Saint Joseph
E3227
Saint Joseph is a key figure in Christianity, venerated as the earthly father of Jesus and a model of humility, obedience, and protective care.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35240 — 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: Saint Joseph Context triple: [Virgin Mary, spouseOf, Saint Joseph]
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A.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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B.
Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary is revered in Christianity as the mother of Jesus Christ and a central figure of faith, purity, and devotion.
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C.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
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D.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
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E.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
- 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: Saint Joseph Target entity description: Saint Joseph is a key figure in Christianity, venerated as the earthly father of Jesus and a model of humility, obedience, and protective care.
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A.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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B.
Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary is revered in Christianity as the mother of Jesus Christ and a central figure of faith, purity, and devotion.
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C.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
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D.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
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E.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious figure
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New Testament person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
Flight into Egypt ⓘ Holy Family ⓘ Nazareth ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
consecrations
ⓘ
litanies ⓘ liturgical feasts ⓘ prayers ⓘ |
| devotionType |
intercessory prayer
ⓘ
patronal devotion ⓘ |
| feastDay |
1 May
ⓘ
19 March ⓘ |
| feastName |
Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker
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Saint Joseph self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
|
| hasAttribute |
hidden life
ⓘ
just man ⓘ righteousness ⓘ silence ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Gospel infancy narratives ⓘ |
| inspiredDocument | Redemptoris Custos ⓘ |
| legalFatherOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| name | Joseph ⓘ |
| occupation |
carpenter
ⓘ
tekton ⓘ |
| patronage |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
a happy death ⓘ carpenters ⓘ craftsmen ⓘ families ⓘ fathers ⓘ refugees ⓘ Americas ⓘ
surface form:
the Americas
the dying ⓘ the poor ⓘ travelers ⓘ universal Church ⓘ workers ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
earthly father of Jesus
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guardian of the Holy Family ⓘ husband of Mary ⓘ model of humility ⓘ model of obedience ⓘ patron of the universal Church ⓘ protector ⓘ |
| spouse |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary, mother of Jesus
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| stepfatherOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| symbol |
carpenter’s square
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lily ⓘ staff ⓘ tools ⓘ |
| title |
Guardian of the Redeemer
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Patron of the Dying ⓘ Patron of the Universal Church ⓘ Saint Joseph self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Joseph the Worker
Saint Joseph self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
|
| tradition |
Catholic devotional tradition
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Orthodox Christian tradition ⓘ Protestant Christian tradition ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
Maronite Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Maronite Church
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| virtue |
chastity
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faith ⓘ humility ⓘ obedience ⓘ protective care ⓘ |
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: Saint Joseph Description of subject: Saint Joseph is a key figure in Christianity, venerated as the earthly father of Jesus and a model of humility, obedience, and protective care.
Referenced by (117)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus
this entity surface form:
Joseph, husband of Mary
subject surface form:
The Nativity (painting by Arthur Hughes)
subject surface form:
São José dos Campos
subject surface form:
San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago
this entity surface form:
St. Joseph
this entity surface form:
Saint Joseph the Worker
this entity surface form:
Saint Joseph the Worker
subject surface form:
Miraculous Staircase
this entity surface form:
Saint Joseph (in Catholic tradition)
subject surface form:
The Marriage of the Virgin (Carle Van Loo)
subject surface form:
The Marriage of the Virgin (Carle Van Loo)
subject surface form:
The Marriage of the Virgin (Carle Van Loo)
subject surface form:
San Jose (Tinian)
subject surface form:
São José (Ponta Delgada)
subject surface form:
Chiesa di San Giuseppe (Ragusa)