Phasael
E347017
Phasael was a Nabatean royal, known as a son of King Aretas IV who lived during the early 1st century CE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phasael canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3311165 — 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: Phasael Context triple: [Aretas IV of Nabatea, child, Phasael]
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A.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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B.
Alidius
Alidius is the given name of Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, a Dutch nobleman and colonial governor who served as the last Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies before and during the early years of World War II.
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C.
Nebaioth
Nebaioth is a biblical figure known as the firstborn son of Ishmael and ancestor of an Ishmaelite tribe mentioned in the Old Testament.
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D.
Jahzeel
Jahzeel is a biblical figure recognized as one of the sons of Naphtali and a founder of a clan within the tribe of Naphtali in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Aegitna
Aegitna is the ancient name of the city now known as Cannes on the French Riviera.
- 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: Phasael Target entity description: Phasael was a Nabatean royal, known as a son of King Aretas IV who lived during the early 1st century CE.
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A.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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B.
Alidius
Alidius is the given name of Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, a Dutch nobleman and colonial governor who served as the last Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies before and during the early years of World War II.
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C.
Nebaioth
Nebaioth is a biblical figure known as the firstborn son of Ishmael and ancestor of an Ishmaelite tribe mentioned in the Old Testament.
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D.
Jahzeel
Jahzeel is a biblical figure recognized as one of the sons of Naphtali and a founder of a clan within the tribe of Naphtali in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Aegitna
Aegitna is the ancient name of the city now known as Cannes on the French Riviera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nabatean prince
ⓘ
royal person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aretas IV
ⓘ
Nabataean kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataean royal court
|
| centuryOfBirth | 1st century BCE or 1st century CE ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| continentOfResidence | Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Nabataean kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataean Kingdom
|
| culture |
Nabataean
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataean culture
|
| dynasty |
Nabataean kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataean dynasty of Aretas IV
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| ethnicGroup |
Nabataean
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataeans
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| father | Aretas IV ⓘ |
| floruit | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Phasael (son of Antipater and brother of Herod the Great) ⓘ |
| notableFamily |
Nabataean kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal family of the Nabataean Kingdom
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| notableFor | being a son of King Aretas IV ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nabataean kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataean monarchy
|
| positionHeld | Nabatean royal ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Arabia Petraea
ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
|
| religion | Arab polytheism ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheSonOf | Aretas IV ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1st century CE ⓘ |
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: Phasael Description of subject: Phasael was a Nabatean royal, known as a son of King Aretas IV who lived during the early 1st century CE.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.