Yaqub
E178498
Yaqub is a prophet in Islamic tradition, known as the son of Ishaq (Isaac) and the father of the twelve sons who became the ancestors of the tribes of Israel.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yaqub canonical | 9 |
| Prophet Yaqub | 3 |
| Ya‘qub | 3 |
| Ya'kub | 1 |
| YaqubInIslam | 1 |
| his father Yaqub | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1586058 — 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: Yaqub Context triple: [Surah Maryam, mentions, Yaqub]
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A.
Yusuf
Yusuf is a revered prophet in Islamic tradition, known for his exemplary patience, prophetic dreams, and the Qur’anic narrative of his trials and rise to power in Egypt.
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B.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim is the name used in Islamic tradition for the prophet Abraham, a central patriarchal figure revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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C.
Ishaq
Ishaq is the Arabic form of the biblical name Isaac, commonly used in Muslim and Arabic-speaking communities.
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D.
Yahya
Yahya is the Islamic prophet identified with John the Baptist, revered for his piety, asceticism, and role in heralding the coming of Prophet Isa (Jesus).
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E.
Ahmed
Ahmed is a common Arabic male given name meaning "most commendable" or "most praiseworthy."
- 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: Yaqub Target entity description: Yaqub is a prophet in Islamic tradition, known as the son of Ishaq (Isaac) and the father of the twelve sons who became the ancestors of the tribes of Israel.
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A.
Yusuf
Yusuf is a revered prophet in Islamic tradition, known for his exemplary patience, prophetic dreams, and the Qur’anic narrative of his trials and rise to power in Egypt.
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B.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim is the name used in Islamic tradition for the prophet Abraham, a central patriarchal figure revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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C.
Ishaq
Ishaq is the Arabic form of the biblical name Isaac, commonly used in Muslim and Arabic-speaking communities.
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D.
Yahya
Yahya is the Islamic prophet identified with John the Baptist, revered for his piety, asceticism, and role in heralding the coming of Prophet Isa (Jesus).
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E.
Ahmed
Ahmed is a common Arabic male given name meaning "most commendable" or "most praiseworthy."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Quranic figure
ⓘ
biblical patriarch ⓘ prophet ⓘ |
| associatedWith | tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| covenant | bearer of Abrahamic covenant ⓘ |
| ethnicIdentity | Israelite ancestor ⓘ |
| family |
Banu Israil ancestor
ⓘ
House of Ibrahim ⓘ |
| father |
Asher
ⓘ
Binyamin ⓘ Dan ⓘ Dinah ⓘ Gad ⓘ Issachar ⓘ Judah ⓘ
linked to:
Yehuda
Levi ⓘ Naphtali ⓘ Reuben ⓘ Simeon ⓘ Yusuf ⓘ Zebulun ⓘ twelve sons ⓘ |
| grandsonOf |
Abraham
ⓘ
Ibrahim ⓘ |
| hasVisionOf | angels ⓘ |
| honoredBy |
Christians
ⓘ
linked to:
Christianity
Jews ⓘ Muslims ⓘ |
| knownAs | Jacob ⓘ |
| languageForm | Arabic ⓘ |
| lineage |
descendant of Abraham
ⓘ
descendant of Ibrahim ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bible
ⓘ
Quran ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| receives | divine guidance ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInIslam |
model of patience
ⓘ
righteous servant of God ⓘ |
| sonOf |
Isaac
ⓘ
Ishaq ⓘ |
| title | Prophet of Allah ⓘ |
| virtue |
piety
ⓘ
steadfastness ⓘ trust in God ⓘ |
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: Yaqub Description of subject: Yaqub is a prophet in Islamic tradition, known as the son of Ishaq (Isaac) and the father of the twelve sons who became the ancestors of the tribes of Israel.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yaqub
linked to: Yaqub
linked to: Yaqub
subject linked to:
patriarch Jacob
linked to: Yaqub
linked to: Yaqub
linked to: Yaqub
linked to: Yaqub
subject linked to:
Amin al-Dawla Abu al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq ibn al-Quff al-Masihi
linked to: Yaqub