prophetess Anna
E260167
Prophetess Anna is a biblical figure in the Gospel of Luke, an elderly widow and devout woman who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented in the Temple.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anna the Prophetess | 2 |
| Prophetess Anna | 2 |
| prophetess Anna canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2380096 — 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: prophetess Anna Context triple: [Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commemoratesPerson, prophetess Anna]
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A.
Sibyl
Sibyl is a prophetic figure from ancient Greco-Roman tradition, typically depicted as a woman endowed with divine insight and the power of inspired oracles.
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B.
Oracle of Apollo
The Oracle of Apollo at Delphi was an ancient Greek prophetic sanctuary where a priestess, the Pythia, delivered divinely inspired oracles that guided individuals and city-states on critical religious and political decisions.
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C.
Tanaquil
Tanaquil was a celebrated American ballerina and principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, renowned for her collaborations with George Balanchine in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
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E.
Aikaterine
Aikaterine is an ancient Greek female given name that is the linguistic ancestor of various forms such as Katherine and Kathleen.
- 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: prophetess Anna Target entity description: Prophetess Anna is a biblical figure in the Gospel of Luke, an elderly widow and devout woman who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented in the Temple.
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A.
Sibyl
Sibyl is a prophetic figure from ancient Greco-Roman tradition, typically depicted as a woman endowed with divine insight and the power of inspired oracles.
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B.
Oracle of Apollo
The Oracle of Apollo at Delphi was an ancient Greek prophetic sanctuary where a priestess, the Pythia, delivered divinely inspired oracles that guided individuals and city-states on critical religious and political decisions.
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C.
Tanaquil
Tanaquil was a celebrated American ballerina and principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, renowned for her collaborations with George Balanchine in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
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E.
Aikaterine
Aikaterine is an ancient Greek female given name that is the linguistic ancestor of various forms such as Katherine and Kathleen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
prophetess ⓘ widow ⓘ |
| ageDescription | very old ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Luke 2 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | infancy narratives of Jesus ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
ⓘ
surface form:
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
|
| contemporaryOf |
Simeon the God-receiver
ⓘ
surface form:
Simeon (in the Temple narrative)
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| devotionalTitle |
prophetess Anna
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Anna the Prophetess
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| devotionPractice |
fasting
ⓘ
prayer ⓘ |
| father | Phanuel ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| honoredAs | saint in some Christian traditions ⓘ |
| honoredIn | Christian tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| lifetimeContext |
Second Temple Judaism
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surface form:
Second Temple period
|
| literaryFunction | confirms Jesus’ messianic identity ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity |
Jewish Temple
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surface form:
Jerusalem Temple
|
| maritalStatus | widow ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | favor or grace ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| nameInChristianTradition |
prophetess Anna
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophetess Anna
|
| praised | God upon seeing Jesus ⓘ |
| recognized |
Jesus as the Messiah
ⓘ
Jesus as the redemption of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | prophetess in the Temple ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | witness to the infant Jesus ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Luke 2:36
ⓘ
Luke 2:37 ⓘ Luke 2:38 ⓘ |
| sharesThemeWith | Simeon’s prophecy about Jesus ⓘ |
| spiritualSignificance |
early witness to Jesus
ⓘ
example of faithful perseverance ⓘ |
| spokeAbout | the child Jesus to all who were looking for redemption ⓘ |
| timeInTemple | day and night ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation |
Tribe of Asher
ⓘ
surface form:
tribe of Asher
|
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: prophetess Anna Description of subject: Prophetess Anna is a biblical figure in the Gospel of Luke, an elderly widow and devout woman who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented in the Temple.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Anna
this entity surface form:
Prophetess Anna
subject surface form:
Anna
this entity surface form:
Anna the Prophetess
this entity surface form:
Anna the Prophetess
this entity surface form:
Prophetess Anna