Joseph son of Jacob
E443708
Joseph son of Jacob is a central biblical figure known for his prophetic dreams, being sold into slavery by his brothers, and rising to become a powerful leader in Egypt who ultimately saves his family from famine.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph son of Jacob canonical | 4 |
| Joseph (biblical patriarch) | 1 |
| Joseph and Jacob | 1 |
| Joseph, son of Jacob in the Bible | 1 |
| biblical patriarch Joseph | 1 |
| יוסף | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4405667 — 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: Joseph son of Jacob Context triple: [Judah son of Jacob, sibling, Joseph son of Jacob]
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A.
Dan son of Jacob
Dan son of Jacob is one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Dan.
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B.
Judah son of Jacob
Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.
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C.
Gad son of Jacob
Gad son of Jacob is a biblical patriarch and founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally associated with warriors and territory east of the Jordan River.
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D.
Levi son of Jacob
Levi son of Jacob is a biblical patriarch regarded as the ancestor of the Levites, the Israelite tribe traditionally associated with religious and priestly duties.
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E.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
- 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: Joseph son of Jacob Target entity description: Joseph son of Jacob is a central biblical figure known for his prophetic dreams, being sold into slavery by his brothers, and rising to become a powerful leader in Egypt who ultimately saves his family from famine.
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A.
Dan son of Jacob
Dan son of Jacob is one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Dan.
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B.
Judah son of Jacob
Judah son of Jacob is a prominent biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, and the ancestral figure from whom the Tribe of Judah and the royal Davidic line are traditionally believed to descend.
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C.
Gad son of Jacob
Gad son of Jacob is a biblical patriarch and founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally associated with warriors and territory east of the Jordan River.
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D.
Levi son of Jacob
Levi son of Jacob is a biblical patriarch regarded as the ancestor of the Levites, the Israelite tribe traditionally associated with religious and priestly duties.
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E.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
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dream interpreter ⓘ patriarch ⓘ prophet ⓘ vizier of Egypt ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hebrew Bible
NERFINISHED
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Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | coat of many colors ⓘ |
| birthOrder |
eleventh son of Jacob
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first son of Rachel ⓘ |
| broughtFamilyTo | Goshen in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialTradition | bones carried from Egypt to Canaan ⓘ |
| father | Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Isaac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| greatGrandfather | Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Egyptian prison ⓘ |
| interpretedDreamFor |
Pharaoh
NERFINISHED
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chief baker ⓘ chief cupbearer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
interpreting dreams
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prophetic dreams ⓘ rising from slavery to power in Egypt ⓘ saving his family from famine ⓘ |
| mother | Rachel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversaw | grain storage in Egypt ⓘ |
| quranicName | Yusuf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconciledWith | his brothers ⓘ |
| scripturalSource | Book of Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedInHouseOf | Potiphar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ |
| sibling |
Asher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gad NERFINISHED ⓘ Issachar NERFINISHED ⓘ Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ Naphtali NERFINISHED ⓘ Reuben NERFINISHED ⓘ Simeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Zebulun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soldBy | his brothers ⓘ |
| soldFor | twenty pieces of silver ⓘ |
| soldTo | Ishmaelite traders ⓘ |
| son |
Ephraim
NERFINISHED
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Manasseh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Asenath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| takenTo | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tribeAncestorOf |
Tribe of Ephraim
NERFINISHED
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Tribe of Manasseh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
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Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Joseph son of Jacob Description of subject: Joseph son of Jacob is a central biblical figure known for his prophetic dreams, being sold into slavery by his brothers, and rising to become a powerful leader in Egypt who ultimately saves his family from famine.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
biblical patriarch Joseph
this entity surface form:
Joseph (biblical patriarch)
this entity surface form:
Joseph and Jacob
this entity surface form:
Joseph, son of Jacob in the Bible