Pheroras
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Pheroras was a younger brother of Herod the Great and a Judean tetrarch known for his political influence and controversial marriage alliances in the late 1st century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pheroras canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3946543 — 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: Pheroras Context triple: [Cypros, child, Pheroras]
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A.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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B.
Allionia
Allionia is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as trailing windmills, native to the Americas and noted for their distinctive three-lobed, windmill-like flowers.
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C.
Osphranter
Osphranter is a genus of large Australian marsupials that includes several species of kangaroos and wallaroos.
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D.
Aloisia
Aloisia is a feminine given name, used as an alternative spelling of Aloysia and related to names like Aloysius and Louise.
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E.
Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
- 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: Pheroras Target entity description: Pheroras was a younger brother of Herod the Great and a Judean tetrarch known for his political influence and controversial marriage alliances in the late 1st century BCE.
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A.
Phylacus
Phylacus is a figure from Greek mythology known as a leader of the Magnetes, a Thessalian people mentioned in epic tradition.
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B.
Allionia
Allionia is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as trailing windmills, native to the Americas and noted for their distinctive three-lobed, windmill-like flowers.
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C.
Osphranter
Osphranter is a genus of large Australian marsupials that includes several species of kangaroos and wallaroos.
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D.
Aloisia
Aloisia is a feminine given name, used as an alternative spelling of Aloysia and related to names like Aloysius and Louise.
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E.
Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Judean tetrarch
ⓘ
member of the Herodian dynasty ⓘ |
| causeOfConflict |
marriage to a woman of low status
ⓘ
refusal to divorce his wife at Herod’s request ⓘ |
| conflict | family disputes within the Herodian dynasty ⓘ |
| country | Judea ⓘ |
| date | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Perea
ⓘ
surface form:
Perea (approximate)
|
| describedBySource | Flavius Josephus ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Antiquities of the Jews
ⓘ
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" ⓘ
surface form:
The Jewish War
|
| dynasty | Herodian dynasty ⓘ |
| employer | Herod the Great ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Idumaean ⓘ |
| givenName | Pheroras self-link ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Second Temple period ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | tetrarch ⓘ |
| notableEvent | involvement in court intrigues at the end of Herod’s reign ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial marriage alliances
ⓘ
political influence at the Herodian court ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| partOf | Herod the Great’s extended household ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Perea ⓘ |
| politicalAlly | Herod the Great ⓘ |
| politicalOpponent | certain members of the Herodian court ⓘ |
| positionHeld | tetrarch of Perea ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Perea ⓘ |
| relative |
Herod the Great
ⓘ
Mariamne I ⓘ Salome (sister of Herod the Great) ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Herod the Great ⓘ |
| spouse |
daughter of a brother of Herod’s wife
ⓘ
unnamed freedwoman ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1st century BCE ⓘ |
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: Pheroras Description of subject: Pheroras was a younger brother of Herod the Great and a Judean tetrarch known for his political influence and controversial marriage alliances in the late 1st century BCE.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.