MacJohn
E182305
MacJohn is a surname variant of Johnson, typically reflecting a Gaelic-influenced patronymic form meaning "son of John."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacJohn canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1562767 — 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: MacJohn Context triple: [Johnson, hasVariant, MacJohn]
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A.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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B.
Roderic O'Conor
Roderic O'Conor was an Irish post-impressionist painter known for his bold use of color and texture and his association with avant-garde artists in late 19th-century France.
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C.
Conachair
Conachair is a prominent sea cliff and the highest peak on the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda, known for its dramatic Atlantic-facing precipices.
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D.
Eóganán mac Óengusa
Eóganán mac Óengusa was a 9th-century king of the Picts who ruled in what is now Scotland shortly before the rise of Kenneth MacAlpin and the formation of the Kingdom of Alba.
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E.
Bridei mac Bili
Bridei mac Bili was a powerful 7th-century king of the Picts, best known for his military successes against the Northumbrians and for consolidating Pictish power in northern Britain.
- 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: MacJohn Target entity description: MacJohn is a surname variant of Johnson, typically reflecting a Gaelic-influenced patronymic form meaning "son of John."
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A.
Áed Find
Áed Find was a king of Dál Riata in the 8th century, remembered in later tradition as an important ancestor of the Scottish royal line.
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B.
Roderic O'Conor
Roderic O'Conor was an Irish post-impressionist painter known for his bold use of color and texture and his association with avant-garde artists in late 19th-century France.
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C.
Conachair
Conachair is a prominent sea cliff and the highest peak on the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda, known for its dramatic Atlantic-facing precipices.
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D.
Eóganán mac Óengusa
Eóganán mac Óengusa was a 9th-century king of the Picts who ruled in what is now Scotland shortly before the rise of Kenneth MacAlpin and the formation of the Kingdom of Alba.
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E.
Bridei mac Bili
Bridei mac Bili was a powerful 7th-century king of the Picts, best known for his military successes against the Northumbrians and for consolidating Pictish power in northern Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName | John ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
patronymic surname
ⓘ
surnames from given names ⓘ |
| hasComponentMeaning |
John is a given name of Hebrew origin
ⓘ
Mac means son of ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Irish
ⓘ
Scottish ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalElement |
John
ⓘ
Mac ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | traditionally inherited paternally ⓘ |
| hasLanguageInfluence |
Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Goidelic
|
| hasLanguageOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | son of John ⓘ |
| hasModernUsage | hereditary surname ⓘ |
| hasOriginalFunction | to denote descent from a man named John ⓘ |
| hasPatronymicType | Gaelic-influenced patronymic ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasUsageType | family identifier ⓘ |
| isVariantOf |
Johnson
ⓘ
Johnston ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Gaelic patronymic naming traditions ⓘ |
| sharesRootWith |
MacJohns
ⓘ
MacJohnson ⓘ |
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: MacJohn Description of subject: MacJohn is a surname variant of Johnson, typically reflecting a Gaelic-influenced patronymic form meaning "son of John."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.