Gershon
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Gershon is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Levi and an ancestor of the Gershonite clan of Levites.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3745290 — 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: Gershon Context triple: [Levi, parentOf, Gershon]
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A.
Gershon
Gershon is the surname of American actress Gina Gershon, known for her roles in films like "Showgirls" and "Bound."
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B.
Gershom
Gershom is the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Meir
Meir is a Hebrew surname most famously borne by Golda Meir, the former Prime Minister of Israel.
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D.
Benzion
Benzion is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "son of Zion," traditionally used in Jewish communities.
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E.
Savyon
Savyon is an affluent residential town in central Israel known for its spacious villas, high standard of living, and proximity to Tel Aviv.
- 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: Gershon Target entity description: Gershon is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Levi and an ancestor of the Gershonite clan of Levites.
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A.
Gershon
Gershon is the surname of American actress Gina Gershon, known for her roles in films like "Showgirls" and "Bound."
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B.
Gershom
Gershom is the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Meir
Meir is a Hebrew surname most famously borne by Golda Meir, the former Prime Minister of Israel.
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D.
Benzion
Benzion is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "son of Zion," traditionally used in Jewish communities.
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E.
Savyon
Savyon is an affluent residential town in central Israel known for its spacious villas, high standard of living, and proximity to Tel Aviv.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Gershonites
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribe of Levi
|
| appearsInGenealogy |
1 Chronicles 6
ⓘ
Numbers 3 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tabernacle service
ⓘ
sanctuary duties ⓘ |
| biblicalGenealogyPosition |
firstborn son of Levi in some traditions
ⓘ
one of the three main Levitical lines ⓘ |
| category |
Book of Numbers person
ⓘ
Levitical ancestor ⓘ Old Testament person ⓘ |
| child |
Libni
ⓘ
Shimei ⓘ |
| clan |
Gershonites
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribe of Levi
|
| describedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| ethnicGroup | Israelites ⓘ |
| father | Levi ⓘ |
| givenName | Gershon ⓘ |
| hasDescendantGroupRole | custodians of certain tabernacle furnishings (via Gershonites) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Chronicles
ⓘ
linked to:
Books of Chronicles
Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | often linked to ideas of exile or expulsion (etymologically debated) ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Gershom
ⓘ
Gershon ben Levi ⓘ Gēršôn ⓘ
linked to:
Gershon
|
| religiousStatus |
Levite
ⓘ
linked to:
שבט לוי
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic biblical tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ |
| role | ancestor of a Levitical clan ⓘ |
| sibling |
Kohath
ⓘ
Merari ⓘ |
| tribalFunction | Levitical service ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Levi ⓘ |
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: Gershon Description of subject: Gershon is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as one of the sons of Levi and an ancestor of the Gershonite clan of Levites.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.