Demas
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Demas is a figure in the New Testament, known as a one-time companion of the Apostle Paul who later abandoned him, as mentioned in the Second Epistle to Timothy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Demas canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2436457 — 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: Demas Context triple: [Second Epistle to Timothy, mentionsPerson, Demas]
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A.
Apostle Philip
Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, known from the New Testament for his role as an early follower and witness to Christ’s ministry and teachings.
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B.
Hermogenes
Hermogenes is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Cratylus," where he participates in a philosophical discussion with Socrates about the correctness and nature of names.
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C.
Titus (companion of Paul)
Titus was an early Christian missionary and trusted co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for his leadership in the churches of Corinth and Crete and as the recipient of the New Testament Epistle to Titus.
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D.
Saint Timothy
Saint Timothy was an early Christian disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Ephesus and a recipient of two New Testament epistles.
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E.
Cydamus
Cydamus is the ancient Roman name for the oasis town now known as Ghadamès in western Libya.
- 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: Demas Target entity description: Demas is a figure in the New Testament, known as a one-time companion of the Apostle Paul who later abandoned him, as mentioned in the Second Epistle to Timothy.
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A.
Apostle Philip
Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, known from the New Testament for his role as an early follower and witness to Christ’s ministry and teachings.
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B.
Hermogenes
Hermogenes is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Cratylus," where he participates in a philosophical discussion with Socrates about the correctness and nature of names.
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C.
Titus (companion of Paul)
Titus was an early Christian missionary and trusted co-worker of the Apostle Paul, known for his leadership in the churches of Corinth and Crete and as the recipient of the New Testament Epistle to Titus.
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D.
Saint Timothy
Saint Timothy was an early Christian disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Ephesus and a recipient of two New Testament epistles.
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E.
Cydamus
Cydamus is the ancient Roman name for the oasis town now known as Ghadamès in western Libya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ |
| abandoned |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| appearsInVerse |
2 Timothy 4:10
ⓘ
Colossians 4:14 ⓘ Philemon 1:24 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| associatedWithLocation |
Salonika
ⓘ
surface form:
Thessalonica
|
| canonicalStatus | appears only in canonical New Testament ⓘ |
| companionsMentionedWith |
Aristarchus
ⓘ
Epaphras ⓘ Epaphras ⓘ
surface form:
Epaphras of Colossae
Jesus called Justus ⓘ Luke the beloved physician ⓘ Mark ⓘ Onesimus ⓘ |
| describedAs |
companion of Paul
ⓘ
fellow worker of Paul ⓘ |
| laterDescribedAs | deserter of Paul ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | Pauline epistles character ⓘ |
| locationWhenAbandoningPaul |
Salonika
ⓘ
surface form:
Thessalonica
|
| mentionedIn |
Epistle to Philemon
ⓘ
Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ New Testament ⓘ Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ |
| moralThematicAssociation | warning against loving the present world ⓘ |
| reasonForAbandoning | having loved this present world ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleIn2Timothy | example of one who deserted Paul ⓘ |
| roleInColossians | listed among Paul’s coworkers ⓘ |
| roleInPhilemon | listed among Paul’s fellow laborers ⓘ |
| scripturalLanguageContext | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century AD ⓘ |
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: Demas Description of subject: Demas is a figure in the New Testament, known as a one-time companion of the Apostle Paul who later abandoned him, as mentioned in the Second Epistle to Timothy.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.