Maccus
E114646
Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maccus canonical | 6 |
| Maccus (personal name) | 1 |
| Macus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T966562 — 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: Maccus Context triple: [Maxwell, etymologyContains, Maccus]
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A.
Marcus
Marcus is a masculine given name of ancient Roman origin that has been widely used across many cultures and historical periods.
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B.
Nicanor
Nicanor was a Seleucid military commander known for leading royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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C.
Lucius
Lucius is an American indie pop band known for its lush harmonies, retro-inspired sound, and the twin-like vocal pairing of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig.
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D.
Lucius
Lucius was the birth name of the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled from 54 to 68 CE and is infamous for his tyrannical reign.
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E.
Giulio
Giulio is the given name of Giulio Douhet, an influential early 20th-century Italian air power theorist and general.
- 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: Maccus Target entity description: Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
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A.
Marcus
Marcus is a masculine given name of ancient Roman origin that has been widely used across many cultures and historical periods.
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B.
Nicanor
Nicanor was a Seleucid military commander known for leading royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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C.
Lucius
Lucius is an American indie pop band known for its lush harmonies, retro-inspired sound, and the twin-like vocal pairing of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig.
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D.
Lucius
Lucius was the birth name of the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled from 54 to 68 CE and is infamous for his tyrannical reign.
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E.
Giulio
Giulio is the given name of Giulio Douhet, an influential early 20th-century Italian air power theorist and general.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Norse name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | masculine ⓘ |
| hasDerivationType | patronymic root for surnames ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOrigin |
Old Norse
ⓘ
linked to:
Norse
|
| hasNameDayInferredRegion | Norse cultural sphere ⓘ |
| hasVariantForm |
Macus
ⓘ
linked to:
Maccus
Makus ⓘ |
| influencedToponym | Maxwell (place name) ⓘ |
| isEtymologicalRootOf |
Maxwell
ⓘ
Maxwell (given name) ⓘ
linked to:
Maxwell
Maxwell (surname) ⓘ
linked to:
Maxwell
|
| usedInHistoricalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Norse-influenced British Isles
ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ |
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: Maccus Description of subject: Maccus is an Old Norse–derived given name that served as the historical root for the later surname and given name Maxwell.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maccus
linked to: Maccus