Mordechai
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Mordechai is a central biblical figure in the Book of Esther, known for thwarting Haman’s plot against the Jews and serving as a key hero commemorated during the Jewish festival of Purim.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mordechai canonical | 15 |
| Mordecai | 5 |
| Mordecai to high rank | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T511212 — 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: Mordechai Context triple: [Purim, associatedFigure, Mordechai]
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A.
Esther
Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that tells the story of a Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia and courageously saves her people from annihilation.
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B.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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C.
Eleazar ben Ya'ir
Eleazar ben Ya'ir was a 1st-century Jewish Zealot leader best known for commanding the Sicarii rebels at Masada during the First Jewish–Roman War.
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D.
Eliezer
Eliezer is the Hebrew given name of Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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E.
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel was a Jewish leader and governor of Judah under Persian rule who oversaw the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
- 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: Mordechai Target entity description: Mordechai is a central biblical figure in the Book of Esther, known for thwarting Haman’s plot against the Jews and serving as a key hero commemorated during the Jewish festival of Purim.
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A.
Esther
Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that tells the story of a Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia and courageously saves her people from annihilation.
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B.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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C.
Eleazar ben Ya'ir
Eleazar ben Ya'ir was a 1st-century Jewish Zealot leader best known for commanding the Sicarii rebels at Masada during the First Jewish–Roman War.
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D.
Eliezer
Eliezer is the Hebrew given name of Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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E.
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel was a Jewish leader and governor of Judah under Persian rule who oversaw the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish leader
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ hero of the Book of Esther ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Esther
ⓘ
linked to:
Megillat Esther
|
| appointedAs | second to King Ahasuerus ⓘ |
| associatedWithFestival | Purim ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Persia
ⓘ
Shushan ⓘ |
| associatedWithText | Megillat Esther ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Jewish survival
ⓘ
courage ⓘ divine providence ⓘ loyalty to God and people ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Purim ⓘ |
| commemoratedByPractice |
giving gifts to the poor on Purim in his story’s context
ⓘ
reading of the Book of Esther on Purim ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Haman ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| exposedPlotAgainst | King Ahasuerus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Esther ⓘ |
| holidayPractice | name is recited during Purim services ⓘ |
| honoredBy | King Ahasuerus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being honored by King Ahasuerus
ⓘ
refusing to bow to Haman ⓘ saving the Jews of the Persian Empire ⓘ thwarting Haman’s plot to destroy the Jews ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalRole | figure mentioned in public reading of the Megillah ⓘ |
| nameInHebrew | מָרְדֳּכַי ⓘ |
| nationalContext |
Persian Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Achaemenid Empire
|
| opposed | Haman ⓘ |
| position | high official in the Persian court ⓘ |
| raised | Esther ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Esther ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| rememberedAs | hero of Purim story ⓘ |
| rodeOn | king’s horse in royal procession ⓘ |
| roleInText | central figure in the Book of Esther ⓘ |
| saved |
Jews of Shushan
ⓘ
linked to:
Shushan Purim
Jews of the Persian Empire ⓘ |
| scripturalBook | Ketuvim ⓘ |
| scripturalCanon |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| servedUnder |
King Ahasuerus
ⓘ
Xerxes I of Persia ⓘ
linked to:
Xerxes I
|
| traditionHolds |
a descendant of Kish
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from the tribe of Benjamin ⓘ |
| wore | royal garments of the king ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Mordechai Description of subject: Mordechai is a central biblical figure in the Book of Esther, known for thwarting Haman’s plot against the Jews and serving as a key hero commemorated during the Jewish festival of Purim.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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