Madison (surname)
E298065
Madison is an English-language surname that historically originated as a patronymic meaning “son of Maud” or “son of Matthew.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madison (surname) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2766310 — 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: Madison (surname) Context triple: [Madison, derivedFrom, Madison (surname)]
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A.
Mason
Mason is a common English surname of occupational origin, historically referring to a stoneworker or builder.
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B.
Mason
Mason is the given first name of Red Cashion, the famed American NFL referee known for his exuberant "First down!" calls.
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C.
Mason
Mason was an early 20th-century American automobile marque produced under the Durant Motors company, known for manufacturing mid-priced cars during the 1920s.
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D.
Addison
Addison is a small, business-focused town in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its dense concentration of restaurants, corporate offices, and frequent special events.
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E.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
- 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: Madison (surname) Target entity description: Madison is an English-language surname that historically originated as a patronymic meaning “son of Maud” or “son of Matthew.”
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A.
Mason
Mason is the given first name of Red Cashion, the famed American NFL referee known for his exuberant "First down!" calls.
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B.
Mason
Mason is a common English surname of occupational origin, historically referring to a stoneworker or builder.
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C.
Mason
Mason was an early 20th-century American automobile marque produced under the Durant Motors company, known for manufacturing mid-priced cars during the 1920s.
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D.
Addison
Addison is a small, business-focused town in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its dense concentration of restaurants, corporate offices, and frequent special events.
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E.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
ⓘ
human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Patronymic surnames ⓘ Surnames from given names ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| derivedFromGivenName |
Matthew
ⓘ
Maud ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
son of Matthew
ⓘ
son of Maud ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Bailee Madison
ⓘ
Dolley Madison ⓘ Guy Madison ⓘ James Madison ⓘ James Madison Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
James Madison
James Madison Sr. ⓘ John Madison ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Madison ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling | Maddison ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
actress ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 4th President of the United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of the United States ⓘ |
| spouse | James Madison ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ 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: Madison (surname) Description of subject: Madison is an English-language surname that historically originated as a patronymic meaning “son of Maud” or “son of Matthew.”
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.