Lamb
E173205
Lamb is a common English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, often derived from a nickname or occupational name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lamb canonical | 34 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1509750 — 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: Lamb Context triple: [William F. Lamb, familyName, Lamb]
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A.
Ovis
Ovis is a genus of hoofed mammals that includes domestic sheep and several wild sheep species found across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America.
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B.
Ovis orientalis
Ovis orientalis is a wild sheep species native to parts of Asia and the Middle East, considered an important ancestor of domestic sheep.
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C.
Mouton
Mouton is an academic publishing house known for its influential works in linguistics and related fields.
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D.
Carnes
Carnes is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals and fictional characters, including Ado Annie Carnes from the musical "Oklahoma!".
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E.
Angus
Angus is a historic county and region on the east coast of Scotland known for its rural landscapes, agriculture, and coastal towns.
- 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: Lamb Target entity description: Lamb is a common English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, often derived from a nickname or occupational name.
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A.
Ovis
Ovis is a genus of hoofed mammals that includes domestic sheep and several wild sheep species found across Eurasia, North Africa, and North America.
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B.
Ovis orientalis
Ovis orientalis is a wild sheep species native to parts of Asia and the Middle East, considered an important ancestor of domestic sheep.
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C.
Mouton
Mouton is an academic publishing house known for its influential works in linguistics and related fields.
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D.
Carnes
Carnes is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals and fictional characters, including Ado Annie Carnes from the musical "Oklahoma!".
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E.
Angus
Angus is a historic county and region on the east coast of Scotland known for its rural landscapes, agriculture, and coastal towns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
ⓘ
family name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| derivesFrom |
nickname
ⓘ
occupational name ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Occupational surnames
ⓘ
Surnames from nicknames ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | lamb (young sheep) ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Andrew Lamb
ⓘ
Anthony Lamb ⓘ Brian Lamb ⓘ Charles Lamb ⓘ Christina Lamb ⓘ Harold Lamb ⓘ Hubert Lamb ⓘ Joseph Lamb ⓘ Norman Lamb ⓘ Robert Lamb ⓘ Walter Lamb ⓘ Will Lamb ⓘ William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Anglo-Saxon
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Saxons
Old English ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Lambe
ⓘ
Lambs ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
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: Lamb Description of subject: Lamb is a common English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, often derived from a nickname or occupational name.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
John
subject linked to:
John
subject linked to:
Andrew Lamb
subject linked to:
Andrew Lamb
subject linked to:
Andrew Lamb
subject linked to:
Viscountess Melbourne