Alphaeus
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Alphaeus is a New Testament figure mentioned as the father of James the Less, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alphaeus canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1164182 — 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: Alphaeus Context triple: [Apostle James the Less, father, Alphaeus]
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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C.
Phaenarete
Phaenarete was an Athenian midwife best known as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
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D.
Onomarchus
Onomarchus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian general and leader who played a major role in the Third Sacred War against Thebes and its allies.
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E.
Ambrysus
Ambrysus was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known for its strategic location and role in classical Greek history.
- 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: Alphaeus Target entity description: Alphaeus is a New Testament figure mentioned as the father of James the Less, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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C.
Phaenarete
Phaenarete was an Athenian midwife best known as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
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D.
Onomarchus
Onomarchus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian general and leader who played a major role in the Third Sacred War against Thebes and its allies.
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E.
Ambrysus
Ambrysus was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known for its strategic location and role in classical Greek history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Testament person
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ |
| appearsInListOf | apostolic family members ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| familyRole | father ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
James son of Alphaeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle James the Less
James the Less ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
Roman Judea
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman province of Judea
ancient Palestine ⓘ |
| hasLimitedBiographicalData | true ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | early Christian tradition ⓘ |
| hasUncertainIdentity | true ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
canonical Gospels ⓘ |
| languageContext | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| nameForm |
Alphaîos
ⓘ
Ἀλφαῖος ⓘ |
| notIdenticalTo | Cleopas (traditional scholarly view) ⓘ |
| primarySignificance | father of the apostle James the Less ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalRole | genealogical reference ⓘ |
| sourceType | religious text ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Christianity ⓘ |
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: Alphaeus Description of subject: Alphaeus is a New Testament figure mentioned as the father of James the Less, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.