Hiram
E120315
Hiram is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally meaning "exalted brother" or "my brother is exalted."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiram canonical | 31 |
| Hiram of Tyre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1058895 — 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: Hiram Context triple: [Hiram Revels, givenName, Hiram]
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A.
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was an American politician who became the first governor of the state of Illinois after it was admitted to the Union.
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B.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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C.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
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D.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
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E.
Isaac
Isaac is an artificial lifeform and science officer from the Kaylon race in the science fiction television series "The Orville."
- 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: Hiram Target entity description: Hiram is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally meaning "exalted brother" or "my brother is exalted."
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A.
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was an American politician who became the first governor of the state of Illinois after it was admitted to the Union.
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B.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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C.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
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D.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
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E.
Isaac
Isaac is an artificial lifeform and science officer from the Kaylon race in the science fiction television series "The Orville."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| associatedWith |
Hiram Abiff
ⓘ
King Hiram of Tyre ⓘ |
| category |
Hebrew masculine given names
ⓘ
Masculine given names ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
Biblical names
ⓘ
Masonic tradition ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot |
Hebrew name Chiram
ⓘ
Hebrew name Ḥīrām ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
exalted brother
ⓘ
my brother is exalted ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Hiram Bingham III
ⓘ
linked to:
Hiram Bingham
Hiram Page ⓘ Hiram Percy Maxim ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Hiram Maxim
Hiram Rhodes Revels ⓘ
linked to:
Hiram Revels
Hiram Ulysses Grant ⓘ
linked to:
Ulysses S. Grant
|
| hasOrigin |
Hebrew language
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| hasVariant |
Hirom
ⓘ
Huram ⓘ Hyrum ⓘ
linked to:
Hyrum Smith
|
| usedAs | first name ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian communities
ⓘ
English language ⓘ Hebrew language ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
Jewish 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: Hiram Description of subject: Hiram is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally meaning "exalted brother" or "my brother is exalted."
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Hiram Bingham
linked to: Hiram
subject linked to:
Sir Hiram Maxim
subject linked to:
Theodore Roosevelt; Hiram Johnson