Mamre
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Mamre is an ancient site near Hebron in the biblical land of Canaan, traditionally associated with Abraham and significant events in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mamre canonical | 2 |
| oak of Mamre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6173806 — 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: Mamre Context triple: [sons of Heth, associatedPlace, Mamre]
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A.
Mizpah
Mizpah is an ancient biblical site in Gilead known as the place where Jacob and Laban formalized their covenant before parting ways.
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B.
Mizpah
Mizpah was an ancient Israelite town in the central hill country that served as a significant religious, political, and military gathering place in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Ramathaim-zophim
Ramathaim-zophim is an ancient town in the hill country of Ephraim, traditionally identified as the hometown of the prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Sha'ar Shechem
Sha'ar Shechem is the Hebrew name for Damascus Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its large stone archway and bustling marketplace.
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E.
Shechem
Shechem was an important ancient city in the central highlands of Canaan, serving as a significant political and religious center in biblical times.
- 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: Mamre Target entity description: Mamre is an ancient site near Hebron in the biblical land of Canaan, traditionally associated with Abraham and significant events in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Mizpah
Mizpah is an ancient biblical site in Gilead known as the place where Jacob and Laban formalized their covenant before parting ways.
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B.
Mizpah
Mizpah was an ancient Israelite town in the central hill country that served as a significant religious, political, and military gathering place in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Ramathaim-zophim
Ramathaim-zophim is an ancient town in the hill country of Ephraim, traditionally identified as the hometown of the prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Sha'ar Shechem
Sha'ar Shechem is the Hebrew name for Damascus Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its large stone archway and bustling marketplace.
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E.
Shechem
Shechem was an important ancient city in the central highlands of Canaan, serving as a significant political and religious center in biblical times.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient site
ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ religious pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Oaks of Mamre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plains of Mamre NERFINISHED ⓘ Terebinths of Mamre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationsBy | German archaeologists ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Abraham’s covenant with God ⓘ |
| associatedWithPatriarch | Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Abraham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isaac NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
divine visitation
ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ promise of descendants ⓘ |
| country | State of Palestine ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceFor |
Christians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslims ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
enclosure
ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfVegetation |
oak trees
ⓘ
terebinth trees ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canaan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hebron region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Hebron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| near |
Cave of Machpelah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hebron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Southern Levant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
biblical Holy Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referencedIn |
Christian pilgrimage itineraries
ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ |
| siteOf |
Abrahamic theophany
ⓘ
Abraham’s altar NERFINISHED ⓘ Abraham’s dwelling place near Hebron ⓘ Abraham’s hospitality to strangers ⓘ divine promise of Isaac’s birth ⓘ visit of three angels to Abraham ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyIdentifiedWith | Ramat el-Khalil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPilgrimageCenterIn |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
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: Mamre Description of subject: Mamre is an ancient site near Hebron in the biblical land of Canaan, traditionally associated with Abraham and significant events in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
oak of Mamre