Elias
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Elias is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is God," commonly used in various European and English-speaking countries.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2667134 — 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: Elias Context triple: [Elias Loomis, givenName, Elias]
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A.
Elias
Elias is a central child protagonist in the Danish drama film "In a Better World," whose experiences explore themes of bullying, revenge, and moral responsibility.
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B.
Eli
Eli is a given name most famously associated with American inventor Eli Whitney, known for creating the cotton gin.
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C.
Elliott
Elliott is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
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D.
Elijah
Elijah is a major Old Testament prophet who, according to the Bible, was taken up to heaven and later appeared alongside Moses during Jesus’ Transfiguration.
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E.
Elijah
Elijah is a minor, Bible-quoting street preacher in the play and film "Inherit the Wind," symbolizing religious fervor and public opinion in the story’s courtroom drama.
- 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: Elias Target entity description: Elias is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is God," commonly used in various European and English-speaking countries.
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A.
Elias
Elias is a central child protagonist in the Danish drama film "In a Better World," whose experiences explore themes of bullying, revenge, and moral responsibility.
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B.
Eli
Eli is a given name most famously associated with American inventor Eli Whitney, known for creating the cotton gin.
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C.
Elliott
Elliott is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as both a first name and a surname.
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D.
Elijah
Elijah is a major Old Testament prophet who, according to the Bible, was taken up to heaven and later appeared alongside Moses during Jesus’ Transfiguration.
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E.
Elijah
Elijah is a minor, Bible-quoting street preacher in the play and film "Inherit the Wind," symbolizing religious fervor and public opinion in the story’s courtroom drama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| category |
Hebrew masculine given names
ⓘ
Theophoric given names ⓘ |
| derivesFrom |
Eliyahu
ⓘ
linked to:
אֵלִיָּהוּ
|
| etymologicalElement |
El (God)
ⓘ
linked to:
Elohim
Yah (Yahweh) ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
|
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
The Lord is my God
ⓘ
Yahweh is God ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Hebrew language
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| hasVariant |
Elijah
ⓘ
Eliyahu ⓘ
linked to:
אֵלִיָּהוּ
Elías ⓘ
linked to:
Elias
Ilias ⓘ Ilija ⓘ Élie ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Elijah ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Austria
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Belgium ⓘ English-speaking countries ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ Spain ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
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: Elias Description of subject: Elias is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is God," commonly used in various European and English-speaking countries.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mendelssohn Elijah
linked to: Elias
linked to: Elias
linked to: Elias
linked to: Elias
subject linked to:
Robert Elias Jr.