James is of Hebrew origin
E718042
James is of Hebrew origin is a statement indicating that the given name James derives from Hebrew roots, ultimately related to the name Jacob.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James is of Hebrew origin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8186905 — 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: James is of Hebrew origin Context triple: [James Fleming, hasNameComponentOrigin, James is of Hebrew origin]
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A.
Maria is of Hebrew origin
Maria Paola is a feminine given name that combines the widely used, Hebrew-derived name Maria with the Italian form of Paul, Paola.
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B.
Biblical Hebrew names
Biblical Hebrew names are personal names found in the Hebrew Bible that often carry specific meanings, religious significance, and linguistic roots in the Hebrew language.
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C.
Greek Daniel
Greek Daniel is the expanded Greek version of the biblical Book of Daniel that includes additional deuterocanonical stories and legends not found in the traditional Hebrew text.
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D.
Jacob
Jacob is the first name of Jake Peavy, a former Major League Baseball pitcher and Cy Young Award winner.
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E.
Jacob
Jacob is the middle name of English actor Daniel Radcliffe, best known for portraying Harry Potter in the film series based on J.K. Rowling's novels.
- 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: James is of Hebrew origin Target entity description: James is of Hebrew origin is a statement indicating that the given name James derives from Hebrew roots, ultimately related to the name Jacob.
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A.
Maria is of Hebrew origin
Maria Paola is a feminine given name that combines the widely used, Hebrew-derived name Maria with the Italian form of Paul, Paola.
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B.
Biblical Hebrew names
Biblical Hebrew names are personal names found in the Hebrew Bible that often carry specific meanings, religious significance, and linguistic roots in the Hebrew language.
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C.
Greek Daniel
Greek Daniel is the expanded Greek version of the biblical Book of Daniel that includes additional deuterocanonical stories and legends not found in the traditional Hebrew text.
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D.
Jacob
Jacob is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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E.
Jacob
Jacob is the central figure in the story "The Slave," around whom the narrative’s themes and events revolve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | given name ⓘ |
| borneBy |
James the Just
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James, son of Alphaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ James, son of Zebedee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cognateWith | Jacob (given name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Jacob (given name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologicalRootLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
English masculine given names
ⓘ
Names of Hebrew origin ⓘ |
| hasFormInGreek | Iakobos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormInHebrew | Yaʿaqov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormInLateLatin | Iacobus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormInLatin | Iacomus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasMeaningRelatedTo | “supplanter” ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAssociation | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScripturalOrigin | Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Diego
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Giacomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamie NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago NERFINISHED ⓘ Seamus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularInRegion |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: James is of Hebrew origin Description of subject: James is of Hebrew origin is a statement indicating that the given name James derives from Hebrew roots, ultimately related to the name Jacob.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.