Reuben
E64667
Reuben is the eldest son of the biblical patriarch Jacob and Leah, regarded as the firstborn of the twelve tribes of Israel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reuben canonical | 66 |
| Reuben son of Jacob | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T519443 — 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: Reuben Context triple: [Jacob, father, Reuben]
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A.
Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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B.
Shimon
Shimon is a given name most notably borne by Shimon Peres, the former President and Prime Minister of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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C.
Benjamin
Benjamin is the given name of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, the notorious American mobster who played a key role in the development of Las Vegas.
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D.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
- 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: Reuben Target entity description: Reuben is the eldest son of the biblical patriarch Jacob and Leah, regarded as the firstborn of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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A.
Jacob
Jacob is a central patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, regarded in Judaism as the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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B.
Shimon
Shimon is a given name most notably borne by Shimon Peres, the former President and Prime Minister of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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C.
Benjamin
Benjamin is the given name of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, the notorious American mobster who played a key role in the development of Las Vegas.
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D.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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E.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
patriarchal son ⓘ tribal eponym ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
sale of Joseph into slavery
ⓘ
search for mandrakes in the field ⓘ |
| associatedSymbolInTradition | mandrakes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Twelve Tribes of Israel
ⓘ
mandrakes story in Genesis 30 ⓘ |
| birthOrder | firstborn son of Jacob ⓘ |
| birthplace | Paddan-aram ⓘ |
| condemnedBy | Jacob ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Israel ⓘ |
| describedIn | Jacob’s blessing in Genesis 49 ⓘ |
| father | Jacob ⓘ |
| genealogicalRole | ancestor of the Reubenites ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| lostRight | birthright of the firstborn ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | "See, a son" ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| moralCharacterization |
impetuous
ⓘ
unstable as water ⓘ |
| mother | Leah ⓘ |
| nameInHebrew |
רְאוּבֵן
ⓘ
linked to:
Reuven
|
| notableAct |
intended to rescue Joseph later
ⓘ
interceded to spare Joseph’s life ⓘ proposed throwing Joseph into a pit instead of killing him ⓘ |
| reasonForLossOfBirthright | offense involving his father’s concubine Bilhah ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Asher
ⓘ
Benjamin ⓘ Dan ⓘ Gad ⓘ Issachar ⓘ Joseph ⓘ Judah ⓘ
linked to:
Judah son of Jacob
Levi ⓘ Naphtali ⓘ Simeon ⓘ Zebulun ⓘ |
| tribalTerritory |
Transjordan
ⓘ
linked to:
Jordan
east of the Jordan River ⓘ region north of the Dead Sea ⓘ |
| tribeEponym | Tribe of Reuben ⓘ |
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: Reuben Description of subject: Reuben is the eldest son of the biblical patriarch Jacob and Leah, regarded as the firstborn of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Reuben
linked to: Reuben
subject linked to:
patriarch Jacob
subject linked to:
interceded for Benjamin before Joseph in Egypt