Moynahan
E174623
Moynahan is an Irish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, entertainment, and public life.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1536578 — 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: Moynahan Context triple: [John Edward Thomas Moynahan, familyName, Moynahan]
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A.
McKean
McKean is a Scottish and Irish surname borne by various notable individuals, including American Founding Father Thomas McKean.
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B.
Leahy
Leahy is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as politics, music, and public service.
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C.
Lamont
Lamont is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, known primarily as an agricultural and residential area near Bakersfield.
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D.
Ervin
Ervin is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, closely related to names like Erwin and Irvin.
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E.
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.
- 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: Moynahan Target entity description: Moynahan is an Irish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, entertainment, and public life.
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A.
McKean
McKean is a Scottish and Irish surname borne by various notable individuals, including American Founding Father Thomas McKean.
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B.
Leahy
Leahy is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as politics, music, and public service.
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C.
Lamont
Lamont is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, known primarily as an agricultural and residential area near Bakersfield.
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D.
Ervin
Ervin is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, closely related to names like Erwin and Irvin.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
Anglicised Irish-language surnames
ⓘ
Irish-language surnames ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1941-01-01
ⓘ
1971-04-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-03-01 ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalOrigin |
Irish Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish language
|
| hasFamilyName |
Moynahan
ⓘ
Moynahan ⓘ Moynahan ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Brian Moynahan
ⓘ
Bridget Moynahan ⓘ Kevin Moynahan ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Minihan
ⓘ
Moynihan ⓘ
linked to:
Moynahan
|
| notableWork |
Blue Bloods
ⓘ
Coyote Ugly ⓘ I, Robot ⓘ John Wick ⓘ John Wick: Chapter 2 ⓘ Lord of War ⓘ The Faith: A History of Christianity ⓘ The Russian Century ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
author ⓘ historian ⓘ journalist ⓘ medical educator ⓘ model ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Binghamton, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Binghamton, New York
|
| playsCharacter | Erin Reagan ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ 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: Moynahan Description of subject: Moynahan is an Irish-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, entertainment, and public life.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.