Apostle John
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Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
All labels observed (19)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John the Apostle | 53 |
| Saint John the Evangelist | 30 |
| John the Evangelist | 22 |
| Apostle John canonical | 18 |
| John the Theologian | 7 |
| Saint John the Theologian | 6 |
| Saint John the Apostle | 4 |
| ApostleJohn | 3 |
| the apostle John | 3 |
| Beloved Disciple | 2 |
| John son of Zebedee | 2 |
| the beloved disciple | 2 |
| Evangelist John | 1 |
| The Apostle John | 1 |
| Yohanan | 1 |
| apostle John | 1 |
| the Beloved Disciple | 1 |
| the disciple whom Jesus loved | 1 |
| the elder (author of 3 John) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35000 — 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: Apostle John Context triple: [Jesus Christ, influenced, Apostle John]
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A.
Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
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B.
Apostle Paul
Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.
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C.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
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D.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
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E.
Stacker Pentecost
Stacker Pentecost is a central military leader and Jaeger program commander in the science-fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for his stoic resolve and sacrificial heroism in humanity’s fight against the Kaiju.
- 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: Apostle John Target entity description: Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
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A.
Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
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B.
Apostle Paul
Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.
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C.
Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
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D.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
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E.
Stacker Pentecost
Stacker Pentecost is a central military leader and Jaeger program commander in the science-fiction film "Pacific Rim," known for his stoic resolve and sacrificial heroism in humanity’s fight against the Kaiju.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ apostle ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ disciple of Jesus ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Apostle John
ⓘ
surface form:
John son of Zebedee
Apostle John ⓘ
surface form:
John the Apostle
Saint John ⓘ Apostle John ⓘ
surface form:
the beloved disciple
the disciple whom Jesus loved ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Ephesus
ⓘ
island of Patmos ⓘ
surface form:
Patmos
|
| associatedWith |
Johannine community
ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
surface form:
Johannine literature
|
| brother |
Apostle James the Greater
ⓘ
surface form:
James son of Zebedee
|
| closeAssociateOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| coWorkerOf |
Apostle Peter
ⓘ
surface form:
Peter the Apostle
|
| entrustedWith | care of Mary mother of Jesus ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| father | Zebedee ⓘ |
| feastDay |
26 September (Eastern Orthodox, repose)
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27 December (Western Christianity) ⓘ 8 May (Eastern Orthodox, translation of relics) ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| martyrdomStatus | traditionally not martyred ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ Synoptic Gospels ⓘ |
| occupation | fisherman ⓘ |
| patronage |
friendship
ⓘ
theologians ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| presentAt | Last Supper ⓘ |
| receivedRevelationOn |
island of Patmos
ⓘ
surface form:
Patmos
|
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Apostle James the Greater
ⓘ
surface form:
James son of Zebedee
|
| symbol | eagle ⓘ |
| theologicalEmphasis |
Christ’s divinity
ⓘ
love ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthorOf |
Book of Revelation
ⓘ
First Epistle of John ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Second Epistle of John ⓘ Third Epistle of John ⓘ |
| traditionallyDiedIn | Ephesus ⓘ |
| traditionallyExiledTo |
island of Patmos
ⓘ
surface form:
Patmos
|
| traditionallyLivedTo | old age ⓘ |
| traditionallyOneOf | Pillars of the Church ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
other Protestant traditions ⓘ |
| visionLocation |
island of Patmos
ⓘ
surface form:
Patmos
|
| witnessedEvent |
Crucifixion of Jesus
ⓘ
Last Supper ⓘ Transfiguration ⓘ
surface form:
Transfiguration of Jesus
|
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: Apostle John Description of subject: Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
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