Heman the Ezrahite
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Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heman (biblical figure) | 2 |
| Heman the Ezrahite canonical | 2 |
| the Ezrahite | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T181690 — 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: Heman the Ezrahite Context triple: [Psalms, traditionalAuthor, Heman the Ezrahite]
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A.
Asaph
Asaph is a biblical figure known as a prominent Levite musician and seer associated with King David, traditionally credited with composing several of the Psalms.
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B.
Yoshua
Yoshua is a male given name most notably borne by Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering Canadian computer scientist and deep learning researcher.
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C.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
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D.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
- 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: Heman the Ezrahite Target entity description: Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
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A.
Asaph
Asaph is a biblical figure known as a prominent Levite musician and seer associated with King David, traditionally credited with composing several of the Psalms.
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B.
Yoshua
Yoshua is a male given name most notably borne by Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering Canadian computer scientist and deep learning researcher.
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C.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
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D.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Isaac
Isaac is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "he will laugh" or "laughter."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Testament figure
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Judahite clan of Zerah (Ezrahite) as one interpretation
ⓘ
wisdom tradition in Israel ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Solomon
ⓘ
linked to:
King Solomon
|
| describedAs | Ezrahite ⓘ |
| describedIn | 1 Kings 4:31 as one of the wise men whose wisdom Solomon surpassed ⓘ |
| epithet |
the Ezrahite
ⓘ
linked to:
Heman the Ezrahite
|
| hasRole |
author
ⓘ
psalmist ⓘ sage ⓘ wise man ⓘ |
| hasUncertainDetails |
exact historical dates
ⓘ
genealogy ⓘ precise identity relative to other Hemans in the Bible ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authorship of Psalm 88
ⓘ
being very wise ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| languageContext | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Chronicles 2:6
ⓘ
1 Kings 4:31 ⓘ Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to:
Psalms
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
Psalm 88 title ⓘ
linked to:
Psalm 88
|
| psalmAttributed | Psalm 88 ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| sourceType | scriptural figure ⓘ |
| textualRole | superscription figure in Psalm 88 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | biblical era ⓘ |
| traditionallyRegardedAs | author of Psalm 88 ⓘ |
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: Heman the Ezrahite Description of subject: Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Heman the Ezrahite
linked to: Heman the Ezrahite
linked to: Heman the Ezrahite