Palti son of Laish
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Palti son of Laish is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the man to whom King Saul gave his daughter Michal after separating her from David.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palti son of Laish canonical | 2 |
| Paltiel son of Laish | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4768327 — 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: Palti son of Laish Context triple: [Michal, spouse, Palti son of Laish]
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A.
Shamgar
Shamgar is a minor biblical judge and warrior mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for defeating a large number of Philistines with an oxgoad.
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B.
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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C.
Zerach
Zerach is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, borne by several notable Jewish figures including rabbis, politicians, and scholars.
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D.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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E.
Ar of Moab
Ar of Moab was an ancient Moabite city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, located east of the Dead Sea in what is now modern-day Jordan.
- 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: Palti son of Laish Target entity description: Palti son of Laish is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the man to whom King Saul gave his daughter Michal after separating her from David.
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A.
Shamgar
Shamgar is a minor biblical judge and warrior mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for defeating a large number of Philistines with an oxgoad.
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B.
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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C.
Zerach
Zerach is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, borne by several notable Jewish figures including rabbis, politicians, and scholars.
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D.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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E.
Ar of Moab
Ar of Moab was an ancient Moabite city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, located east of the Dead Sea in what is now modern-day Jordan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
David
ⓘ
King Saul ⓘ |
| category | People in the Books of Samuel ⓘ |
| describedAs | minor biblical character ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFather | Laish ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| maritalConnection |
Michal was taken from him when returned to David
ⓘ
linked to:
Michal daughter of Saul
|
| mentionedIn |
1 Samuel 25
ⓘ
2 Samuel 3 ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| nameVariant |
Paltiel son of Laish
ⓘ
linked to:
Palti son of Laish
|
| narrativeRole | husband of Michal after her separation from David ⓘ |
| receivedAsWifeFrom | King Saul ⓘ |
| receivedWife | Michal daughter of Saul ⓘ |
| religiousTextTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | illustrates political use of marriage by Saul ⓘ |
| scripturalContext | story of Saul, David, and Michal ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Michal daughter of Saul ⓘ |
| timePeriod | biblical period of the united monarchy ⓘ |
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: Palti son of Laish Description of subject: Palti son of Laish is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the man to whom King Saul gave his daughter Michal after separating her from David.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Michal daughter of Saul
subject linked to:
Michal daughter of Saul
linked to: Palti son of Laish