Obed
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Obed is a biblical figure known as the son of Boaz and Ruth and the grandfather of King David, appearing in the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obed canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T917158 — 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: Obed Context triple: [Book of Ruth, containsGenealogyOf, Obed]
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A.
Joshua
Joshua is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that narrates the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua.
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B.
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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C.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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D.
Elisha
Elisha is a prominent Hebrew prophet in the Bible, known as the successor of Elijah and for performing numerous miracles in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
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E.
Elisha
Elisha is the given first name of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
- 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: Obed Target entity description: Obed is a biblical figure known as the son of Boaz and Ruth and the grandfather of King David, appearing in the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament.
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A.
Joshua
Joshua is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that narrates the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua.
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B.
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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C.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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D.
Elisha
Elisha is a prominent Hebrew prophet in the Bible, known as the successor of Elijah and for performing numerous miracles in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
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E.
Elisha
Elisha is the given first name of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Ruth
ⓘ
1 Chronicles ⓘ
surface form:
First Book of Chronicles
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| belongsToLineage |
King Davidic dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
House of David
line of Boaz ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | period of the judges ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAncestralOrigin | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus |
recognized in Christian canon
ⓘ
recognized in Jewish canon ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
David
ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| hasFather | Boaz ⓘ |
| hasGrandfather | Salmon ⓘ |
| hasGrandmother | Rahab ⓘ |
| hasGrandson | David ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
New Testament ⓘ |
| hasMother | Ruth ⓘ |
| hasSon | Jesse ⓘ |
| isAncestorOf |
David
ⓘ
Jesse ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus of Nazareth
King of Judah ⓘ
surface form:
Kings of Judah
King Solomon ⓘ
surface form:
Solomon
|
| mentionedIn |
1 Chronicles 2:12
ⓘ
Luke 3:32 ⓘ Matthew 1:5 ⓘ Ruth 4:17 ⓘ Ruth 4:21 ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | servant ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tribe of Judah
ⓘ
surface form:
Genealogy of David
Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ
surface form:
Genealogy of Jesus
|
| religiousSignificance | link in messianic lineage ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Hebrew Bible character
ⓘ
New Testament genealogy figure ⓘ |
| roleInText | link between judges period and monarchy of Israel ⓘ |
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: Obed Description of subject: Obed is a biblical figure known as the son of Boaz and Ruth and the grandfather of King David, appearing in the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.