Jacob
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Jacob is a common surname of Hebrew origin, widely used across many cultures and languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacob canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| hasAnglicisationOf | Yaakov (Hebrew given name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Biblical surnames
ⓘ
Patronymic surnames ⓘ Surnames of Hebrew origin ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRoot | Yaʿaqov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRootLanguage | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyNote | originates from a theophoric or personal name in ancient Israel ⓘ |
| hasFrequencyNote | common surname in many Western countries ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | gender-neutral (as a surname) ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUsage | since medieval times in Europe ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticType | patronymic family name ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
"holder of the heel"
ⓘ
"supplanter" ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearerType |
artists
ⓘ
athletes ⓘ politicians ⓘ scientists ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicFeature | capitalized in Latin script ⓘ |
| hasPhoneticVariation | pronunciation varies by language and region ⓘ |
| hasScriptOfOrigin | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| hasTransliteration |
Yaacov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yaakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUsageNote | can appear as part of compound surnames ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Jacobi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacobs NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacoby NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques (surname) NERFINISHED ⓘ Jakob NERFINISHED ⓘ James (surname) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConnectedToBiblicalFigure | Jacob (patriarch in the Hebrew Bible) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConnectedToReligion |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDerivedFrom | the given name Jacob ⓘ |
| isRelatedToGivenName | Jacob (given name) ⓘ |
| isUsedAs |
Christian surname
ⓘ
Jewish surname ⓘ |
| isUsedInCulture |
Christian communities
ⓘ
Dutch-speaking countries ⓘ English-speaking countries ⓘ French-speaking countries ⓘ German-speaking countries ⓘ Jewish culture ⓘ Scandinavian countries ⓘ diaspora communities ⓘ |
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: Jacob Description of subject: Jacob is a common surname of Hebrew origin, widely used across many cultures and languages.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.