Simon ben Boethus
E406296
Simon ben Boethus was a Jewish high priest of the late Second Temple period and father-in-law of Herod the Great through his daughter Mariamne II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simon ben Boethus canonical | 2 |
| Boethusian family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4012533 — 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: Simon ben Boethus Context triple: [Mariamne II, father, Simon ben Boethus]
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A.
Eleazar ben Simon
Eleazar ben Simon was a first-century Jewish Zealot leader who played a major role in the Great Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire.
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B.
Gamaliel
Gamaliel is the middle name of Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States.
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C.
Annas
Annas was a powerful former Jewish high priest and influential religious leader in Jerusalem who played a key role in the events leading to the crucifixion of Jesus.
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D.
Eleazar
Eleazar is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally associated with religious and historical figures.
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E.
John of Gischala
John of Gischala was a prominent Jewish rebel leader during the First Jewish–Roman War, known for his role in the Zealot resistance and power struggles in Jerusalem.
- 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: Simon ben Boethus Target entity description: Simon ben Boethus was a Jewish high priest of the late Second Temple period and father-in-law of Herod the Great through his daughter Mariamne II.
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A.
Eleazar ben Simon
Eleazar ben Simon was a first-century Jewish Zealot leader who played a major role in the Great Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire.
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B.
Gamaliel
Gamaliel is the middle name of Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States.
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C.
Annas
Annas was a powerful former Jewish high priest and influential religious leader in Jerusalem who played a key role in the events leading to the crucifixion of Jesus.
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D.
Eleazar
Eleazar is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally associated with religious and historical figures.
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E.
John of Gischala
John of Gischala was a prominent Jewish rebel leader during the First Jewish–Roman War, known for his role in the Zealot resistance and power struggles in Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish high priest
ⓘ
Second Temple period person ⓘ |
| activeDuring | reign of Herod the Great ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Herod the Great ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sadducees
ⓘ
surface form:
Boethusians
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Judea ⓘ |
| culture | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jews ⓘ |
| fatherInLawOf | Herod the Great ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Mariamne II ⓘ |
| hasDaughter | Mariamne II ⓘ |
| knownFor |
familial alliance with Herod through Mariamne II
ⓘ
serving as high priest under Herod the Great ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Sadducees
ⓘ
surface form:
Boethusian priestly family
|
| mentionedBy | Flavius Josephus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ |
| notableFamilyConnection |
Boethusian dynasty of high priests
ⓘ
Herodian dynasty through marriage ⓘ |
| officeLocation |
Second Temple in Jerusalem
ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem Temple
|
| positionHeld |
High Priest in the Second Temple
ⓘ
High Priest of Israel ⓘ |
| region | Judea under Roman rule ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousRole | Temple cult leadership ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Second Temple period ⓘ |
| title | High Priest ⓘ |
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: Simon ben Boethus Description of subject: Simon ben Boethus was a Jewish high priest of the late Second Temple period and father-in-law of Herod the Great through his daughter Mariamne II.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Boethusian family