Uz
E913473
Uz is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as one of the early descendants in Abraham’s extended family line.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uz canonical | 7 |
| Uz (Hebrew: עוּץ) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11242004 — 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: Uz Context triple: [Nahor, hasSon, Uz]
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A.
UZ
UZ is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Uzbekistan.
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B.
Uzh
Uzh is a river in Eastern Europe that flows through western Ukraine and Slovakia, serving as an important waterway for the Zakarpattia region.
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C.
UzK
UzK is the commonly used abbreviation for the University of Cologne, one of Germany’s largest and oldest universities.
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D.
Uzal
Uzal is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin that appears in biblical genealogies and has been used by various historical figures.
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E.
Ushba
Ushba is a striking double-summited peak in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, renowned among climbers for its technical difficulty and dramatic, spire-like profile.
- 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: Uz Target entity description: Uz is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as one of the early descendants in Abraham’s extended family line.
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A.
UZ
UZ is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Uzbekistan.
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B.
Uzh
Uzh is a river in Eastern Europe that flows through western Ukraine and Slovakia, serving as an important waterway for the Zakarpattia region.
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C.
UzK
UzK is the commonly used abbreviation for the University of Cologne, one of Germany’s largest and oldest universities.
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D.
Uzal
Uzal is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin that appears in biblical genealogies and has been used by various historical figures.
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E.
Ushba
Ushba is a striking double-summited peak in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, renowned among climbers for its technical difficulty and dramatic, spire-like profile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Genesis 22 ⓘ |
| appearsInVerse | Genesis 22:21 ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | minor biblical character ⓘ |
| describedAs |
firstborn of Nahor
ⓘ
son of Nahor ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasEthnicContext |
Aramean
ⓘ
linked to:
Arameans
|
| hasFamilyConnection | Abraham’s extended family ⓘ |
| hasFather | Nahor ⓘ |
| hasGrandfather | Terah ⓘ |
| hasMother | Milcah ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Uz (Hebrew: עוּץ)
ⓘ
linked to:
Uz
|
| hasSibling |
Bethuel
ⓘ
Buz ⓘ Chesed ⓘ Hazo ⓘ Jidlaph ⓘ Kemuel ⓘ Pildash ⓘ |
| hasUncle |
Abraham
ⓘ
Haran ⓘ Nahor (brother of Abraham) ⓘ
linked to:
Nahor
|
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bethuel
ⓘ
Isaac (by marriage connection through Rebekah) ⓘ
linked to:
biblical patriarch Isaac
Jacob (by extended kinship through Rebekah) ⓘ
linked to:
patriarch Jacob
Rebekah (through Bethuel) ⓘ
linked to:
Rebekah
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ 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: Uz Description of subject: Uz is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as one of the early descendants in Abraham’s extended family line.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.