Shaul
E478315
Shaul is the Hebrew form of the name Saul, most famously associated with the first king of ancient Israel in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shaul canonical | 4 |
| Shaul of Rehoboth on the River | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4887530 — 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: Shaul Context triple: [Saul, alsoKnownAs, Shaul]
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A.
Ehud
Ehud is a biblical judge and deliverer of Israel known for assassinating the Moabite king Eglon in the Book of Judges.
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B.
Abinoam
Abinoam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of the Israelite military leader Barak.
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C.
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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D.
Yigal Shiloh
Yigal Shiloh was an Israeli archaeologist best known for his influential excavations in Jerusalem and his contributions to the study of ancient Israelite urbanism and material culture.
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E.
Abishai
Abishai is a prominent Old Testament military leader and nephew of King David, known for his close association with his brother Joab and his role in David’s campaigns.
- 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: Shaul Target entity description: Shaul is the Hebrew form of the name Saul, most famously associated with the first king of ancient Israel in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Ehud
Ehud is a biblical judge and deliverer of Israel known for assassinating the Moabite king Eglon in the Book of Judges.
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B.
Abinoam
Abinoam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of the Israelite military leader Barak.
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C.
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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D.
Yigal Shiloh
Yigal Shiloh was an Israeli archaeologist best known for his influential excavations in Jerusalem and his contributions to the study of ancient Israelite urbanism and material culture.
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E.
Abishai
Abishai is a prominent Old Testament military leader and nephew of King David, known for his close association with his brother Joab and his role in David’s campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew masculine given name
ⓘ
King of Israel ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ given name ⓘ |
| anointedBy |
prophet Samuel
ⓘ
linked to:
Prophet Samuel
|
| appearsIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Books of Samuel ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| associatedWith |
Philistine wars
ⓘ
transition from judges to monarchy in Israel ⓘ |
| category |
Hebrew masculine given names
ⓘ
Jewish given names ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide in battle ⓘ |
| culturalUsage | Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ |
| daughter |
Merab
ⓘ
Michal ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Mount Gilboa ⓘ |
| equivalentForm | Saul ⓘ |
| etymologicalMeaning |
asked for
ⓘ
prayed for ⓘ |
| father |
Kish
ⓘ
Simeon ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalBearer |
Saul, first king of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Saul
Shaul son of Simeon ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Saul, first king of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Saul
|
| hasVariantSpelling |
Saul
ⓘ
Shaul ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being first king of Israel
ⓘ
conflict with David ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| positionHeld | first king of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| predecessor | judges of Israel ⓘ |
| reignOver |
Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
|
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| son |
Abinadab
ⓘ
Ish-bosheth ⓘ Jonathan ⓘ Malchi-shua ⓘ |
| spouse | Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz ⓘ |
| successor | David ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Israel ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
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: Shaul Description of subject: Shaul is the Hebrew form of the name Saul, most famously associated with the first king of ancient Israel in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shaul