Jacob
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Jacob is a common surname of Hebrew origin, widely used across many cultures and languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacob canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11733754 — 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: Jacob Context triple: [Irène Jacob, familyName, Jacob]
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A.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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B.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of legendary American comic book artist and writer Jack Kirby, a key creator of many iconic Marvel and DC superheroes.
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C.
Jacob
Jacob is the central figure in the story "The Slave," around whom the narrative’s themes and events revolve.
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D.
Jacob
Jacob is the first name of Jake Peavy, a former Major League Baseball pitcher and Cy Young Award winner.
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E.
Jacob
Jacob is the family name of Piers Anthony, the prolific British-American fantasy and science fiction author best known for his long-running Xanth series.
- 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: Jacob Target entity description: Jacob is a common surname of Hebrew origin, widely used across many cultures and languages.
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A.
Jacob
Jacob is a male given name of Hebrew origin commonly used in many English-speaking and international cultures.
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B.
Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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C.
Jacob
Jacob is the first name of Jake Peavy, a former Major League Baseball pitcher and Cy Young Award winner.
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D.
Jacob
Jacob is the middle name of English actor Daniel Radcliffe, best known for portraying Harry Potter in the film series based on J.K. Rowling's novels.
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E.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of legendary American comic book artist and writer Jack Kirby, a key creator of many iconic Marvel and DC superheroes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| hasAnglicisationOf |
Yaakov (Hebrew given name)
ⓘ
linked to:
יעקב
|
| hasCategory |
Biblical surnames
ⓘ
Patronymic surnames ⓘ Surnames of Hebrew origin ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRoot |
Yaʿaqov
ⓘ
linked to:
יעקב
|
| hasEtymologicalRootLanguage | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyNote | originates from a theophoric or personal name in ancient Israel ⓘ |
| hasFrequencyNote | common surname in many Western countries ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | gender-neutral (as a surname) ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUsage | since medieval times in Europe ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticType | patronymic family name ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
"holder of the heel"
ⓘ
"supplanter" ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearerType |
artists
ⓘ
athletes ⓘ politicians ⓘ scientists ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicFeature | capitalized in Latin script ⓘ |
| hasPhoneticVariation | pronunciation varies by language and region ⓘ |
| hasScriptOfOrigin | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration |
Yaacov
ⓘ
linked to:
יעקב
Yaakov ⓘ
linked to:
יעקב
|
| hasUsageNote | can appear as part of compound surnames ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Jacobi
ⓘ
Jacobs ⓘ Jacoby ⓘ Jacques (surname) ⓘ
linked to:
Jacques
Jakob ⓘ James (surname) ⓘ |
| isConnectedToBiblicalFigure |
Jacob (patriarch in the Hebrew Bible)
ⓘ
linked to:
patriarch Jacob
|
| isConnectedToReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| isDerivedFrom | the given name Jacob ⓘ |
| isRelatedToGivenName | Jacob (given name) ⓘ |
| isUsedAs |
Christian surname
ⓘ
Jewish surname ⓘ |
| isUsedInCulture |
Christian communities
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Dutch-speaking countries ⓘ English-speaking countries ⓘ French-speaking countries ⓘ German-speaking countries ⓘ Jewish culture ⓘ Scandinavian countries ⓘ diaspora communities ⓘ |
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: Jacob Description of subject: Jacob is a common surname of Hebrew origin, widely used across many cultures and languages.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.