Thaddaeus
E60543
Thaddaeus is a disciple of Jesus traditionally counted among the Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition, often identified with Jude the Apostle.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T453850 — 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: Thaddaeus Context triple: [Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution), hasMember, Thaddaeus]
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A.
Adelbert
Adelbert is a masculine given name of German origin, historically borne by figures such as the poet and naturalist Adelbert von Chamisso.
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B.
Roderick
Roderick is the full given name of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame former professional ice hockey defenseman best known for his time with the Washington Capitals.
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C.
Johanus
Johanus is a given name, likely a variant or diminutive of Johan, used as a personal first name in some cultures.
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D.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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E.
Philip Sabes
Philip Sabes is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur known for his work on brain–computer interfaces and for co-founding the neurotechnology company Neuralink.
- 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: Thaddaeus Target entity description: Thaddaeus is a disciple of Jesus traditionally counted among the Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition, often identified with Jude the Apostle.
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A.
Adelbert
Adelbert is a masculine given name of German origin, historically borne by figures such as the poet and naturalist Adelbert von Chamisso.
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B.
Roderick
Roderick is the full given name of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame former professional ice hockey defenseman best known for his time with the Washington Capitals.
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C.
Johanus
Johanus is a given name, likely a variant or diminutive of Johan, used as a personal first name in some cultures.
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D.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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E.
Philip Sabes
Philip Sabes is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur known for his work on brain–computer interfaces and for co-founding the neurotechnology company Neuralink.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious figure
ⓘ
apostle ⓘ biblical person ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Judas Thaddaeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
Jude Thaddaeus ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
Jude of James ⓘ
linked to:
Jude
Jude the Apostle ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
Lebbaeus ⓘ St. Jude ⓘ |
| associatedTradition | hagiographical legends ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Epistle of Jude
ⓘ
early Christian Church ⓘ
linked to:
New Testament churches
evangelization ⓘ missionary work ⓘ |
| category |
1st-century Jew
ⓘ
Apostle of Jesus ⓘ New Testament saint ⓘ |
| cultDevelopedBy | popular devotion in Christianity ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Judas Iscariot ⓘ |
| feastDay |
19 June
ⓘ
28 October ⓘ various dates by tradition ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Aramaic origin name
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Greek name Thaddaios ⓘ Latin name Thaddaeus ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| patronage |
desperate situations
ⓘ
lost causes ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role | disciple of Jesus ⓘ |
| symbol |
axe
ⓘ
boat ⓘ club ⓘ image of Christ ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
| tradition | Christian tradition ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
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: Thaddaeus Description of subject: Thaddaeus is a disciple of Jesus traditionally counted among the Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition, often identified with Jude the Apostle.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution)
linked to: Thaddaeus
subject linked to:
the twelve
linked to: Thaddaeus
linked to: Thaddaeus