Benjamin
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Benjamin is the given name of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, a prominent American Presbyterian theologian and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
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| Benjamin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10727291 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Context triple: [Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, givenName, Benjamin]
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Benjamin
Benjamin is the naive, dream-filled protagonist of Mendele Mocher Sforim’s satirical Yiddish novel "The Travels of Benjamin the Third," often likened to a Jewish Don Quixote.
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Benjamin
Benjamin is the full given name of the English playwright and poet Ben Jonson, a major literary figure of the early 17th century.
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Benjamin
Benjamin is the given first name of the American film producer and studio executive B. P. Schulberg.
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Benjamin
Benjamin is the given name of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, the notorious American mobster who played a key role in the development of Las Vegas.
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Benjamin
Benjamin is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s youngest son and often associated with valor in battle and a favored status in biblical narratives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Target entity description: Benjamin is the given name of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, a prominent American Presbyterian theologian and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Benjamin
Benjamin is the given first name of the American film producer and studio executive B. P. Schulberg.
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B.
Benjamin
Benjamin is the full given name of the English playwright and poet Ben Jonson, a major literary figure of the early 17th century.
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Benjamin
Benjamin is the given name of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, the notorious American mobster who played a key role in the development of Las Vegas.
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Benjamin
Benjamin is the birth name of American comedian, actor, and radio and television star Jack Benny.
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Benjamin
Benjamin is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "son of the right hand" or "favored son," widely used in many cultures and languages.
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Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1851-11-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1921-02-16 ⓘ |
| denomination | Presbyterian Church in the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton Theological Seminary
NERFINISHED
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer | Princeton Theological Seminary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 20th century theology
ⓘ
late 19th century theology ⓘ |
| familyName | Warfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Presbyterian theology
ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ |
| fullName | Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | theological literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Reformed theology
ⓘ
conservative Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Hodge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Calvin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of higher criticism
ⓘ
defense of the doctrine of biblical inspiration ⓘ scholarship on the person and work of Christ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Calvinism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Princeton theology ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
New Testament studies
ⓘ
defense of biblical inerrancy ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ works on the inspiration of Scripture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Biblical and Theological Studies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Counterfeit Miracles NERFINISHED ⓘ The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord of Glory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
ⓘ
theologian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lexington, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of didactic and polemic theology at Princeton Theological Seminary ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| spouse | Annie Pearce Kinkead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Evangelical
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Reformed ⓘ |
| workLocation | Princeton Theological Seminary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Benjamin Description of subject: Benjamin is the given name of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, a prominent American Presbyterian theologian and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield