Benjamin son of Jacob
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Benjamin son of Jacob is the youngest of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the eponymous ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benjamin son of Jacob canonical | 3 |
| Benjamin (youngest son of Jacob) | 1 |
| Benjamin as beloved of the Lord | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4405668 — 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: Benjamin son of Jacob Context triple: [Judah son of Jacob, sibling, Benjamin son of Jacob]
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A.
Joseph son of Jacob
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Benjamin son of Jacob Target entity description: Benjamin son of Jacob is the youngest of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the eponymous ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin.
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A.
Joseph son of Jacob
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
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eponymous ancestor ⓘ patriarchal figure ⓘ |
| appearsInNarrative | Joseph narrative in Genesis ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity |
Gibeah
NERFINISHED
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Jerusalem region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribeTerritory | territory of Benjamin ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
near Ephrath
ⓘ
on the way to Bethlehem ⓘ |
| birthRegion | Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brother |
Asher
NERFINISHED
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Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gad NERFINISHED ⓘ Issachar NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph son of Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ Naphtali NERFINISHED ⓘ Reuben NERFINISHED ⓘ Simeon NERFINISHED ⓘ Zebulun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalTradition |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
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Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRole | son of Jacob and Rachel ⓘ |
| father | Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
son of the right hand
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son of the south ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| mother | Rachel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherDiedAtBirth | Rachel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameGivenByFather | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | ancient Israelite ⓘ |
| originalNameGivenByMother | Ben-oni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousCanonStatus |
figure in Christian Bible
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figure in Tanakh ⓘ figure in Torah ⓘ |
| religiousText |
Hebrew Bible
NERFINISHED
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Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| siblingOrder | youngest of twelve sons of Jacob ⓘ |
| tribalAncestorOf | Tribe of Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tribeNamedAfter | Tribe of Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| youngestSonOf | Jacob 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: Benjamin son of Jacob Description of subject: Benjamin son of Jacob is the youngest of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the eponymous ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tribe of Benjamin
subject surface form:
Tribe of Benjamin
this entity surface form:
Benjamin (youngest son of Jacob)
this entity surface form:
Benjamin as beloved of the Lord