Korah
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Korah is a biblical figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Korah canonical | 9 |
| Korah’s rebellion | 3 |
| Biblical Korah | 1 |
| Dathan | 1 |
| Korah son of Izhar | 1 |
| rebellion of Korah | 1 |
| קֹרַח | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T648733 — 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: Korah Context triple: [Moses, associatedWithPeople, Korah]
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Sons of Korah
The Sons of Korah were a Levitical family line in ancient Israel known for their role as temple singers and composers of several psalms in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Yoshua
Yoshua is a male given name most notably borne by Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering Canadian computer scientist and deep learning researcher.
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D.
Heman the Ezrahite
Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
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E.
Mattaniah
Mattaniah is the birth name of the last king of Judah, later renamed Zedekiah by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.
- 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: Korah Target entity description: Korah is a biblical figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
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A.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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B.
Sons of Korah
The Sons of Korah were a Levitical family line in ancient Israel known for their role as temple singers and composers of several psalms in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Yoshua
Yoshua is a male given name most notably borne by Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering Canadian computer scientist and deep learning researcher.
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D.
Heman the Ezrahite
Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
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E.
Mattaniah
Mattaniah is the birth name of the last king of Judah, later renamed Zedekiah by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Levite
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ |
| ancestor | Levi ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
rebellion in the wilderness
ⓘ
sin of presumption ⓘ |
| challenges |
Aaron’s priesthood
ⓘ
Moses’ leadership ⓘ |
| claims | “all the congregation are holy” ⓘ |
| clanOf | Kohath ⓘ |
| conspiresWith |
Abiram
ⓘ
Dathan ⓘ |
| deathDescribedAs | judgment from God ⓘ |
| descendantsAssociatedWith |
Levitical temple service
ⓘ
psalm authorship ⓘ |
| descendantsKnownAs |
sons of Korah
ⓘ
linked to:
Sons of Korah
|
| descendantsMentionedIn |
Book of Psalms
ⓘ
linked to:
Psalms
|
| diesBy | earth opening and swallowing ⓘ |
| father | Izhar ⓘ |
| gathersSupportFrom | 250 Israelite leaders ⓘ |
| grandfather | Kohath ⓘ |
| hasHebrewName |
קֹרַח
ⓘ
linked to:
Korah
|
| languageOfPrimarySources |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| leadsRebellionAgainst |
Aaron
ⓘ
Moses ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Numbers
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| nameUsedAs | symbol of rebellion against God’s appointed leaders ⓘ |
| opposes | Aaronic priesthood exclusivity ⓘ |
| punishedBy |
Yahweh
ⓘ
linked to:
YHWH
|
| rebellionDescribedIn |
Numbers 16
ⓘ
linked to:
Sons of Korah
|
| referencedIn |
Deuteronomy 11:6
ⓘ
Jude 11 ⓘ Numbers 26:9–11 ⓘ Psalm titles “of the sons of Korah” ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Aaron
ⓘ
Moses ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic exegesis (as Qarun) ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| rememberedAs | example of divine judgment ⓘ |
| sonsNotDestroyedInRebellion | true ⓘ |
| tribeOf | Levi ⓘ |
| usedAsWarningExampleIn | Epistle of Jude ⓘ |
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: Korah Description of subject: Korah is a biblical figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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