Hamilton
E17790
Hamilton is a masculine given name of English and Scottish origin, used both as a first name and a surname.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hamilton canonical | 30 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T91686 — 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: Hamilton Context triple: [Tony James, givenName, Hamilton]
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A.
Hamilton
Hamilton is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, historically known as a key administrative and market center in the region.
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B.
Hamilton
Hamilton is the small, bustling port city that serves as the commercial and cultural hub of Bermuda.
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C.
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio is the capital and largest city of Ohio, known for its diverse economy, major universities, and role as a cultural and political center in the region.
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D.
Davis
Davis is the individual or party who served as the respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which addressed the constitutionality of certain New Deal-era federal taxation and social welfare provisions.
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E.
Davis
Davis is an underground rapid transit station in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Boston’s MBTA Red Line.
- 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: Hamilton Target entity description: Hamilton is a masculine given name of English and Scottish origin, used both as a first name and a surname.
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A.
Hamilton
Hamilton is the small, bustling port city that serves as the commercial and cultural hub of Bermuda.
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B.
Hamilton
Hamilton is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, historically known as a key administrative and market center in the region.
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C.
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio is the capital and largest city of Ohio, known for its diverse economy, major universities, and role as a cultural and political center in the region.
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D.
Davis
Davis is the individual or party who served as the respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which addressed the constitutionality of certain New Deal-era federal taxation and social welfare provisions.
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E.
Davis
Davis is an underground rapid transit station in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Boston’s MBTA Red Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
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Scottish surname ⓘ given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| derivesFrom | Hamilton (toponym) ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alastair Hamilton
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Alexander Hamilton ⓘ Andrew Hamilton ⓘ Anthony Hamilton ⓘ Archibald Hamilton ⓘ Bethany Hamilton ⓘ Bruce Hamilton ⓘ Charles Hamilton ⓘ Clayton Hamilton ⓘ David Hamilton ⓘ Douglas Hamilton ⓘ Edward Hamilton ⓘ Emma Hamilton ⓘ Francis Hamilton ⓘ Frederick Hamilton ⓘ Gail Hamilton ⓘ Gavin Hamilton ⓘ George Hamilton ⓘ Gustav Hamilton ⓘ Harold Hamilton ⓘ Hugh Hamilton ⓘ Ian Hamilton ⓘ James Hamilton ⓘ John Hamilton ⓘ Joseph Hamilton ⓘ Kenneth Hamilton ⓘ Lewis Hamilton ⓘ Linda Hamilton ⓘ Margaret Hamilton ⓘ Michael Hamilton ⓘ Patrick Hamilton ⓘ Peter Hamilton ⓘ Richard Hamilton ⓘ Robert Hamilton ⓘ Thomas Hamilton ⓘ Walter Hamilton ⓘ William Rowan Hamilton ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Hambleton
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Hamiltoun ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| usage |
first name
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surname ⓘ |
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: Hamilton Description of subject: Hamilton is a masculine given name of English and Scottish origin, used both as a first name and a surname.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.