McKenna
E271862
McKenna is a surname of Irish origin commonly borne by individuals of Gaelic heritage.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2505332 — 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: McKenna Context triple: [Rob McKenna, familyName, McKenna]
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A.
Mimi Kennedy
Mimi Kennedy is an American actress and author known for her work in film, television, and theater, including roles in series like "Dharma & Greg" and "Mom."
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B.
Megan
Megan is the full first name of Meg Griffin, the often-mocked teenage daughter character from the animated television series "Family Guy."
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C.
Chrisann Brennan
Chrisann Brennan is an American painter and writer best known as Steve Jobs's high school girlfriend and the mother of his first child, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.
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D.
Kathleen
Kathleen is a feminine given name of Irish origin, derived from the name Catherine and widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Kathleen
"Kathleen" is a punk rock song by the American band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic style and association with the East Bay punk scene.
- 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: McKenna Target entity description: McKenna is a surname of Irish origin commonly borne by individuals of Gaelic heritage.
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A.
Mimi Kennedy
Mimi Kennedy is an American actress and author known for her work in film, television, and theater, including roles in series like "Dharma & Greg" and "Mom."
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B.
Megan
Megan is the full first name of Meg Griffin, the often-mocked teenage daughter character from the animated television series "Family Guy."
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C.
Chrisann Brennan
Chrisann Brennan is an American painter and writer best known as Steve Jobs's high school girlfriend and the mother of his first child, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.
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D.
Kathleen
Kathleen is a feminine given name of Irish origin, derived from the name Catherine and widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Kathleen
"Kathleen" is a punk rock song by the American band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic style and association with the East Bay punk scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| hasAnglicisedFormOf |
Mac Cionaoith
ⓘ
Mac Cionnaith ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Anglicised Irish-language surnames
ⓘ
Irish surnames ⓘ Surnames of Irish origin ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
son of Cionaoith
ⓘ
son of Cionnaith ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage |
Irish Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish language
|
| hasPatronymicPrefix | Mc ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasSpellingPattern | Mc- patronymic prefix ⓘ |
| hasTypicalHeritage |
Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Goidelic
|
| hasUsageType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Mac Cionaoith
ⓘ
Mac Cionnaith ⓘ MacKenna ⓘ |
| isDerivedFromGivenName |
Cionaoith
ⓘ
Cionnaith ⓘ |
| isRelatedSurname |
Kenna
ⓘ
MacKenna ⓘ |
| isUsedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
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: McKenna Description of subject: McKenna is a surname of Irish origin commonly borne by individuals of Gaelic heritage.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: McKenna