Shalmaneser V
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Shalmaneser V was a Neo-Assyrian king in the late 8th century BCE, best known for his military campaigns in the Levant and the siege of Samaria that led to the fall of the Kingdom of Israel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shalmaneser V canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T651029 — 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: Shalmaneser V Context triple: [Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel, hasParticipant, Shalmaneser V]
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A.
Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III was a powerful 8th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and expansion of the Assyrian Empire across the Near East.
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B.
Nabopolassar
Nabopolassar was a Chaldean king who led the revolt against Assyria and became the first ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the late 7th century BCE.
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C.
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II was a powerful 6th-century BCE king of Babylon best known for expanding the Neo-Babylonian Empire, conquering Jerusalem, and being associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens.
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D.
Nabonidus
Nabonidus was the final king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for his religious reforms, lengthy stay in the oasis of Tayma, and eventual overthrow by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.
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E.
Belshazzar
Belshazzar is a biblical Babylonian prince or king best known for the story of the mysterious handwriting on the wall that foretold the fall of his kingdom.
- 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: Shalmaneser V Target entity description: Shalmaneser V was a Neo-Assyrian king in the late 8th century BCE, best known for his military campaigns in the Levant and the siege of Samaria that led to the fall of the Kingdom of Israel.
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A.
Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III was a powerful 8th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and expansion of the Assyrian Empire across the Near East.
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B.
Nabopolassar
Nabopolassar was a Chaldean king who led the revolt against Assyria and became the first ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the late 7th century BCE.
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C.
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II was a powerful 6th-century BCE king of Babylon best known for expanding the Neo-Babylonian Empire, conquering Jerusalem, and being associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens.
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D.
Nabonidus
Nabonidus was the final king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for his religious reforms, lengthy stay in the oasis of Tayma, and eventual overthrow by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.
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E.
Belshazzar
Belshazzar is a biblical Babylonian prince or king best known for the story of the mysterious handwriting on the wall that foretold the fall of his kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neo-Assyrian king
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ululayu ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Fall of Samaria
ⓘ
surface form:
fall of Samaria
|
| authorityOver |
Northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Israelite territories
Samaria ⓘ |
| capital |
Dur-Sharrukin
ⓘ
Nineveh ⓘ |
| causeOfSuccession | death ⓘ |
| conflict |
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian–Israelite conflict
campaigns against Tyre ⓘ |
| country |
Assyria
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Assyrian Empire
|
| culture |
Assyria
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian
|
| deathPlace | Assyria ⓘ |
| dynasty | Sargonid dynasty ⓘ |
| era |
Neo-Assyrian
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Assyrian period
|
| father | Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Ancient Near East ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Akkadian ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
2 Kings 17
ⓘ
Book of 2 Kings ⓘ
surface form:
2 Kings 18
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| nativeLanguage | Akkadian ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Siege of Samaria
ⓘ
surface form:
siege of Samaria (c. 725–722 BCE)
|
| notableFor |
campaigns in the Levant
ⓘ
role in the fall of the Kingdom of Israel ⓘ Siege of Samaria ⓘ
surface form:
siege of Samaria
war against the Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| occupation | king ⓘ |
| policy |
enforcement of Assyrian imperial control over vassal states
ⓘ
heavy tribute demands on western vassals ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Assyria ⓘ |
| predecessor | Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Assyria
ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia (as overlord)
Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
|
| regnalName | Shalmaneser V self-link ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 722 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 727 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
| royalHouse |
Sargonid dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian royal house
|
| successor | Sargon II ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| title |
King of the Four Corners of the World
ⓘ
surface form:
King of the Four Quarters
King of the Universe ⓘ |
| vassalState |
Northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Israel
Phoenician city-states ⓘ |
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: Shalmaneser V Description of subject: Shalmaneser V was a Neo-Assyrian king in the late 8th century BCE, best known for his military campaigns in the Levant and the siege of Samaria that led to the fall of the Kingdom of Israel.
Referenced by (14)
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