Yahya
E81936
Yahya is the Islamic prophet identified with John the Baptist, revered for his piety, asceticism, and role in heralding the coming of Prophet Isa (Jesus).
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yahya canonical | 10 |
| Yahya ibn Zakariya | 1 |
| Zakariya | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T652680 — 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: Yahya Context triple: [Night Journey of Muhammad, metProphet, Yahya]
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A.
Mustafa
Mustafa is the given birth name of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.
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B.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim is the name used in Islamic tradition for the prophet Abraham, a central patriarchal figure revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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C.
Ahmed
Ahmed is a common Arabic male given name meaning "most commendable" or "most praiseworthy."
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D.
Malik
Malik is a common Arabic surname and given name used across various cultures, often meaning "king" or "owner."
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E.
Salim
Salim was the birth name of Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor of India known for his patronage of the arts and consolidation of the empire.
- 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: Yahya Target entity description: Yahya is the Islamic prophet identified with John the Baptist, revered for his piety, asceticism, and role in heralding the coming of Prophet Isa (Jesus).
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A.
Mustafa
Mustafa is the given birth name of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.
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B.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim is the name used in Islamic tradition for the prophet Abraham, a central patriarchal figure revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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C.
Ahmed
Ahmed is a common Arabic male given name meaning "most commendable" or "most praiseworthy."
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D.
Malik
Malik is a common Arabic surname and given name used across various cultures, often meaning "king" or "owner."
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E.
Salim
Salim was the birth name of Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor of India known for his patronage of the arts and consolidation of the empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic prophet
ⓘ
Quranic figure ⓘ prophet ⓘ |
| announcedComingOf |
Isa
ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| associatedWith |
baptism
ⓘ
repentance ⓘ |
| birthDescribedAs | miraculous ⓘ |
| called | Yahya ibn Zakariya ⓘ |
| chronologicallyBefore | Isa ⓘ |
| deathDescribedAs | martyrdom in Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| describedAs |
chaste
ⓘ
compassionate ⓘ devout ⓘ noble ⓘ not arrogant ⓘ not disobedient ⓘ obedient to parents ⓘ righteous ⓘ |
| father | Zakariya ⓘ |
| grantedBy | Allah ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Prophet of Allah ⓘ |
| identifiedWith | John the Baptist ⓘ |
| languageForm | Arabic name for John ⓘ |
| mannerOfLife |
ascetic
ⓘ
austere ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Quran
ⓘ
Surah Maryam ⓘ |
| moralExemplarOf |
piety
ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ |
| mother | wife of Zakariya ⓘ |
| parent | Zakariya ⓘ |
| preached |
moral reform
ⓘ
repentance from sin ⓘ worship of one God ⓘ |
| receivedScripture | wisdom ⓘ |
| relatedTradition |
John the Baptist
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical John the Baptist
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| reveredFor |
asceticism
ⓘ
piety ⓘ |
| reveredIn | Islam ⓘ |
| role |
herald of Prophet Isa
ⓘ
predecessor of Prophet Isa ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Hadith literature
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | saint in some Islamic traditions ⓘ |
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: Yahya Description of subject: Yahya is the Islamic prophet identified with John the Baptist, revered for his piety, asceticism, and role in heralding the coming of Prophet Isa (Jesus).
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yahya ibn Zakariya
this entity surface form:
Zakariya