Cory
E31637
Cory is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a short form of names like Corey or Cornelius.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T230508 — 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: Cory Context triple: [Cory Doctorow, givenName, Cory]
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A.
Gavin
Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Jamie
Jamie is a given name commonly used as a diminutive or variant of James, and is borne by people of all genders in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Curtis
Curtis is a common English surname of Norman origin, historically meaning "courteous" or "polite."
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D.
Barry
Barry is a coastal town and popular seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, known for Barry Island and its beaches.
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E.
Leslie
Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
- 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: Cory Target entity description: Cory is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a short form of names like Corey or Cornelius.
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A.
Gavin
Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Jamie
Jamie is a given name commonly used as a diminutive or variant of James, and is borne by people of all genders in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Curtis
Curtis is a common English surname of Norman origin, historically meaning "courteous" or "polite."
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D.
Barry
Barry is a coastal town and popular seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, known for Barry Island and its beaches.
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E.
Leslie
Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| canBeDiminutiveOf |
Corey
ⓘ
linked to:
Cory
Cornelius ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRelation |
Corey
ⓘ
linked to:
Cory
Cornelius ⓘ |
| hasGender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasNameType | first name ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasSpellingVariant |
Corey
ⓘ
linked to:
Cory
Kori ⓘ Kory ⓘ
linked to:
Kori
|
| hasVariant |
Corey
ⓘ
linked to:
Cory
Kori ⓘ Kory ⓘ
linked to:
Cory
|
| isOftenSpelledAs |
Corey
ⓘ
linked to:
Cory
|
| nameCategory |
English masculine given names
ⓘ
given names ⓘ masculine given names ⓘ |
| nameUsage | primarily masculine ⓘ |
| shortFormOf |
Corey
ⓘ
linked to:
Cory
Cornelius ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | English-speaking countries ⓘ |
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: Cory Description of subject: Cory is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a short form of names like Corey or Cornelius.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory
linked to: Cory