King
E1611
King is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King canonical | 94 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15956 — 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: King Context triple: [Martin Luther King Jr., familyName, King]
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A.
William
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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C.
John Legend
John Legend is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and actor known for his soulful R&B music and for being one of the few artists to achieve EGOT status (winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony).
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D.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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E.
Andrew
Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
- 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: King Target entity description: King is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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A.
William
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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C.
John Legend
John Legend is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and actor known for his soulful R&B music and for being one of the few artists to achieve EGOT status (winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony).
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D.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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E.
Andrew
Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
ⓘ
family name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
English-language surnames
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Occupational surnames ⓘ Surnames derived from nicknames ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Middle English word "king" ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | king ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
B. B. King
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Ben E. King ⓘ Billie Jean King ⓘ Carole King ⓘ Coretta Scott King ⓘ Don King ⓘ Florence King ⓘ Jamie King ⓘ Jonathan King ⓘ Joyce King ⓘ Larry King ⓘ Margo King ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Martin Luther King Sr. ⓘ Owen King ⓘ Perry King ⓘ Regina King ⓘ Stephen King ⓘ Tabitha King ⓘ Vyvyan Holland King ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Kinge
ⓘ
Kings ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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: King Description of subject: King is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Referenced by (94)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Martin
subject linked to:
Billie Jean
subject linked to:
Dexter
subject linked to:
Donald King
subject linked to:
Augusta
subject linked to:
Larry King