Silas
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Silas is an early Christian leader and missionary companion of Paul, mentioned in the New Testament for his role in spreading the gospel and strengthening the early Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silas canonical | 28 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T207486 — 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: Silas Context triple: [Acts of the Apostles, featuresCharacter, Silas]
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A.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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B.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
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C.
Saint West
Saint West is the son of American rapper Kanye West and reality television star Kim Kardashian, known publicly through their highly visible celebrity family.
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D.
Ralph Stackpole
Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
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E.
Jake Pentecost
Jake Pentecost is the charismatic Jaeger pilot and son of legendary Marshal Stacker Pentecost who leads a new generation of defenders against monstrous threats in the film "Pacific Rim: Uprising."
- 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: Silas Target entity description: Silas is an early Christian leader and missionary companion of Paul, mentioned in the New Testament for his role in spreading the gospel and strengthening the early Church.
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A.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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B.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest was an English Pilgrim and early settler of Plymouth Colony who traveled on the Mayflower and participated in the founding governance of the colony.
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C.
Saint West
Saint West is the son of American rapper Kanye West and reality television star Kim Kardashian, known publicly through their highly visible celebrity family.
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D.
Ralph Stackpole
Ralph Stackpole was an American sculptor and painter associated with the San Francisco art scene, known for his public works and contributions to New Deal–era projects.
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E.
Jake Pentecost
Jake Pentecost is the charismatic Jaeger pilot and son of legendary Marshal Stacker Pentecost who leads a new generation of defenders against monstrous threats in the film "Pacific Rim: Uprising."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian missionary
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ early Christian leader ⓘ |
| activity |
encouraging and strengthening the brothers with many words
ⓘ
spreading the gospel ⓘ strengthening the early Church ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Silvanus
ⓘ
linked to:
Faunus
|
| associatedEvent |
Jerusalem Council
ⓘ
linked to:
Council of Jerusalem
|
| associatedWith |
Paul the Apostle
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Paul
Peter the Apostle ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Peter
Timothy ⓘ |
| coAuthorOrSecretaryFor | First Epistle of Peter ⓘ |
| companionship | left in Berea with Timothy ⓘ |
| coWorkerOf |
Paul the Apostle
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Paul
Peter the Apostle ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Peter
Timothy ⓘ |
| describedAs | prophet ⓘ |
| experienced | earthquake release from prison at Philippi ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Philippi ⓘ |
| imprisonedWith |
Paul the Apostle
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Paul
|
| joinedPaulIn | Corinth ⓘ |
| knownFor | singing hymns in prison at Philippi ⓘ |
| languageContext |
New Testament Greek
ⓘ
linked to:
Koine Greek
|
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
First Epistle of Peter ⓘ First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ |
| mission | accompanying Paul on his second missionary journey ⓘ |
| missionField |
Achaia
ⓘ
Macedonia ⓘ
linked to:
Macedonia (Greece)
|
| origin | Jerusalem church ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
leading man among the brethren in Jerusalem
ⓘ
missionary companion of Paul ⓘ |
| scripturalRole | messenger of apostolic decisions ⓘ |
| selectedFor | delegation from Jerusalem to Antioch ⓘ |
| servedAs | envoy of the Jerusalem council ⓘ |
| task | delivering the Jerusalem council letter to Antioch ⓘ |
| theologicalSignificance | witness to the inclusion of Gentiles in the Church ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Berea
ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ Philippi ⓘ Thessalonica ⓘ
linked to:
Salonika
|
| veneratedIn | Christian tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Silas Description of subject: Silas is an early Christian leader and missionary companion of Paul, mentioned in the New Testament for his role in spreading the gospel and strengthening the early Church.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.