Kaʿb ibn Asad
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Kaʿb ibn Asad was a leading chief of the Jewish Banu Qurayza tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in their conflict with the early Muslim community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaʿb ibn Asad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7718990 — 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: Kaʿb ibn Asad Context triple: [Siege of Banu Qurayza, commander, Kaʿb ibn Asad]
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A.
Antarah ibn Shaddad
Antarah ibn Shaddad was a pre-Islamic Arab warrior-poet famed for his heroic exploits, chivalric love poetry, and celebrated Mu‘allaqa ode in the classical Arabic literary tradition.
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B.
Sa'id ibn al-As
Sa'id ibn al-As was a 7th-century Umayyad statesman and military commander who served as governor of Kufa under the Rashidun caliphs.
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C.
Ubayy ibn Ka'b
Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad renowned as one of the foremost experts in Qur'anic recitation and interpretation.
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D.
Utba ibn Rabi'a
Utba ibn Rabi'a was a prominent Meccan leader and Quraysh chieftain in the early 7th century, known for his opposition to the Prophet Muhammad and his death at the Battle of Badr.
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E.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
- 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: Kaʿb ibn Asad Target entity description: Kaʿb ibn Asad was a leading chief of the Jewish Banu Qurayza tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in their conflict with the early Muslim community.
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A.
Antarah ibn Shaddad
Antarah ibn Shaddad was a pre-Islamic Arab warrior-poet famed for his heroic exploits, chivalric love poetry, and celebrated Mu‘allaqa ode in the classical Arabic literary tradition.
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B.
Sa'id ibn al-As
Sa'id ibn al-As was a 7th-century Umayyad statesman and military commander who served as governor of Kufa under the Rashidun caliphs.
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C.
Ubayy ibn Ka'b
Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad renowned as one of the foremost experts in Qur'anic recitation and interpretation.
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D.
Utba ibn Rabi'a
Utba ibn Rabi'a was a prominent Meccan leader and Quraysh chieftain in the early 7th century, known for his opposition to the Prophet Muhammad and his death at the Battle of Badr.
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E.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
tribal chief ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Battle of the Trench
NERFINISHED
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siege of Banu Qurayza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Muslim community of Medina ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Islamic period in Medina ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Banu Qurayza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of Banu Qurayza in Medina
ⓘ
role in conflict between Banu Qurayza and early Muslims ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief of Banu Qurayza ⓘ |
| region | Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Medina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yathrib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 7th century ⓘ |
| tribe | Banu Qurayza 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: Kaʿb ibn Asad Description of subject: Kaʿb ibn Asad was a leading chief of the Jewish Banu Qurayza tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in their conflict with the early Muslim community.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.