Mateus
E110964
Mateus is a Portuguese surname commonly borne by individuals such as Rui Mateus.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mateus canonical | 9 |
| Matheus | 3 |
| Mateus (Portuguese) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T942344 — 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: Mateus Context triple: [Rui Mateus, familyName, Mateus]
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A.
Tiago
Tiago is a masculine given name commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries, often considered a variant of the name James.
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B.
Marcelo
Marcelo is a common Portuguese and Spanish given name, notably borne by figures such as Brazilian footballer Marcelo Vieira and former Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano.
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C.
Santi
Santi is the ghost of a murdered boy who haunts a remote orphanage in Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film "The Devil’s Backbone."
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D.
Guilherme
Guilherme is the Portuguese form of the given name William, commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries.
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E.
Paolo
Paolo is the Italian form of the given name Paul, commonly used in Italy and other Italian-speaking communities.
- 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: Mateus Target entity description: Mateus is a Portuguese surname commonly borne by individuals such as Rui Mateus.
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A.
Tiago
Tiago is a masculine given name commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries, often considered a variant of the name James.
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B.
Marcelo
Marcelo is a common Portuguese and Spanish given name, notably borne by figures such as Brazilian footballer Marcelo Vieira and former Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano.
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C.
Santi
Santi is the ghost of a murdered boy who haunts a remote orphanage in Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film "The Devil’s Backbone."
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D.
Guilherme
Guilherme is the Portuguese form of the given name William, commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries.
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E.
Paolo
Paolo is the Italian form of the given name Paul, commonly used in Italy and other Italian-speaking communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese-language surname
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| cognateOf | Matthew ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | given name Mateus ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Rui Mateus ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Mateo
ⓘ
Mateos ⓘ
linked to:
Mateo
Matheus ⓘ
linked to:
Mateus
|
| languageOfOrigin | Portuguese ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Angola
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Portugal ⓘ |
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: Mateus Description of subject: Mateus is a Portuguese surname commonly borne by individuals such as Rui Mateus.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mateus
linked to: Mateus
linked to: Mateus
linked to: Mateus
subject linked to:
Matheus (Portuguese)
subject linked to:
Matheus (Portuguese)