Demetrius
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Demetrius is a Christian figure mentioned in the New Testament’s Third Epistle of John, commended for his good testimony and faithfulness.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Demetrius canonical | 5 |
| Demetrius for good testimony | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2052891 — 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: Demetrius Context triple: [Third Epistle of John, mentionsPerson, Demetrius]
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A.
Demetrios
Demetrios is a Greek given name historically borne by several notable Byzantine figures, including members of the Palaiologos dynasty.
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B.
Apollo Actius
Apollo Actius is a local epithet of the Greek god Apollo venerated at Actium, especially associated with the sanctuary overlooking the site of the famous naval battle between Octavian and Antony.
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C.
Demetrius I of Macedon
Demetrius I of Macedon was a prominent Hellenistic king and military leader, known for his ambitious campaigns, naval innovations, and role in the Wars of the Diadochi following Alexander the Great’s death.
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D.
Timoteus
Timoteus is a male given name, commonly used in various European languages and derived from the biblical name Timothy.
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E.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
- 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: Demetrius Target entity description: Demetrius is a Christian figure mentioned in the New Testament’s Third Epistle of John, commended for his good testimony and faithfulness.
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A.
Demetrios
Demetrios is a Greek given name historically borne by several notable Byzantine figures, including members of the Palaiologos dynasty.
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B.
Apollo Actius
Apollo Actius is a local epithet of the Greek god Apollo venerated at Actium, especially associated with the sanctuary overlooking the site of the famous naval battle between Octavian and Antony.
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C.
Demetrius I of Macedon
Demetrius I of Macedon was a prominent Hellenistic king and military leader, known for his ambitious campaigns, naval innovations, and role in the Wars of the Diadochi following Alexander the Great’s death.
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D.
Timoteus
Timoteus is a male given name, commonly used in various European languages and derived from the biblical name Timothy.
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E.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian figure
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Johannine community ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | New Testament figure ⓘ |
| commendedBy | author of 3 John ⓘ |
| commendedFor |
faithfulness
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good reputation ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Demetrius of Acts 19
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Demetrius the silversmith ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
well spoken of by everyone
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well spoken of by the truth itself ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Christian tradition
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New Testament ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
3 John 1:12
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Third Epistle of John ⓘ |
| moralCharacter |
faithful
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upright ⓘ |
| praisedBy |
the elder (author of 3 John)
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linked to:
Apostle John
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| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInText | positive example for believers ⓘ |
| scripturalBookType | epistle ⓘ |
| scripturalCanon | Christian biblical canon ⓘ |
| testimony | good testimony ⓘ |
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: Demetrius Description of subject: Demetrius is a Christian figure mentioned in the New Testament’s Third Epistle of John, commended for his good testimony and faithfulness.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.