Twelve Apostles
E43041
The Twelve Apostles were the core group of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples in the New Testament, chosen to spread his teachings and lead the early Christian church.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Twelve Apostles canonical | 67 |
| the Twelve Apostles | 17 |
| The Twelve Apostles | 4 |
| Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles | 1 |
| Twelve Apostles of Jesus | 1 |
| the Eleven Apostles | 1 |
| twelve apostles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T331543 — 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: Twelve Apostles Context triple: [Apostle Peter, memberOf, Twelve Apostles]
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Uluru
Uluru is a massive sandstone monolith in Australia’s Northern Territory, sacred to the Anangu people and renowned as one of the country’s most iconic natural landmarks.
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B.
Sibyl Rock
Sibyl Rock is a notable rock formation at the ancient sanctuary of Delphi in Greece, traditionally associated with the prophetic utterances of the Sibyl.
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C.
Lapa Arches
Lapa Arches is a historic 18th-century aqueduct in Rio de Janeiro that now serves as an iconic bridge for the city’s tramway and a symbol of the bohemian Lapa neighborhood.
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D.
Moro Rock
Moro Rock is a prominent granite dome in California’s Sierra Nevada, famed for its steep stairway trail and sweeping views over Sequoia National Park and the Great Western Divide.
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E.
Raouché Rocks
Raouché Rocks are a famous pair of natural offshore rock formations and a popular coastal landmark located along the Mediterranean shoreline of Beirut, Lebanon.
- 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: Twelve Apostles Target entity description: The Twelve Apostles were the core group of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples in the New Testament, chosen to spread his teachings and lead the early Christian church.
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A.
Uluru
Uluru is a massive sandstone monolith in Australia’s Northern Territory, sacred to the Anangu people and renowned as one of the country’s most iconic natural landmarks.
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B.
Sibyl Rock
Sibyl Rock is a notable rock formation at the ancient sanctuary of Delphi in Greece, traditionally associated with the prophetic utterances of the Sibyl.
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C.
Lapa Arches
Lapa Arches is a historic 18th-century aqueduct in Rio de Janeiro that now serves as an iconic bridge for the city’s tramway and a symbol of the bohemian Lapa neighborhood.
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D.
Moro Rock
Moro Rock is a prominent granite dome in California’s Sierra Nevada, famed for its steep stairway trail and sweeping views over Sequoia National Park and the Great Western Divide.
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E.
Raouché Rocks
Raouché Rocks are a famous pair of natural offshore rock formations and a popular coastal landmark located along the Mediterranean shoreline of Beirut, Lebanon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure collective
ⓘ
group of people ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Apostles of Jesus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostles
The Twelve ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| authorityGivenBy | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| authorityType |
to bind and loose
ⓘ
to forgive sins ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Christian liturgy ⓘ |
| describedIn | New Testament ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek apostolos meaning one who is sent ⓘ |
| foundationOf |
apostolic ministry
ⓘ
early Christian church leadership ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
Galilee
ⓘ
Judea ⓘ |
| influenced | apostolic succession doctrine ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| leadApostle | Peter ⓘ |
| member |
Andrew
ⓘ
Bartholomew ⓘ James son of Alphaeus ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle James the Less
James son of Zebedee ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle James the Greater
John son of Zebedee ⓘ Judas Iscariot ⓘ Matthew ⓘ Peter ⓘ Philip ⓘ Simon the Zealot ⓘ Thaddaeus ⓘ Thomas ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 12 ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
to heal and cast out demons
ⓘ
to preach the Kingdom of God ⓘ to spread the teachings of Jesus ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| replacedMember | Judas Iscariot ⓘ |
| replacementMember | Matthias ⓘ |
| role |
closest disciples of Jesus Christ
ⓘ
leaders of the early Christian church ⓘ missionaries of the gospel ⓘ |
| selectionMethodForMatthias | casting lots ⓘ |
| symbolicNumber | 12 tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | saints in most Christian traditions ⓘ |
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: Twelve Apostles Description of subject: The Twelve Apostles were the core group of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples in the New Testament, chosen to spread his teachings and lead the early Christian church.
Referenced by (92)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Apostle James the Greater
subject linked to:
Apostle Simon the Zealot
linked to: Twelve Apostles
linked to: Twelve Apostles
linked to: Twelve Apostles
linked to: Twelve Apostles
linked to: Twelve Apostles
subject linked to:
the Younger
linked to: Twelve Apostles
linked to: Twelve Apostles
subject linked to:
the twelve
linked to: Twelve Apostles
linked to: Twelve Apostles
linked to: Twelve Apostles
subject linked to:
canons of the Holy Apostles
linked to: Twelve Apostles