Lo-debar
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Lo-debar was a town in ancient Israel, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a remote and relatively obscure place east of the Jordan River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lo-debar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4904677 — 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: Lo-debar Context triple: [Mephibosheth, residedIn, Lo-debar]
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A.
Deskaheh
Deskaheh was a Cayuga chief and political leader of the Six Nations who became known internationally in the 1920s for advocating Haudenosaunee sovereignty before the League of Nations.
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B.
Gischala
Gischala was an ancient Jewish town in Galilee, notable as one of the last strongholds of resistance during the First Jewish–Roman War.
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C.
Lahab
Lahab is a short Meccan chapter of the Qur’an that condemns Abu Lahab and his wife for their opposition to the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Geulah
Geulah is the Jewish concept of ultimate redemption and divine deliverance, often associated with the Messianic era and the restoration of spiritual and national wholeness.
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E.
Sh’Diah
Sh’Diah is a track by Kanye West from his 2021 album "Donda," noted for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
- 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: Lo-debar Target entity description: Lo-debar was a town in ancient Israel, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a remote and relatively obscure place east of the Jordan River.
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A.
Deskaheh
Deskaheh was a Cayuga chief and political leader of the Six Nations who became known internationally in the 1920s for advocating Haudenosaunee sovereignty before the League of Nations.
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B.
Gischala
Gischala was an ancient Jewish town in Galilee, notable as one of the last strongholds of resistance during the First Jewish–Roman War.
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C.
Lahab
Lahab is a short Meccan chapter of the Qur’an that condemns Abu Lahab and his wife for their opposition to the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Geulah
Geulah is the Jewish concept of ultimate redemption and divine deliverance, often associated with the Messianic era and the restoration of spiritual and national wholeness.
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E.
Sh’Diah
Sh’Diah is a track by Kanye West from his 2021 album "Donda," noted for its introspective lyrics and atmospheric production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient town
ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
King David
ⓘ
Machir son of Ammiel ⓘ Mephibosheth ⓘ |
| country |
ancient Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Israel
|
| culturalSignificance | symbol of obscurity and low status in biblical narrative ⓘ |
| describedAs |
relatively obscure place
ⓘ
remote place ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Transjordan ⓘ |
| hasUncertainLocation | true ⓘ |
| hostedResident | Mephibosheth ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn | region east of the Jordan River ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
2 Samuel
ⓘ
2 Samuel 17 ⓘ 2 Samuel 9 ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| modernCountryRegion | area of modern Jordan or Israel (uncertain) ⓘ |
| religionContext |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
place from which David brings Mephibosheth to his court
ⓘ
refuge for Mephibosheth before restoration by David ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Machir son of Ammiel ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | canonical biblical location ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
monarchy of ancient Israel
ⓘ
reign of King David ⓘ |
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: Lo-debar Description of subject: Lo-debar was a town in ancient Israel, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a remote and relatively obscure place east of the Jordan River.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.