Mullen
E148120
Mullen is the surname of Larry Mullen Jr., the Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the rock band U2.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mullen canonical | 38 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1150472 — 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: Mullen Context triple: [Larry Mullen Jr., familyName, Mullen]
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A.
Merrill
Merrill is a surname most notably associated with American actor Gary Merrill, known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television.
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B.
Powell
Powell is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, finance, sports, and the arts.
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C.
McFall
McFall is the surname of Lord McFall of Alcluith, a British Labour politician and life peer.
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D.
Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, often considered a variant of Kirkpatrick, and borne by various notable figures in politics, the military, and the arts.
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E.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
- 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: Mullen Target entity description: Mullen is the surname of Larry Mullen Jr., the Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the rock band U2.
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A.
Merrill
Merrill is a surname most notably associated with American actor Gary Merrill, known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television.
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B.
Powell
Powell is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, finance, sports, and the arts.
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C.
McFall
McFall is the surname of Lord McFall of Alcluith, a British Labour politician and life peer.
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D.
Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, often considered a variant of Kirkpatrick, and borne by various notable figures in politics, the military, and the arts.
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E.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Anne Mullen
ⓘ
Brendan Mullen ⓘ Brian Mullen ⓘ Chris Mullen ⓘ Colin Mullen ⓘ Dan Mullen ⓘ David Mullen ⓘ Ed Mullen ⓘ Frank Mullen ⓘ Gary Mullen ⓘ George Mullen ⓘ Gerard Mullen ⓘ Harry Mullen ⓘ Jack Mullen ⓘ James Mullen ⓘ Jim Mullen ⓘ Joe Mullen ⓘ John A. Mullen ⓘ John J. Mullen ⓘ
linked to:
John Mullen
John Mullen ⓘ John T. Mullen ⓘ
linked to:
John A. Mullen
Kevin Mullen ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ Larry Mullen Sr. ⓘ
linked to:
Larry Mullen Jr.
Mark Mullen ⓘ Michael Mullen ⓘ Owen Mullen ⓘ Pat Mullen ⓘ Patrick Mullen ⓘ Paul Mullen ⓘ Pauline Mullen ⓘ Peter Mullen ⓘ Robert Mullen ⓘ Rodney Mullen ⓘ Sean Mullen ⓘ Sheila Mullen ⓘ Tim Mullen ⓘ Tom Mullen ⓘ Tony Mullen ⓘ William Mullen ⓘ Willie Mullen ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Mullan
ⓘ
Mullane ⓘ Mullin ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
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: Mullen Description of subject: Mullen is the surname of Larry Mullen Jr., the Irish drummer best known as a founding member of the rock band U2.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.