Apostle Peter
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Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
All labels observed (22)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34998 — 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: Apostle Peter Context triple: [Jesus Christ, influenced, Apostle Peter]
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A.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
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Deacon Phillippe
Deacon Phillippe was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, best known for his standout performances with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the inaugural 1903 World Series.
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Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph is a key figure in Christianity, venerated as the earthly father of Jesus and a model of humility, obedience, and protective care.
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Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
- 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: Apostle Peter Target entity description: Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
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A.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
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B.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
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C.
Deacon Phillippe
Deacon Phillippe was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, best known for his standout performances with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the inaugural 1903 World Series.
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D.
Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph is a key figure in Christianity, venerated as the earthly father of Jesus and a model of humility, obedience, and protective care.
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E.
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea in the early 1st century CE, best known for presiding over the trial of Jesus and authorizing his crucifixion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian apostle
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New Testament person ⓘ early Christian leader ⓘ fisherman ⓘ martyr ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cephas
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linked to:
Apostle Peter
Shimon Kepha ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Peter
Simon ⓘ Simon Peter ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Peter
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| associatedWith |
confession of Jesus as the Christ
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keys of the Kingdom of Heaven ⓘ rock of the Church ⓘ |
| authorTraditionallyAttributed |
First Epistle of Peter
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linked to:
Catholic Epistles
Second Epistle of Peter ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Epistles
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| burialPlace | Vatican Hill ⓘ |
| calledBy | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| centralFigureIn |
Acts of the Apostles chapters 1–12
ⓘ
linked to:
Acts of the Apostles
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| closeTo | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rome ⓘ |
| discipleOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| feastDay |
18 January
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29 June ⓘ |
| givenName | Simon ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jewish-Gentile relations in early Christianity
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development of the papacy ⓘ early Christian doctrine ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | crucifixion ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to:
Pauline Epistles
|
| nationality | Jewish ⓘ |
| occupation |
apostle
ⓘ
church leader ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| patronage |
Rome
ⓘ
fishermen ⓘ papacy ⓘ shipbuilders ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Bethsaida ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
bishop of Rome
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foundational leader of the early Christian Church ⓘ leader of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ pillar of the Church ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | early Jewish-Christian community ⓘ |
| residence | Capernaum ⓘ |
| roleInText |
confessed Jesus as the Messiah at Caesarea Philippi
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denied Jesus three times ⓘ healed a lame man at the Temple gate ⓘ opened the Church to Gentiles through Cornelius ⓘ preached at Pentecost ⓘ walked on water toward Jesus ⓘ was restored by the risen Jesus ⓘ witnessed the Transfiguration ⓘ |
| shrine | St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ |
| sibling | Andrew the Apostle ⓘ |
| spouse | unnamed wife ⓘ |
| symbol |
crossed keys
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rooster ⓘ upside-down cross ⓘ |
| tradition | crucified upside down ⓘ |
| traditionallyRegardedAs |
first Pope
ⓘ
founder of the Church in Rome ⓘ |
| 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: Apostle Peter Description of subject: Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Bath Abbey, Bath, England
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Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Apostle James the Greater
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