MacGilpatrick
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MacGilpatrick is an anglicized Irish surname derived from the Gaelic name Mac Giolla Phádraig, historically associated with families from regions such as Ossory in Ireland.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacGilpatrick canonical | 6 |
| MacGillapatrick | 1 |
| MacGilpatric | 1 |
| MacGilpatricke | 1 |
| MacIlpatrick | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2019391 — 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: MacGilpatrick Context triple: [Mac Giolla Phádraig, hasAnglicisedForm, MacGilpatrick]
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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.
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.
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C.
McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy is an Irish-origin surname best known as the birth name of legendary American baseball manager Connie Mack.
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D.
MacNeil
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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E.
Patterson
Patterson is a small agricultural and residential city in California’s Central Valley, known as the “Apricot Capital of the World” and located in Stanislaus County.
- 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: MacGilpatrick Target entity description: MacGilpatrick is an anglicized Irish surname derived from the Gaelic name Mac Giolla Phádraig, historically associated with families from regions such as Ossory in Ireland.
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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.
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.
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C.
McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy is an Irish-origin surname best known as the birth name of legendary American baseball manager Connie Mack.
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D.
MacNeil
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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E.
Patterson
Patterson is a small agricultural and residential city in California’s Central Valley, known as the “Apricot Capital of the World” and located in Stanislaus County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish surname
ⓘ
anglicized surname ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | Ireland ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Ossory ⓘ |
| category |
Anglicised Irish-language surnames
ⓘ
Surnames of Irish origin ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Mac Giolla Phádraig ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Gil
ⓘ
Mac ⓘ Patrick ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | son of the servant of Patrick ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaintReference | Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
MacGilpatric
ⓘ
linked to:
MacGilpatrick
MacGilpatricke ⓘ
linked to:
MacGilpatrick
McGilpatrick ⓘ |
| historicallyBorneBy | Irish families ⓘ |
| languageOfEtymon |
Irish Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish language
|
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nameElementMeaning |
Giolla means servant or devotee
ⓘ
Mac means son ⓘ Pádraig refers to Patrick ⓘ
linked to:
Pádraig
|
| relatedTo |
Fitzpatrick
ⓘ
linked to:
Fitzpatrick (surname)
Mac Giolla Phádraig ⓘ |
| usedIn | English-language contexts ⓘ |
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: MacGilpatrick Description of subject: MacGilpatrick is an anglicized Irish surname derived from the Gaelic name Mac Giolla Phádraig, historically associated with families from regions such as Ossory in Ireland.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MacGilpatrick
linked to: MacGilpatrick
linked to: MacGilpatrick
linked to: MacGilpatrick
subject linked to:
Fitzpatrick (surname)