Shillem
E329745
Shillem is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a descendant within the tribe of Naphtali.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shillem canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3117847 — 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: Shillem Context triple: [Naphtali, parent, Shillem]
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A.
Huelén
Huelén is the former indigenous name for Cerro Santa Lucía, a historic hill and urban park in central Santiago, Chile.
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B.
Shilb
Shilb is the historical name of the town now known as Silves, a former Moorish stronghold and important medieval center in southern Portugal.
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C.
Zwenkau
Zwenkau is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, situated near Leipzig and known for its proximity to former lignite mining areas now being transformed into lake landscapes.
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D.
Houffalize
Houffalize is a small town in the Belgian Ardennes known for its World War II history, outdoor tourism, and scenic natural surroundings.
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E.
Breyten
Breyten is the given name of Breyten Breytenbach, the renowned South African poet, painter, and anti-apartheid activist.
- 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: Shillem Target entity description: Shillem is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a descendant within the tribe of Naphtali.
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A.
Huelén
Huelén is the former indigenous name for Cerro Santa Lucía, a historic hill and urban park in central Santiago, Chile.
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B.
Shilb
Shilb is the historical name of the town now known as Silves, a former Moorish stronghold and important medieval center in southern Portugal.
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C.
Zwenkau
Zwenkau is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, situated near Leipzig and known for its proximity to former lignite mining areas now being transformed into lake landscapes.
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D.
Houffalize
Houffalize is a small town in the Belgian Ardennes known for its World War II history, outdoor tourism, and scenic natural surroundings.
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E.
Breyten
Breyten is the given name of Breyten Breytenbach, the renowned South African poet, painter, and anti-apartheid activist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appearsInSection |
Pentateuch
ⓘ
linked to:
Torah
Torah ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Jacob
ⓘ
Tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| biblicalTribe | Tribe of Naphtali ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| familyRole |
clan ancestor
ⓘ
descendant of Naphtali ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFeastDay | no ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | patriarchal era (traditional biblical chronology) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| listedIn | genealogies of the sons of Jacob ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| mentionedInBook |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Shillem
ⓘ
Shillem son of Naphtali ⓘ |
| notableFor | being listed among descendants of Naphtali in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| religiousCanonStatus | canonical ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInText | eponymous ancestor of a family group ⓘ |
| scriptureCategory | minor biblical figure ⓘ |
| sourceType | religious scripture ⓘ |
| worshippedAsDeity | no ⓘ |
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: Shillem Description of subject: Shillem is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a descendant within the tribe of Naphtali.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.