Ziba
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Ziba is a biblical figure in the Old Testament, known as the former servant of Saul who later served Mephibosheth and interacted with King David during Absalom’s rebellion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ziba canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4904688 — 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: Ziba Context triple: [Mephibosheth, servedBy, Ziba]
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A.
Bardiya
Bardiya was a son of the Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great who briefly and controversially claimed the Persian throne in the late 6th century BCE.
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B.
Dinarzad
Dinarzad is a character in The Arabian Nights, known as Shahrazad’s younger sister who prompts her to tell stories each night to the king.
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C.
Aram Shah
Aram Shah was a short-reigning early ruler of the Delhi Sultanate who briefly succeeded Qutb al-Din Aibak before being overthrown by Iltutmish.
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D.
Fereydun
Fereydun is a legendary hero and king in Persian mythology, best known from the Shahnameh for overthrowing the tyrant Zahhak and ushering in a just reign.
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E.
Serse
Serse is a comic opera by George Frideric Handel, best known for its famous aria "Ombra mai fu."
- 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: Ziba Target entity description: Ziba is a biblical figure in the Old Testament, known as the former servant of Saul who later served Mephibosheth and interacted with King David during Absalom’s rebellion.
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A.
Bardiya
Bardiya was a son of the Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great who briefly and controversially claimed the Persian throne in the late 6th century BCE.
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B.
Dinarzad
Dinarzad is a character in The Arabian Nights, known as Shahrazad’s younger sister who prompts her to tell stories each night to the king.
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C.
Aram Shah
Aram Shah was a short-reigning early ruler of the Delhi Sultanate who briefly succeeded Qutb al-Din Aibak before being overthrown by Iltutmish.
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D.
Fereydun
Fereydun is a legendary hero and king in Persian mythology, best known from the Shahnameh for overthrowing the tyrant Zahhak and ushering in a just reign.
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E.
Serse
Serse is a comic opera by George Frideric Handel, best known for its famous aria "Ombra mai fu."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
servant ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
deceiving David
ⓘ
slandering Mephibosheth ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Absalom’s rebellion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broughtItems |
bread
ⓘ
donkeys ⓘ summer fruit ⓘ wine ⓘ |
| broughtProvisionsTo | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedAbout | Mephibosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedThat | Mephibosheth eat at the king’s table NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedToBringProduceTo | Mephibosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedToFarmFor | Mephibosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Absalom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King David NERFINISHED ⓘ Mephibosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Israelite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedEstateOf | Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadServants | 20 ⓘ |
| hadSons | 15 ⓘ |
| informed | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageContext | Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterJudgmentBy | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
2 Samuel 16
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2 Samuel 19 ⓘ 2 Samuel 9 ⓘ Second Book of Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralAmbiguity | portrayed with questionable motives ⓘ |
| orderedBy | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propertyDivisionWith | Mephibosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedFrom | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedPropertyOf | Mephibosheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousText |
Hebrew Bible
NERFINISHED
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Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| residedIn | Jerusalem region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
servant of Mephibosheth
ⓘ
servant of Saul ⓘ |
| scripturalRole | supporting character in David narrative ⓘ |
| served |
Mephibosheth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceText |
2 Samuel 16:1–4
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2 Samuel 19:24–30 ⓘ 2 Samuel 9:1–13 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | United Monarchy of Israel 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: Ziba Description of subject: Ziba is a biblical figure in the Old Testament, known as the former servant of Saul who later served Mephibosheth and interacted with King David during Absalom’s rebellion.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.