MacAndrew
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MacAndrew is a Scottish surname, historically a variant of Anderson, associated with families and clans of Gaelic origin.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacAndrew canonical | 6 |
| MacAndrews | 4 |
| Macandrew | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2148638 — 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: MacAndrew Context triple: [Anderson, hasVariant, MacAndrew]
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A.
MacLeod
MacLeod is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Highlands and the Isle of Skye, borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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B.
David Munro
David Munro is a filmmaker best known for directing the documentary "Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia," which exposed the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime to international audiences.
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C.
Scotty Highlander
Scotty Highlander is the Scottish terrier–themed mascot of the University of California, Riverside, representing the school's Highlanders athletic teams and campus spirit.
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D.
Maclean
Maclean is a riverside town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known for its strong Scottish heritage and annual Highland Gathering.
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E.
Charlie MacLean
Charlie MacLean is a television writer and producer best known for creating the crime drama series "City on a Hill."
- 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: MacAndrew Target entity description: MacAndrew is a Scottish surname, historically a variant of Anderson, associated with families and clans of Gaelic origin.
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A.
MacLeod
MacLeod is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Highlands and the Isle of Skye, borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and public life.
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B.
David Munro
David Munro is a filmmaker best known for directing the documentary "Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia," which exposed the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime to international audiences.
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C.
Scotty Highlander
Scotty Highlander is the Scottish terrier–themed mascot of the University of California, Riverside, representing the school's Highlanders athletic teams and campus spirit.
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D.
Maclean
Maclean is a riverside town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known for its strong Scottish heritage and annual Highland Gathering.
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E.
Charlie MacLean
Charlie MacLean is a television writer and producer best known for creating the crime drama series "City on a Hill."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaelic-language surname
ⓘ
Scottish surname ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| belongsToOnomasticGroup |
Gaelic surnames
ⓘ
Scottish surnames ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName | Andrew ⓘ |
| etymologicalElement |
Andrew
ⓘ
Mac ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | family name ⓘ |
| hasCategory | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasClanAssociation | Clan MacAndrew ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | son of Andrew ⓘ |
| hasOriginType | patronymic ⓘ |
| hasSpellingVariant |
Macandrew
ⓘ
linked to:
MacAndrew
Macandrewson ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| MacMeans | son of ⓘ |
| nameType | family name ⓘ |
| regionOfUsage |
Highlands of Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish Highlands
|
| relatedSurname |
Anderson
ⓘ
Andrews ⓘ MacAndrews ⓘ
linked to:
MacAndrew
|
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Scotland
ⓘ
diaspora Scottish communities ⓘ |
| variantOf | Anderson ⓘ |
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: MacAndrew Description of subject: MacAndrew is a Scottish surname, historically a variant of Anderson, associated with families and clans of Gaelic origin.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MacAndrew
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linked to: MacAndrew