King David
E3231
King David is the second king of ancient Israel, revered in Judaism as a foundational monarch, warrior, and psalmist whose dynasty is central to Jewish messianic tradition.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King David canonical | 111 |
| David (biblical figure) | 2 |
| Prophet David | 2 |
| David | 1 |
| Dāwīḏ | 1 |
| King David (traditional association) | 1 |
| King David (traditional attribution in some traditions) | 1 |
| King David (traditional claim) | 1 |
| King David of Israel | 1 |
| King of Judah | 1 |
| Prophet and King David | 1 |
| Root of David | 1 |
| דָּוִד | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35310 — 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: King David Context triple: [Judaism, hasKeyFigure, King David]
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A.
King
King is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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B.
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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C.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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D.
William
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
- 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: King David Target entity description: King David is the second king of ancient Israel, revered in Judaism as a foundational monarch, warrior, and psalmist whose dynasty is central to Jewish messianic tradition.
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A.
King
King is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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B.
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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C.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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D.
William
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Israel
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ founder of dynasty ⓘ human ⓘ psalmist ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Psalms ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Hebron
ⓘ
surface form:
City of David (traditional)
|
| capitalEstablished | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| centralTo | Jewish messianic tradition ⓘ |
| conflict | war with Philistines ⓘ |
| covenant | Davidic covenant ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Tribe of Judah
ⓘ
surface form:
House of David
|
| father | Jesse ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem
ⓘ
defeating Goliath ⓘ establishing Jerusalem as capital ⓘ uniting the tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| language | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Psalms
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Psalms
Books of Chronicles ⓘ Books of Kings ⓘ 2 Samuel ⓘ
surface form:
Books of Samuel
New Testament ⓘ |
| mother | Nitzevet bat Adael ⓘ |
| name | David ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
rebellion of Absalom
ⓘ
sin with Bathsheba ⓘ |
| occupation |
military leader
ⓘ
musician ⓘ shepherd ⓘ |
| predecessor | King Saul ⓘ |
| reignOver |
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
ⓘ
surface form:
United Monarchy of Israel and Judah
|
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| roleInChristianity | ancestor of Jesus ⓘ |
| roleInIslam | prophet ⓘ |
| sacredTextSource |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| spouse |
Abigail
ⓘ
Abital ⓘ Ahinoam of Jezreel ⓘ Bathsheba ⓘ Eglah ⓘ Haggith ⓘ Ahinoam of Jezreel ⓘ
surface form:
Maacah daughter of Talmai
Michal ⓘ |
| successor | King Solomon ⓘ |
| symbol |
Star of David
ⓘ
surface form:
Star of David (later association)
|
| title |
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
ⓘ
surface form:
King of Israel
King David self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
King of Judah
|
| traditionalAuthorship | many Psalms ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Judah ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
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: King David Description of subject: King David is the second king of ancient Israel, revered in Judaism as a foundational monarch, warrior, and psalmist whose dynasty is central to Jewish messianic tradition.
Referenced by (125)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gad
subject surface form:
Nathan
this entity surface form:
King David of Israel
subject surface form:
David (Bernini)
this entity surface form:
David (biblical figure)
this entity surface form:
Prophet David
this entity surface form:
David (biblical figure)
this entity surface form:
King David (traditional attribution in some traditions)
subject surface form:
Psalm 23