Jalam
E343456
Jalam is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as a descendant within Esau’s family line.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3294715 — 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: Jalam Context triple: [Esau, fatherOf, Jalam]
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A.
Jal
Jal is a small city in southeastern New Mexico known for its roots in the oil and gas industry within Lea County.
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B.
Jala
Jala is a municipality and town in the Mexican state of Nayarit, known for its agricultural traditions and proximity to the Ceboruco volcano.
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C.
Jalhay
Jalhay is a municipality in the province of Liège in eastern Belgium, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the High Fens nature reserve.
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D.
Ranna
Ranna was a prominent 10th-century Kannada poet, celebrated as one of the “three gems” of early Kannada literature for his influential epic and courtly works.
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E.
Suleja
Suleja is a town in Niger State, Nigeria, located near the capital Abuja and known as a key gateway between the capital region and the country’s northwestern areas.
- 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: Jalam Target entity description: Jalam is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as a descendant within Esau’s family line.
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A.
Jal
Jal is a small city in southeastern New Mexico known for its roots in the oil and gas industry within Lea County.
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B.
Jala
Jala is a municipality and town in the Mexican state of Nayarit, known for its agricultural traditions and proximity to the Ceboruco volcano.
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C.
Jalhay
Jalhay is a municipality in the province of Liège in eastern Belgium, known for its rural landscapes and proximity to the High Fens nature reserve.
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D.
Ranna
Ranna was a prominent 10th-century Kannada poet, celebrated as one of the “three gems” of early Kannada literature for his influential epic and courtly works.
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E.
Suleja
Suleja is a town in Niger State, Nigeria, located near the capital Abuja and known as a key gateway between the capital region and the country’s northwestern areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Jalam ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Genesis 36 ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | family of Esau ⓘ |
| belongsToPeople |
Edomites
ⓘ
linked to:
Edom
|
| hasFather | Esau ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasMother | Aholibamah ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Jaalam
ⓘ
linked to:
Jalam
Yaalam ⓘ |
| hasRole | descendant of Esau ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Jalam
ⓘ
Jeush ⓘ Korah ⓘ |
| hasSon | Jalam ⓘ |
| languageContext | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| positionInText | listed in Esau’s genealogy ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
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: Jalam Description of subject: Jalam is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as a descendant within Esau’s family line.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.