Mateo
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Mateo is a masculine given name of Spanish origin, commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries and derived from the Hebrew name Matthew, meaning "gift of God."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mateo canonical | 21 |
| Mateo (Spanish) | 1 |
| Mateos | 1 |
| Matheus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1283381 — 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: Mateo Context triple: [Mateo de Toro y Zambrano, givenName, Mateo]
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A.
Mateus
Mateus is a Portuguese surname commonly borne by individuals such as Rui Mateus.
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B.
Luis
Luis is the Spanish given name of Louis I of Spain, an 18th-century Bourbon king who briefly ruled the country.
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C.
Jorge
Jorge is the birth name of Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the first pope from the Americas.
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D.
Diego
Diego is a given name of Spanish origin commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries and beyond.
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E.
Sebastián
Sebastián is a masculine given name of Spanish origin commonly used in Spanish-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: Mateo Target entity description: Mateo is a masculine given name of Spanish origin, commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries and derived from the Hebrew name Matthew, meaning "gift of God."
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A.
Mateus
Mateus is a Portuguese surname commonly borne by individuals such as Rui Mateus.
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B.
Luis
Luis is the Spanish given name of Louis I of Spain, an 18th-century Bourbon king who briefly ruled the country.
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C.
Jorge
Jorge is the birth name of Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the first pope from the Americas.
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D.
Diego
Diego is a given name of Spanish origin commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries and beyond.
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E.
Sebastián
Sebastián is a masculine given name of Spanish origin commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Matteo
ⓘ
Matthew ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Masculine given names
ⓘ
Spanish masculine given names ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalOriginLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasGender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfUse |
Basque
ⓘ
Croatian ⓘ Galician ⓘ Italian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese language
Slovene ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
Yahweh’s gift
ⓘ
gift of God ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | varies by country, often associated with Saint Matthew’s feast day ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasPopularityTrend |
increasing in the United States in the 21st century
ⓘ
popular in Spanish-speaking countries ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Basque Country
ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ Italy ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ Spain ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| isCognateWith |
Mateus
ⓘ
Matheus ⓘ
linked to:
Mateus
Matheus (Brazilian) ⓘ
linked to:
Matheus (Portuguese)
Matheus (Dutch) ⓘ Matheus (German) ⓘ Matheus (Portuguese) ⓘ Matheus (Scandinavian) ⓘ Matias ⓘ Matija ⓘ Matteo ⓘ Matthew ⓘ |
| isVariantOf |
Matej
ⓘ
Mateus ⓘ Matheus ⓘ
linked to:
Mateus
Matheus (Portuguese variant) ⓘ Matias ⓘ Matija ⓘ Matteo ⓘ |
| relatedTo | biblical name Matthew ⓘ |
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: Mateo Description of subject: Mateo is a masculine given name of Spanish origin, commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries and derived from the Hebrew name Matthew, meaning "gift of God."
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.