Dathan
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Dathan is a biblical figure known as one of the leaders who rebelled against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dathan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3745209 — 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: Dathan Context triple: [Korah, conspiresWith, Dathan]
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A.
Korah
Korah is a biblical figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
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B.
Korah
Korah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as a descendant of Esau and part of the Edomite lineage.
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C.
Dedan
Dedan is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a descendant of Abraham through Keturah and associated with an Arabian tribe or region known for trade.
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D.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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E.
Eliab
Eliab is a biblical figure known as one of the sons of Jesse and the elder brother of King David.
- 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: Dathan Target entity description: Dathan is a biblical figure known as one of the leaders who rebelled against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
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A.
Korah
Korah is a biblical figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
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B.
Korah
Korah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as a descendant of Esau and part of the Edomite lineage.
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C.
Dedan
Dedan is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a descendant of Abraham through Keturah and associated with an Arabian tribe or region known for trade.
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D.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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E.
Eliab
Eliab is a biblical figure known as one of the sons of Jesse and the elder brother of King David.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
rebellious leader ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
inciting the community
ⓘ
rebellion against the Lord ⓘ |
| allyOf |
Abiram
ⓘ
Korah ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Korah’s rebellion
ⓘ
linked to:
Korah
|
| causeOfDeath | earth opening and swallowing him ⓘ |
| describedInChapter |
Deuteronomy 11
ⓘ
Numbers 16 ⓘ Numbers 26 ⓘ |
| diedWith |
Abiram
ⓘ
household and possessions ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| hasRole |
leader of rebellion against Aaron
ⓘ
leader of rebellion against Moses ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locationOfDeath | wilderness near the Israelite camp ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Numbers
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| opposed |
Aaron’s priesthood
ⓘ
Moses’ leadership ⓘ |
| punishedBy | God ⓘ |
| rebelledAgainst |
Aaron
ⓘ
Moses ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic commentary (as a figure related to Israelite narratives) ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| symbolizes | rebellion against divinely appointed authority ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Israelite wilderness wanderings
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites’ wilderness wanderings
|
| tribe |
tribe of Reuben
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribe of Reuben
|
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: Dathan Description of subject: Dathan is a biblical figure known as one of the leaders who rebelled against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.