Cleary
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Cleary is a surname of Irish origin commonly borne by individuals and families in English-speaking countries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cleary canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2988266 — 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: Cleary Context triple: [Bergeron-Cleary, componentSurname, Cleary]
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A.
Crowell
Crowell is a surname of English origin that is a variant of the name Crowe.
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B.
Eldridge
Eldridge is an English-language surname of Old English origin, borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and sports.
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C.
Martindale
Martindale is a remote, scenic valley in the Lake District of Cumbria, England, known for its rugged fells, red deer herd, and tranquil walking routes.
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D.
Cahill
Cahill is a surname of Irish origin borne by numerous notable individuals across sports, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Blakely
Blakely is a given name and surname of English origin that has become popular as a modern unisex first name.
- 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: Cleary Target entity description: Cleary is a surname of Irish origin commonly borne by individuals and families in English-speaking countries.
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A.
Crowell
Crowell is a surname of English origin that is a variant of the name Crowe.
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B.
Eldridge
Eldridge is an English-language surname of Old English origin, borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and sports.
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C.
Martindale
Martindale is a remote, scenic valley in the Lake District of Cumbria, England, known for its rugged fells, red deer herd, and tranquil walking routes.
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D.
Cahill
Cahill is a surname of Irish origin borne by numerous notable individuals across sports, politics, and the arts.
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E.
Blakely
Blakely is a given name and surname of English origin that has become popular as a modern unisex first name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Irish surnames ⓘ surnames of Irish origin ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Gaelic
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearers | multiple individuals in politics, sports, arts, and academia ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ English-speaking countries ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasVariantSpelling |
Cleery
ⓘ
Clery ⓘ O'Cleary ⓘ |
| isDerivedFrom | Irish personal name or clan name ⓘ |
| isTransmittedBy | hereditary family naming ⓘ |
| isUsedBy |
families of Irish descent
ⓘ
individuals of Irish descent ⓘ |
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: Cleary Description of subject: Cleary is a surname of Irish origin commonly borne by individuals and families in English-speaking countries.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.