Stefan
E380153
Stefan is the given name of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, a revered medieval Serbian ruler and Orthodox Christian saint.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stefan canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3684233 — 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: Stefan Context triple: [Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, hasGivenName, Stefan]
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A.
Stefan Rafael Benjamin
Stefan Rafael Benjamin was the son of the German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
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B.
Stefan Gregory
Stefan Gregory is a composer best known for his film score work, including the music for the historical drama "The Dig."
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C.
Stefan Zumtaugwald
Stefan Zumtaugwald was a 19th-century Swiss mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of the Alpine peak Liskamm.
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D.
Stefan Holt
Stefan Holt is an American television news anchor and journalist, known for his work with NBC-owned stations in Chicago and New York and as the son of longtime NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt.
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E.
Joachim
Joachim is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in German-speaking and other European countries.
- 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: Stefan Target entity description: Stefan is the given name of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, a revered medieval Serbian ruler and Orthodox Christian saint.
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A.
Stefan Rafael Benjamin
Stefan Rafael Benjamin was the son of the German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
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B.
Stefan Gregory
Stefan Gregory is a composer best known for his film score work, including the music for the historical drama "The Dig."
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C.
Stefan Zumtaugwald
Stefan Zumtaugwald was a 19th-century Swiss mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of the Alpine peak Liskamm.
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D.
Stefan Holt
Stefan Holt is an American television news anchor and journalist, known for his work with NBC-owned stations in Chicago and New York and as the son of longtime NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt.
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E.
Joachim
Joachim is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in German-speaking and other European countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Orthodox Christian saint
ⓘ
Serbian monarch ⓘ human ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Serbian Orthodox monastic tradition
ⓘ
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) ⓘ
surface form:
Serbian medieval monarchy
myrrh-streaming relics ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Principality of Serbia
|
| culture | medieval Serbian ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Serbs ⓘ |
| givenName |
Simeon
ⓘ
Stefan self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasGivenNameForm |
Simeon
ⓘ
Stefan self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Grand Prince
ⓘ
Saint ⓘ Stefan self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Greek
ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Stefan means "crown" or "wreath" in Greek ⓘ |
| nameUsage | Stefan is used as a royal title in medieval Serbia ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Serbian ⓘ |
| notableAlias |
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Simeon
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming ⓘ Stefan Nemanja ⓘ
surface form:
Simeon Nemanja
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming ⓘ
surface form:
Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
|
| notableFor |
being a key figure in Serbian medieval history
ⓘ
being venerated as a myrrh-streaming saint ⓘ founding the medieval Serbian state ⓘ |
| occupation |
monarch
ⓘ
ruler ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Grand Prince of Serbia ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| religiousName |
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
ⓘ
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming ⓘ
surface form:
Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Stefan Description of subject: Stefan is the given name of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, a revered medieval Serbian ruler and Orthodox Christian saint.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Stefan Nemanja