the Younger
E133546
The Younger is an epithet traditionally used to distinguish James the Less, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, from other biblical figures named James.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Younger canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1164198 — 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: the Younger Context triple: [Apostle James the Less, epithet, the Younger]
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A.
Anton
Anton is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in various European and Slavic countries.
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B.
Eunice
Eunice is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with women in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Edgar
Edgar is the first name of Edgar Allan Poe, the influential 19th-century American writer known for his macabre poetry and pioneering detective fiction.
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D.
Elia
Elia is a given name most notably associated with influential film and theatre director Elia Kazan.
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E.
Roderick
Roderick is the full given name of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame former professional ice hockey defenseman best known for his time with the Washington Capitals.
- 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: the Younger Target entity description: The Younger is an epithet traditionally used to distinguish James the Less, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, from other biblical figures named James.
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A.
Anton
Anton is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in various European and Slavic countries.
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B.
Eunice
Eunice is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with women in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Edgar
Edgar is the first name of Edgar Allan Poe, the influential 19th-century American writer known for his macabre poetry and pioneering detective fiction.
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D.
Elia
Elia is a given name most notably associated with influential film and theatre director Elia Kazan.
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E.
Roderick
Roderick is the full given name of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame former professional ice hockey defenseman best known for his time with the Washington Capitals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
apostle ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Galilee ⓘ |
| category |
Biblical saints
ⓘ
Christian apostles ⓘ New Testament people ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
James the brother of Jesus
ⓘ
surface form:
James, brother of Jesus
Apostle James the Less ⓘ
surface form:
James, son of Alphaeus
Apostle James the Greater ⓘ
surface form:
James, son of Zebedee
|
| followerOf |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasEpithet |
James the Less
ⓘ
the Less ⓘ the Younger ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Saint ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Mark
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| name | James ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleIn | early Christianity ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
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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: the Younger Description of subject: The Younger is an epithet traditionally used to distinguish James the Less, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, from other biblical figures named James.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.