Japheth
E381222
Japheth is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of Noah’s three sons and an ancestor of various peoples in post-flood genealogies.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japheth canonical | 7 |
| Japheth (Noah film character) | 1 |
| Japheth (traditional identification) | 1 |
| Japhethite nations | 1 |
| Yepheth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3720825 — 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: Japheth Context triple: [Noah, parentOf, Japheth]
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A.
Enosh
Enosh is a biblical figure recognized as a grandson of Adam and an early patriarch in the Book of Genesis.
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B.
Peleg
Peleg is a retired whaling captain and part-owner of the ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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C.
Jokshan
Jokshan is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as one of the sons of Abraham by his wife Keturah.
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D.
Tubal-cain
Tubal-cain is the main human antagonist in the 2014 biblical epic film "Noah," portrayed as a ruthless king who opposes Noah and embodies violent, corrupt humanity.
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E.
Nimrod
Nimrod is a 1997 studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, best known for its blend of punk energy with more experimental and melodic tracks.
- 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: Japheth Target entity description: Japheth is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of Noah’s three sons and an ancestor of various peoples in post-flood genealogies.
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A.
Enosh
Enosh is a biblical figure recognized as a grandson of Adam and an early patriarch in the Book of Genesis.
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B.
Peleg
Peleg is a retired whaling captain and part-owner of the ship Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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C.
Jokshan
Jokshan is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as one of the sons of Abraham by his wife Keturah.
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D.
Tubal-cain
Tubal-cain is the main human antagonist in the 2014 biblical epic film "Noah," portrayed as a ruthless king who opposes Noah and embodies violent, corrupt humanity.
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E.
Nimrod
Nimrod is a 1997 studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, best known for its blend of punk energy with more experimental and melodic tracks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ patriarch ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Gomerites
ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ Ionians ⓘ Magogites ⓘ
linked to:
Magog
Medes ⓘ Meshechites ⓘ Tirasians ⓘ Tubalites ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Genesis 10
ⓘ
Genesis 5 ⓘ Genesis 6 ⓘ Genesis 7 ⓘ Genesis 8 ⓘ Genesis 9 ⓘ |
| appearsInText |
Genesis 10:2–5
ⓘ
Genesis 9:18–27 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Genesis Flood
ⓘ
linked to:
The Flood
|
| associatedWithRegion | coastlands of the nations ⓘ |
| blessingDescribedAs |
God shall enlarge Japheth
ⓘ
he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ⓘ |
| childOf | Noah ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the three sons of Noah ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | may God enlarge ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| nameForm | יֶפֶת ⓘ |
| nameTransliteration |
Yepheth
ⓘ
linked to:
Japheth
|
| parentOf |
Gomer
ⓘ
Javan ⓘ Madai ⓘ Magog ⓘ
linked to:
Gog of the land of Magog
Meshech ⓘ Tiras ⓘ Tubal ⓘ |
| receivesBlessingFrom | Noah ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| residesOn | Ark ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
ancestor of post-flood nations
ⓘ
survivor of the Flood ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Ham
ⓘ
Shem ⓘ |
| spouseOf | wife of Japheth ⓘ |
| traditionallyRegardedAs |
ancestor of many Indo-European peoples
ⓘ
progenitor of peoples in the isles and coastlands ⓘ |
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: Japheth Description of subject: Japheth is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of Noah’s three sons and an ancestor of various peoples in post-flood genealogies.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.