Wido
E146517
Wido is a given name that functions as a variant form of the name Guido, used in various European languages.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wido canonical | 8 |
| Vido | 1 |
| Wido (Latinized form Guido) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1028621 — 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: Wido Context triple: [Guido, hasVariant, Wido]
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A.
Erwin
Erwin is a masculine given name of German origin, historically associated with figures such as the World War II field marshal Erwin Rommel.
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B.
Otto
Otto is the title of one of the early nominative reports that were later incorporated into the official United States Reports, documenting decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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C.
Otto
Otto is the central German soldier protagonist in the 1993 war film "Stalingrad," whose experiences depict the brutality and futility of the Eastern Front in World War II.
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D.
Otto
Otto is a given name of Germanic origin commonly used across various European countries.
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E.
Konrad
Konrad is a masculine given name of German origin, historically borne by several notable figures including statesmen, nobles, and religious leaders.
- 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: Wido Target entity description: Wido is a given name that functions as a variant form of the name Guido, used in various European languages.
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A.
Erwin
Erwin is a masculine given name of German origin, historically associated with figures such as the World War II field marshal Erwin Rommel.
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B.
Otto
Otto is the central German soldier protagonist in the 1993 war film "Stalingrad," whose experiences depict the brutality and futility of the Eastern Front in World War II.
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C.
Otto
Otto is the title of one of the early nominative reports that were later incorporated into the official United States Reports, documenting decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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D.
Otto
Otto is a given name of Germanic origin commonly used across various European countries.
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E.
Konrad
Konrad is a masculine given name of German origin, historically borne by several notable figures including statesmen, nobles, and religious leaders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| derivesFrom | Old High German Wido or Wito ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo | Wido (medieval Germanic name) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
Vido
ⓘ
linked to:
Wido
Wito ⓘ |
| hasCognate |
Guido
ⓘ
Guy ⓘ Vito ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUsageSince | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasNameDayInSomeRegions | shared with Guido ⓘ |
| hasShortForm | Wi ⓘ |
| isLessCommonThan | Guido ⓘ |
| meaningRelatedTo |
forest
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
Dutch masculine given names
ⓘ
European masculine given names ⓘ French masculine given names ⓘ German masculine given names ⓘ Italian masculine given names ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ various European languages ⓘ |
| variantFormOf | Guido ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Wido Description of subject: Wido is a given name that functions as a variant form of the name Guido, used in various European languages.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wido
subject linked to:
Wido (medieval Germanic name)
linked to: Wido
subject linked to:
Wido (medieval Germanic name)