Zebedaios
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Zebedaios is the transliterated form of the Greek name Ζεβεδαῖος, commonly known in English as Zebedee, the New Testament figure who was the father of the apostles James and John.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zebedaios canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10723843 — 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: Zebedaios Context triple: [Ζεβεδαῖος, nameTransliteratedAs, Zebedaios]
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A.
Rubeus
Rubeus is the first name of Rubeus Hagrid, the half-giant gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures professor at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series.
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B.
Draco
Draco is an ancient name historically used for the river later known as the Orontes, which flows through parts of modern-day Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
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C.
Draco
Draco is a faint northern constellation named after the Latin word for "dragon," winding between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor in the night sky.
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D.
Bolten
Bolten is a surname most notably associated with Josh Bolten, a former White House Chief of Staff under U.S. President George W. Bush.
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E.
Beedle
Beedle is the original surname of American actor William Holden, a major Hollywood star of the mid-20th century known for films like "Sunset Boulevard" and "Stalag 17."
- 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: Zebedaios Target entity description: Zebedaios is the transliterated form of the Greek name Ζεβεδαῖος, commonly known in English as Zebedee, the New Testament figure who was the father of the apostles James and John.
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A.
Rubeus
Rubeus is the first name of Rubeus Hagrid, the half-giant gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures professor at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series.
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B.
Draco
Draco is an ancient name historically used for the river later known as the Orontes, which flows through parts of modern-day Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
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C.
Draco
Draco is a faint northern constellation named after the Latin word for "dragon," winding between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor in the night sky.
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D.
Bolten
Bolten is a surname most notably associated with Josh Bolten, a former White House Chief of Staff under U.S. President George W. Bush.
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E.
Beedle
Beedle is the original surname of American actor William Holden, a major Hollywood star of the mid-20th century known for films like "Sunset Boulevard" and "Stalag 17."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Zebedee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInContext | calling of the first disciples ⓘ |
| appearsWith |
James the Apostle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jesus of Nazareth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithBodyOfWater | Sea of Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
James the Apostle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Second Temple Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | owner of a fishing boat ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | fisherman ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
father of James the Apostle
ⓘ
father of John the Apostle ⓘ |
| hasServants | yes (as implied in Gospel narratives) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | possibly derived from Hebrew name Zebadiah or similar ⓘ |
| nameFormInEnglish | Zebedee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameTransliterationOf | Ζεβεδαῖος NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residedIn | Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Salome (traditional identification) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
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: Zebedaios Description of subject: Zebedaios is the transliterated form of the Greek name Ζεβεδαῖος, commonly known in English as Zebedee, the New Testament figure who was the father of the apostles James and John.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ζεβεδαῖος