Maud
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Maud is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, historically borne by European royalty and nobility.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T963679 — 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: Maud Context triple: [Maud of Wales, givenName, Maud]
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A.
Milbanke
Milbanke is an English aristocratic family name historically associated with the wife of poet Lord Byron, Annabella Milbanke.
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B.
Henrietta
Henrietta is a feminine given name of English origin, historically popular in the 18th and 19th centuries and borne by several notable figures.
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C.
Helene
Helene is the given name of Leni Riefenstahl, the controversial German filmmaker and actress known for her propaganda films during the Nazi era.
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D.
Agatha
Agatha was an 11th-century noblewoman, likely of Eastern European or possibly Hungarian or Kievan Rus' origin, best known as the mother of Edgar the Ætheling and Saint Margaret of Scotland.
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E.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
- 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: Maud Target entity description: Maud is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, historically borne by European royalty and nobility.
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A.
Milbanke
Milbanke is an English aristocratic family name historically associated with the wife of poet Lord Byron, Annabella Milbanke.
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B.
Henrietta
Henrietta is a feminine given name of English origin, historically popular in the 18th and 19th centuries and borne by several notable figures.
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C.
Helene
Helene is the given name of Leni Riefenstahl, the controversial German filmmaker and actress known for her propaganda films during the Nazi era.
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D.
Agatha
Agatha was an 11th-century noblewoman, likely of Eastern European or possibly Hungarian or Kievan Rus' origin, best known as the mother of Edgar the Ætheling and Saint Margaret of Scotland.
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E.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | feminine given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | medieval European aristocracy ⓘ |
| category |
feminine given names
ⓘ
given names of Germanic origin ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Matilda ⓘ |
| etymologicalElement |
hild (battle)
ⓘ
maht (might, strength) ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasCulturalUsage |
British naming traditions
ⓘ
French naming traditions ⓘ Scandinavian naming traditions ⓘ |
| hasNameDayIn | some European countries ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Maud of Wales
ⓘ
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon ⓘ Maud, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Old German ⓘ
linked to:
Old High German
|
| hasSpellingVariant |
Matilde
ⓘ
linked to:
Caterina
Maude ⓘ |
| meaning |
mighty in battle
ⓘ
strength in battle ⓘ |
| popularIn | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| shortFormOf | Matilda ⓘ |
| usedAs | first name ⓘ |
| usedBy |
European nobility
ⓘ
European royalty ⓘ |
| usedIn |
English language
ⓘ
French language ⓘ
linked to:
French
Scandinavian languages ⓘ |
| variantOf | Maude ⓘ |
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: Maud Description of subject: Maud is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, historically borne by European royalty and nobility.
Referenced by (63)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maud
linked to: Maud
linked to: Maud
linked to: Maud