Bathsheba
E32067
Bathsheba is a prominent biblical figure known as the wife of King David and the mother of King Solomon.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bathsheba canonical | 24 |
| Bathsheba (via Eliam, her father) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158599 — 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: Bathsheba Context triple: [King David, spouse, Bathsheba]
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A.
Margaret
Margaret is a feminine given name of Greek origin, traditionally associated with the meaning "pearl" and widely used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Elizabeth Eldridge
Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
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C.
Abigail
Abigail is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "my father is joy," historically popular in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Tessie
Tessie is a Boston Red Sox mascot character, often depicted as a green monster and associated with Wally the Green Monster.
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E.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
- 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: Bathsheba Target entity description: Bathsheba is a prominent biblical figure known as the wife of King David and the mother of King Solomon.
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A.
Margaret
Margaret is a feminine given name of Greek origin, traditionally associated with the meaning "pearl" and widely used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Elizabeth Eldridge
Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
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C.
Abigail
Abigail is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "my father is joy," historically popular in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Tessie
Tessie is a Boston Red Sox mascot character, often depicted as a green monster and associated with Wally the Green Monster.
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E.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of David
ⓘ
linked to:
King Davidic dynasty
United Monarchy of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
|
| child |
King Solomon
ⓘ
Nathan ⓘ Shammua ⓘ
linked to:
Shobab
Shobab ⓘ Unnamed first son of David and Bathsheba ⓘ |
| describedAs | daughter of Eliam ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| father | Eliam ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandfather | Ahithophel ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
David and Bathsheba narrative
ⓘ
succession narrative of Solomon ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| mentionedIn |
First Book of Chronicles
ⓘ
linked to:
Books of Chronicles
First Book of Kings ⓘ
linked to:
1 Kings
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
Second Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to:
2 Samuel
|
| motherOf |
King Solomon
ⓘ
Nathan ⓘ Shammua ⓘ
linked to:
Shephatiah
Shobab ⓘ Unnamed first son of David and Bathsheba ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
daughter of abundance
ⓘ
daughter of the oath ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the mother of King Solomon
ⓘ
being the wife of King David ⓘ her role in the succession of Solomon ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
1 Chronicles 3
ⓘ
1 Kings 1 ⓘ 1 Kings 2 ⓘ 2 Samuel 11 ⓘ 2 Samuel 12 ⓘ
linked to:
2 Samuel
|
| religion | Ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| residence | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| role | queen mother of Israel ⓘ |
| scripturalEvent |
adultery of David and Bathsheba
ⓘ
anointing and enthronement of Solomon ⓘ death of her first child with David ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
King David
ⓘ
Uriah the Hittite ⓘ |
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: Bathsheba Description of subject: Bathsheba is a prominent biblical figure known as the wife of King David and the mother of King Solomon.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.