Arimathea (traditional identification)
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Arimathea (traditional identification) is the traditionally recognized hometown of Joseph of Arimathea, the biblical figure who, according to the New Testament, provided his own tomb for the burial of Jesus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arimathea (traditional identification) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5090131 — 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: Arimathea (traditional identification) Context triple: [Joseph of Arimathea, birthPlace, Arimathea (traditional identification)]
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A.
Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea is a biblical figure described in the Gospels as a wealthy and respected member of the council who, as a secret follower of Jesus, provided his own tomb for Jesus’ burial after the crucifixion.
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B.
tomb of Joseph of Arimathea
The tomb of Joseph of Arimathea is the rock-hewn sepulchre, owned by the wealthy Jewish council member Joseph of Arimathea, in which the body of Jesus was laid after the crucifixion according to the New Testament.
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Anastasis
Anastasis is the traditional name for the rotunda of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, venerated by Christians as the site of Jesus Christ’s resurrection.
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D.
Didymus
Didymus is another name for the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus Christ’s twelve original disciples in the New Testament.
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E.
Arrhachion of Phigalia
Arrhachion of Phigalia was an ancient Greek pankratiast renowned for winning Olympic victory even as he died during a match, becoming a legendary symbol of courage in combat sports history.
- 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: Arimathea (traditional identification) Target entity description: Arimathea (traditional identification) is the traditionally recognized hometown of Joseph of Arimathea, the biblical figure who, according to the New Testament, provided his own tomb for the burial of Jesus.
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A.
Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea is a biblical figure described in the Gospels as a wealthy and respected member of the council who, as a secret follower of Jesus, provided his own tomb for Jesus’ burial after the crucifixion.
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B.
tomb of Joseph of Arimathea
The tomb of Joseph of Arimathea is the rock-hewn sepulchre, owned by the wealthy Jewish council member Joseph of Arimathea, in which the body of Jesus was laid after the crucifixion according to the New Testament.
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C.
Anastasis
Anastasis is the traditional name for the rotunda of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, venerated by Christians as the site of Jesus Christ’s resurrection.
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D.
Didymus
Didymus is another name for the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus Christ’s twelve original disciples in the New Testament.
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E.
Arrhachion of Phigalia
Arrhachion of Phigalia was an ancient Greek pankratiast renowned for winning Olympic victory even as he died during a match, becoming a legendary symbol of courage in combat sports history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical geography topic
ⓘ
traditional identification of a place ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| associatedText | Gospels ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ |
| describedAs | traditionally recognized hometown of Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ |
| hasNotableResident | Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | burial of Jesus tradition ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfIdentification | traditional rather than archaeologically confirmed ⓘ |
| hasUncertainLocation | true ⓘ |
| linkedTo | ancient Judea ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | New Testament tradition ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Arimathea ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent |
crucifixion of Jesus
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linked to:
Crucifixion of Jesus
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| significance | important in Christian devotional and pilgrimage traditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Arimathea (traditional identification) Description of subject: Arimathea (traditional identification) is the traditionally recognized hometown of Joseph of Arimathea, the biblical figure who, according to the New Testament, provided his own tomb for the burial of Jesus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.