Capernaum
E44447
Capernaum was an ancient fishing village on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became a central setting for Jesus’ ministry in the New Testament.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capernaum canonical | 17 |
| Capernaum (House of Peter) | 1 |
| Capernaum (biblical setting) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T331552 — 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: Capernaum Context triple: [Apostle Peter, residence, Capernaum]
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A.
Bethsaida
Bethsaida was an ancient fishing village on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of several of Jesus’s apostles in the New Testament.
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B.
Tiberias
Tiberias is an ancient city in northern Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, historically significant as a major center of Jewish learning and pilgrimage.
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C.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem is an ancient town in the West Bank historically revered as the birthplace of Jesus and a major center of Christian pilgrimage.
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D.
Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima was a major Roman port city and administrative center on the Mediterranean coast of Judea, notable as the provincial capital where Roman governors such as Pontius Pilate resided.
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E.
Galilee
Galilee is a region in northern Israel historically significant as the primary setting for much of Jesus Christ’s early life and ministry.
- 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: Capernaum Target entity description: Capernaum was an ancient fishing village on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became a central setting for Jesus’ ministry in the New Testament.
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A.
Bethsaida
Bethsaida was an ancient fishing village on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of several of Jesus’s apostles in the New Testament.
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B.
Tiberias
Tiberias is an ancient city in northern Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, historically significant as a major center of Jewish learning and pilgrimage.
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C.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem is an ancient town in the West Bank historically revered as the birthplace of Jesus and a major center of Christian pilgrimage.
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D.
Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima was a major Roman port city and administrative center on the Mediterranean coast of Judea, notable as the provincial capital where Roman governors such as Pontius Pilate resided.
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E.
Galilee
Galilee is a region in northern Israel historically significant as the primary setting for much of Jesus Christ’s early life and ministry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient town
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ biblical location ⓘ |
| ancientFunction | fishing village ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationStart | 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Andrew
ⓘ
Apostle James the Greater ⓘ
surface form:
James son of Zebedee
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus of Nazareth
John son of Zebedee ⓘ Apostle Matthew ⓘ
surface form:
Matthew the tax collector
Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form:
Simon Peter
|
| centralTo | Jesus’ Galilean ministry ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| currentUse |
archaeological park
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| describedAs | Jesus’ own city ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| governedInAntiquityBy | Herod Antipas ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Roman-period road
ⓘ
basalt stone houses ⓘ limestone synagogue remains ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
ancient synagogue
ⓘ
house traditionally identified as Peter’s house ⓘ octagonal church ⓘ residential insulae ⓘ |
| hasType | Jewish village ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Christian holy place ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galilee
ⓘ
northern Israel ⓘ region of Capernaum National Park ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| locatedOn | northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land
ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
|
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| modernSiteName | Kfar Nahum ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | village of Nahum ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Chorazin
ⓘ
Tabgha ⓘ Tiberias ⓘ |
| religionSignificance | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousSiteFor |
Christian pilgrims
ⓘ
Jewish visitors ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Second Temple Judaism
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Temple period
|
| tourismType | religious tourism ⓘ |
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: Capernaum Description of subject: Capernaum was an ancient fishing village on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became a central setting for Jesus’ ministry in the New Testament.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Matthew the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Capernaum (House of Peter)
subject surface form:
The Tribute Money (Masaccio)
this entity surface form:
Capernaum (biblical setting)