MacNeil
E170925
MacNeil is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1487504 — 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: MacNeil Context triple: [Neilson, isRelatedTo, MacNeil]
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A.
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.
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B.
McFeely
McFeely is the middle name of beloved American children's television host Fred Rogers, famously known as Mister Rogers.
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C.
Neilson
Neilson is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, traditionally meaning "son of Neil."
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D.
Maginnes
Maginnes is the maiden surname of Nancy Maginnes Kissinger, an American philanthropist and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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E.
McKean
McKean is a Scottish and Irish surname borne by various notable individuals, including American Founding Father Thomas McKean.
- 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: MacNeil Target entity description: MacNeil is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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A.
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.
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B.
McFeely
McFeely is the middle name of beloved American children's television host Fred Rogers, famously known as Mister Rogers.
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C.
Neilson
Neilson is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, traditionally meaning "son of Neil."
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D.
Maginnes
Maginnes is the maiden surname of Nancy Maginnes Kissinger, an American philanthropist and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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E.
McKean
McKean is a Scottish and Irish surname borne by various notable individuals, including American Founding Father Thomas McKean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| associatedWithClan | Clan MacNeil ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Gaelic patronymic form of Niall ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames
ⓘ
Scottish surnames ⓘ Surnames of Scottish origin ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | son of Niall ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alexandra MacNeil
ⓘ
Heather MacNeil ⓘ Neil MacNeil ⓘ Robert MacNeil ⓘ Rory MacNeil ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfOrigin | Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
MacNeal
ⓘ
linked to:
MacNeil
MacNeill ⓘ
linked to:
MacNeil
McNeal ⓘ
linked to:
MacNeil
McNeil ⓘ
linked to:
MacNeil
McNeill ⓘ
linked to:
MacNeil
|
| isUsedAs |
surname in politics
ⓘ
surname in sports ⓘ surname in the arts ⓘ |
| isUsedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ 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: MacNeil Description of subject: MacNeil is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MacNeil
linked to: MacNeil
linked to: MacNeil
linked to: MacNeil
linked to: MacNeil
linked to: MacNeil
linked to: MacNeil
linked to: MacNeil
linked to: MacNeil