrew name traditionally associated with Abednego, one of the three youths in the biblical Book of Daniel who survived the fiery furnace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person in the New Testament ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Christian Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
New Testament narrative of Jesus’ infancy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | appears only in the New Testament ⓘ |
| childOf | Phanuel ⓘ |
| describedAs | of the tribe of Asher ⓘ |
| familyRelation | father ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Anna ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDaughter | Anna the prophetess ⓘ |
| hasRole | father of a prophetess ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Luke 2:36 ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Peniel
ⓘ
Penuel ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of Anna the prophetess ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalContext | presentation of Jesus in the Temple ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Second Temple period
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Temple Judaism
|
| tribe | Tribe of Asher ⓘ |
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: Phanuel Description of subject: Phanuel is a biblical figure mentioned in the Gospel of Luke as the father of the prophetess Anna.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
prophetess Anna
subject linked to:
prophetess Anna, daughter of Phanuel