Tammuz
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Tammuz is the fourth month of the Hebrew religious calendar, traditionally falling in early summer and associated with historical fasts and mourning in Jewish tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tammuz canonical | 5 |
| Seventeenth of Tammuz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113481 — 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: Tammuz Context triple: [Hebrew calendar, hasMonth, Tammuz]
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A.
Sivan
Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew calendar, traditionally associated with the festival of Shavuot and the giving of the Torah.
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B.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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C.
Malchuyot
Malchuyot is the section of the Rosh Hashanah liturgy that focuses on proclaiming God’s kingship and sovereignty over the world.
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D.
Crescent
Crescent is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train that runs between New York City and New Orleans, serving major cities along the U.S. East Coast and Deep South.
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E.
Osiris
Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife, resurrection, and fertility, often depicted as a mummified king and central to Egyptian funerary religion.
- 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: Tammuz Target entity description: Tammuz is the fourth month of the Hebrew religious calendar, traditionally falling in early summer and associated with historical fasts and mourning in Jewish tradition.
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A.
Sivan
Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew calendar, traditionally associated with the festival of Shavuot and the giving of the Torah.
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B.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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C.
Malchuyot
Malchuyot is the section of the Rosh Hashanah liturgy that focuses on proclaiming God’s kingship and sovereignty over the world.
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D.
Crescent
Crescent is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train that runs between New York City and New Orleans, serving major cities along the U.S. East Coast and Deep South.
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E.
Osiris
Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife, resurrection, and fertility, often depicted as a mummified king and central to Egyptian funerary religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew calendar month
ⓘ
Jewish fast day ⓘ month of the Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| associatedEmotion |
mourning
ⓘ
sorrow for the Temple ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jewish fasts
ⓘ
Jewish mourning practices ⓘ Three Weeks ⓘ beginning of the Three Weeks ⓘ breach of the walls of Jerusalem ⓘ destruction of the First Temple ⓘ destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ |
| calendarEra |
Anno Mundi
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surface form:
Anno Mundi system
|
| calendarSystem | Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar ⓘ |
| contains |
Tammuz
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Seventeenth of Tammuz
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| culturalContext |
Hebrew calendar
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish calendar
|
| follows | Sivan ⓘ |
| halachicStatus | regular month with fast day ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
preparation for Tisha B’Av
ⓘ
reflection on national tragedies ⓘ |
| HebrewName | תמוז ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| length | 29 days ⓘ |
| majorFastDay | Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ |
| mourningPeriodBegins | Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mesopotamian deity Tammuz ⓘ |
| observance | fast from dawn to nightfall on 17 Tammuz ⓘ |
| occursAfterFestival | Shavuot ⓘ |
| partOf | Hebrew lunar-solar year ⓘ |
| positionInCalendar |
fourth month of the Hebrew religious year
ⓘ
tenth month of the Hebrew civil year ⓘ |
| precedes | Av ⓘ |
| religiousLawSource | rabbinic tradition ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | period of calamities in Jewish history ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| season | summer ⓘ |
| timeframeRelativeToPassover | three months after Nisan ⓘ |
| timeframeRelativeToRoshHashanah | two months before Elul ⓘ |
| typicalGregorianPeriod | June–July ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dating Jewish documents
ⓘ
setting liturgical readings ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Hebrew calendar
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish liturgical calendar
Jewish religious observance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tammuz Description of subject: Tammuz is the fourth month of the Hebrew religious calendar, traditionally falling in early summer and associated with historical fasts and mourning in Jewish tradition.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Seventeenth of Tammuz