Baltasar
E156875
Baltasar is a variant of the name Belshazzar, historically associated with the last king of Babylon mentioned in the biblical Book of Daniel.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151759 — 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: Baltasar Context triple: [Belshazzar, nameVariant, Baltasar]
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A.
Guillermo
Guillermo is the Spanish form of the given name William, commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries.
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B.
Íñigo
Íñigo is the Basque given name of Ignatius of Loyola, the 16th-century Spanish priest who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
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C.
Gonzalo
Gonzalo is a masculine given name of Spanish origin, historically borne by notable figures such as conquistadors, nobles, and literary characters.
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D.
Eduardo
Eduardo is a masculine given name commonly used in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to the English name Edward.
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E.
Azaña
Azaña is the surname of Manuel Azaña, a prominent Spanish politician and writer who served as President of the Second Spanish Republic.
- 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: Baltasar Target entity description: Baltasar is a variant of the name Belshazzar, historically associated with the last king of Babylon mentioned in the biblical Book of Daniel.
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A.
Guillermo
Guillermo is the Spanish form of the given name William, commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries.
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B.
Íñigo
Íñigo is the Basque given name of Ignatius of Loyola, the 16th-century Spanish priest who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
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C.
Gonzalo
Gonzalo is a masculine given name of Spanish origin, historically borne by notable figures such as conquistadors, nobles, and literary characters.
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D.
Eduardo
Eduardo is a masculine given name commonly used in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to the English name Edward.
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E.
Azaña
Azaña is the surname of Manuel Azaña, a prominent Spanish politician and writer who served as President of the Second Spanish Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ theophoric name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | last king of Babylon ⓘ |
| categorizedAs |
biblical name
ⓘ
historical name ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Belshazzar ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo |
Belteshazzar
ⓘ
linked to:
Belshazzar
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalConnection | Book of Daniel ⓘ |
| hasCulturalUse | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticForm | Latin-based orthography ⓘ |
| hasMeaningRelatedTo | Bel protects the king ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Akkadian language
ⓘ
linked to:
Akkadian
Hebrew language ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| hasReligiousContext |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| hasScripturalAssociation |
Babylonian captivity
ⓘ
linked to:
Babylonian exile
|
| mentionedIn | Book of Daniel ⓘ |
| nameDayTradition | observed in some Christian cultures ⓘ |
| spellingVariantOf |
Baltassar
ⓘ
linked to:
Baltasar
Balthasar ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Catalan language
ⓘ
linked to:
Catalan
Galician language ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ |
| variantOf | Belshazzar ⓘ |
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: Baltasar Description of subject: Baltasar is a variant of the name Belshazzar, historically associated with the last king of Babylon mentioned in the biblical Book of Daniel.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Baltasar
linked to: Baltasar
linked to: Baltasar
linked to: Baltasar