Yoqshan
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Yoqshan is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the sons of Abraham by his wife Keturah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yoqshan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10724641 — 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: Yoqshan Context triple: [Jokshan, nameTransliteration, Yoqshan]
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A.
Yoso
Yoso was a short-lived progressive rock supergroup formed by former members of Yes and Toto, blending classic prog influences with melodic rock.
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B.
Yon
Yon is a river in western France that flows through the Vendée department, including the town of La Roche-sur-Yon.
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C.
Yunak
Yunak is a rural district and town in Turkey known for its agricultural economy and location within the Central Anatolia region.
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D.
Yeyin
Yeyin is a small coastal settlement on Orchid Island, Taiwan, known for its indigenous Tao culture and traditional fishing lifestyle.
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E.
Yanshi
Yanshi is a county-level city in Henan Province, China, known for its important Bronze Age archaeological remains and early Chinese urban development.
- 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: Yoqshan Target entity description: Yoqshan is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the sons of Abraham by his wife Keturah.
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A.
Yoso
Yoso was a short-lived progressive rock supergroup formed by former members of Yes and Toto, blending classic prog influences with melodic rock.
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B.
Yon
Yon is a river in western France that flows through the Vendée department, including the town of La Roche-sur-Yon.
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C.
Yunak
Yunak is a rural district and town in Turkey known for its agricultural economy and location within the Central Anatolia region.
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D.
Yeyin
Yeyin is a small coastal settlement on Orchid Island, Taiwan, known for its indigenous Tao culture and traditional fishing lifestyle.
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E.
Yanshi
Yanshi is a county-level city in Henan Province, China, known for its important Bronze Age archaeological remains and early Chinese urban development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ male ⓘ |
| ancestor |
Shem (through Abraham)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Terah (through Abraham) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalBookChapter | Genesis 25 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | not specified in the Bible ⓘ |
| child |
Dedan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sheba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | patriarchal period ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | unknown ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | unknown ⓘ |
| ethnicOrTribalAssociation |
Dedan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sheba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genealogicalLine | descendant of Eber through Abraham ⓘ |
| halfSibling |
Isaac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ishmael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoleInText | genealogical figure ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| maritalStatusInText | not specified ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| mother | Keturah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameFormInHebrew | יָקְשָׁן NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Jokshan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the sons of Abraham by Keturah ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | not specified in the Bible ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | not specified in the Bible ⓘ |
| primarySource | Masoretic Text NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ishbak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Medan NERFINISHED ⓘ Midian NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuah NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceType | religious scripture ⓘ |
| textualGenre | biblical genealogy ⓘ |
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: Yoqshan Description of subject: Yoqshan is a biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the sons of Abraham by his wife Keturah.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.