Shem
E384397
Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shem canonical | 18 |
| Shem (Noah film character) | 2 |
| Shem (through Abraham) | 1 |
| Shem (traditional identification) | 1 |
| line of Seth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3720823 — 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: Shem Context triple: [Noah, parentOf, Shem]
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A.
Bethuel
Bethuel is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the father of Laban and Rebekah and a descendant of Abraham’s family line.
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B.
Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
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C.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
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D.
Abinadab
Abinadab is a son of King Saul mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for dying alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
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E.
Abinadab
Abinadab is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as one of King David’s brothers and a son of Jesse of Bethlehem.
- 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: Shem Target entity description: Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
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A.
Bethuel
Bethuel is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the father of Laban and Rebekah and a descendant of Abraham’s family line.
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B.
Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
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C.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
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D.
Abinadab
Abinadab is a son of King Saul mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for dying alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
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E.
Abinadab
Abinadab is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as one of King David’s brothers and a son of Jesse of Bethlehem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ patriarch ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Abraham
ⓘ
Eber ⓘ Hebrews ⓘ Israelites ⓘ Semitic peoples (traditional) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Table of Nations
ⓘ
postdiluvian covenant ⓘ |
| birthOrder |
one of Noah's three sons
ⓘ
sometimes described as eldest son ⓘ |
| category |
Book of Genesis people
ⓘ
Noachide patriarchs ⓘ |
| culturalRole | eponymous ancestor of Semites ⓘ |
| etymology | name often linked to Hebrew word for 'name' (shem) ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Aram
ⓘ
linked to:
Aram-naharaim
Arphaxad ⓘ Asshur ⓘ
linked to:
Ashur
Elam ⓘ Joktan (according to some traditions) ⓘ Lud ⓘ |
| hasGenealogySection |
Genesis 10
ⓘ
Genesis 11 ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Naamah (traditional, rabbinic)
ⓘ
linked to:
Naamah (traditional Jewish identification)
Noah ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Ham
ⓘ
Japheth ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | unnamed wife (Genesis) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Genesis 10 ⓘ Genesis 11 ⓘ Genesis 5 ⓘ Genesis 6 ⓘ Genesis 7 ⓘ Genesis 8 ⓘ Genesis 9 ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| positionInFamily | son of Noah ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam (as Sam or Shem) ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | survivor of the Flood ⓘ |
| theologicalRole | progenitor of line leading to Abraham ⓘ |
| traveledOn | Noah's Ark ⓘ |
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: Shem Description of subject: Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.