Gibeah
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Gibeah was an ancient Israelite city in the territory of Benjamin, historically notable as the royal seat of King Saul.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gibeah canonical | 16 |
| Gibeah of Benjamin | 2 |
| Gibeah (in some periods) | 1 |
| Gibeah (traditionally associated) | 1 |
| Gibeah of Saul | 1 |
| Tell el-Ful (Gibeah) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T546450 — 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: Gibeah Context triple: [Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), capital, Gibeah]
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A.
Beersheba
Beersheba is a major city in southern Israel, often regarded as the "Capital of the Negev" and known for its historical significance and rapid modern development.
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B.
Yokneam Illit
Yokneam Illit is a city in northern Israel known for its high-tech industrial parks and rapid development from a small town into a regional technology hub.
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C.
Libnah
Libnah was a woman of the royal family of Judah, known primarily as the wife of King Josiah and the mother of King Zedekiah.
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D.
Jericho
Jericho is an ancient city in the West Bank, often regarded as one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world and noted for its biblical significance.
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E.
Haran
Haran is an ancient city in northern Mesopotamia known from the Hebrew Bible as a key dwelling place of the patriarch Abraham before his journey to Canaan.
- 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: Gibeah Target entity description: Gibeah was an ancient Israelite city in the territory of Benjamin, historically notable as the royal seat of King Saul.
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A.
Beersheba
Beersheba is a major city in southern Israel, often regarded as the "Capital of the Negev" and known for its historical significance and rapid modern development.
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B.
Yokneam Illit
Yokneam Illit is a city in northern Israel known for its high-tech industrial parks and rapid development from a small town into a regional technology hub.
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C.
Libnah
Libnah was a woman of the royal family of Judah, known primarily as the wife of King Josiah and the mother of King Zedekiah.
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D.
Jericho
Jericho is an ancient city in the West Bank, often regarded as one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world and noted for its biblical significance.
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E.
Haran
Haran is an ancient city in northern Mesopotamia known from the Hebrew Bible as a key dwelling place of the patriarch Abraham before his journey to Canaan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
biblical city ⓘ |
| approximateLocation | north of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | proposed but debated identification with Tell el-Ful ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Saul
ⓘ
tribe of Benjamin ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | Benjamin ⓘ |
| biblicalTribeTerritory | Benjamin ⓘ |
| category |
Cities in the Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
Former populated places in the State of Palestine ⓘ |
| conflict | civil war between Israel and Benjamin ⓘ |
| conflictDescribedIn |
Book of Judges
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
|
| country | Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| era | monarchic period of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| event | Benjaminite war following the outrage at Gibeah ⓘ |
| eventDescribedIn | Judges 19–21 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Saul ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalFigure |
Jonathan
ⓘ
Saul ⓘ |
| hasType | fortified settlement ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tribe of Benjamin
ⓘ
ancient Israel ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | hill ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of 1 Samuel
ⓘ
linked to:
1 Samuel
Book of Hosea ⓘ Book of Judges ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
|
| nearbyCity |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Ramah ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being first royal center of Israel under Saul
ⓘ
outrage at Gibeah narrative ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | royal residence of the first king of Israel ⓘ |
| possibleModernSite | Tell el-Ful ⓘ |
| region |
central hill country of Canaan
ⓘ
linked to:
Judean Mountains
|
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Yahwistic worship ⓘ |
| role |
Saul’s hometown
ⓘ
royal seat of King Saul ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition | Deuteronomistic history ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | overlooked main north–south route in hill country ⓘ |
| terrain | hilltop location ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
Iron Age
|
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: Gibeah Description of subject: Gibeah was an ancient Israelite city in the territory of Benjamin, historically notable as the royal seat of King Saul.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gibeah
linked to: Gibeah
subject linked to:
Michal daughter of Saul
linked to: Gibeah
subject linked to:
Benjamin
linked to: Gibeah
linked to: Gibeah
subject linked to:
the Benjaminite war