Achan
E506516
Achan is a biblical figure in the Book of Joshua whose disobedience in taking forbidden spoils led to Israel’s initial defeat at Ai and his subsequent punishment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Achan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5260614 — 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: Achan Context triple: [Battle of Ai, associatedFigure, Achan]
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A.
Ahimaaz
Ahimaaz is a biblical figure, son of the priest Zadok, known for serving as a swift messenger to King David in the events surrounding Absalom’s rebellion.
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B.
Nathan of Gaza
Nathan of Gaza was a 17th-century Jewish mystic and kabbalist who became the chief theologian and prophet of the messianic movement surrounding Shabbetai Tzvi.
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C.
Dagan
Dagan is an ancient Northwest Semitic god, particularly revered by the Amorites and later in Mesopotamia, commonly associated with grain, fertility, and sometimes the underworld.
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D.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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E.
Yonatan
Yonatan is a Hebrew given name, commonly associated with the biblical figure Jonathan and meaning "God has given."
- 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: Achan Target entity description: Achan is a biblical figure in the Book of Joshua whose disobedience in taking forbidden spoils led to Israel’s initial defeat at Ai and his subsequent punishment.
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A.
Ahimaaz
Ahimaaz is a biblical figure, son of the priest Zadok, known for serving as a swift messenger to King David in the events surrounding Absalom’s rebellion.
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B.
Nathan of Gaza
Nathan of Gaza was a 17th-century Jewish mystic and kabbalist who became the chief theologian and prophet of the messianic movement surrounding Shabbetai Tzvi.
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C.
Dagan
Dagan is an ancient Northwest Semitic god, particularly revered by the Amorites and later in Mesopotamia, commonly associated with grain, fertility, and sometimes the underworld.
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D.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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E.
Yonatan
Yonatan is a Hebrew given name, commonly associated with the biblical figure Jonathan and meaning "God has given."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Ai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jericho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToStoryCycle | conquest of Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caused | Israel’s initial defeat at Ai ⓘ |
| committed |
sacrilege
ⓘ
theft of devoted things ⓘ |
| confessedAction | taking devoted things ⓘ |
| confessedTo | Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologyAssociatedWith | trouble ⓘ |
| executedAt | Valley of Achor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Zabdi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zerah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFather | Carmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTribalAffiliation | tribe of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hidItems | in the ground inside his tent ⓘ |
| identifiedBy | sacred lot ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Joshua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| nameLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Achar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | conquest of Jericho ⓘ |
| punishedBy |
burning with fire
ⓘ
stoning ⓘ |
| rememberedAs | troubler of Israel ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
cause of divine wrath on Israel
ⓘ
example of disobedience ⓘ |
| scripturalReference |
Joshua 22:20
ⓘ
Joshua 7 ⓘ |
| themeIllustrated |
consequences of covetousness
ⓘ
corporate responsibility ⓘ holiness of devoted things ⓘ |
| tookFrom | spoils of Jericho ⓘ |
| tookObject |
a beautiful Babylonian garment
ⓘ
gold ⓘ silver ⓘ |
| violatedCommandOf | Yahweh 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: Achan Description of subject: Achan is a biblical figure in the Book of Joshua whose disobedience in taking forbidden spoils led to Israel’s initial defeat at Ai and his subsequent punishment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Battle of Ai