Goh
E333484
Goh is a surname and given name commonly found in East and Southeast Asia, often representing a romanization of several different Chinese surnames.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goh canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3165452 — 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: Goh Context triple: [Wu, hasVariantSpelling, Goh]
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A.
Gongman
Gongman is the iconic figure who strikes a large gong in the opening logo sequence of the Rank Organisation’s films.
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B.
Goemai
Goemai is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in central Nigeria by the Goemai people.
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C.
Garai
Garai is a surname most notably associated with English actress and director Romola Garai.
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D.
Oghi
Oghi is a town in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known as a local administrative and commercial center within the Hazara region.
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E.
Joyo
Joyo is a small city in Japan known for its location in Kyoto Prefecture and its blend of residential areas, light industry, and historical sites.
- 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: Goh Target entity description: Goh is a surname and given name commonly found in East and Southeast Asia, often representing a romanization of several different Chinese surnames.
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A.
Gongman
Gongman is the iconic figure who strikes a large gong in the opening logo sequence of the Rank Organisation’s films.
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B.
Goemai
Goemai is a West Chadic language spoken primarily in central Nigeria by the Goemai people.
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C.
Garai
Garai is a surname most notably associated with English actress and director Romola Garai.
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D.
Oghi
Oghi is a town in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known as a local administrative and commercial center within the Hazara region.
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E.
Joyo
Joyo is a small city in Japan known for its location in Kyoto Prefecture and its blend of residential areas, light industry, and historical sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romanization
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given name ⓘ surname ⓘ unisex given name ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Chinese-language surnames
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Hokkien-language surnames ⓘ Korean-language surnames (romanized as Go/Ko, sometimes spelled Goh) ⓘ Teochew-language surnames ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation |
feminine (given name)
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masculine (given name) ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Cantonese
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Chinese ⓘ Hokkien ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Teochew ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Goh Cheng Liang
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Goh Chok Tong ⓘ Goh Jin Wei ⓘ Goh Keng Swee ⓘ Goh Lay Kuan ⓘ Goh Liu Ying ⓘ Goh Poh Seng ⓘ Goh Sin Tub ⓘ Goh Soon Huat ⓘ Goh Soon Tioe ⓘ Goh Swee Chen ⓘ Goh Sze Fei ⓘ Goh Tat Chuan ⓘ Goh V Shem ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| isUsedBy |
Chinese Malaysians
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Chinese Singaporeans ⓘ Peranakan Chinese ⓘ overseas Chinese communities ⓘ |
| romanizes |
Chinese surname Gao (高) in some dialect contexts
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Chinese surname Wu (伍) in some dialect contexts ⓘ Chinese surname Wu (吳/吴) in Hokkien ⓘ Chinese surname Wu (吳/吴) in Teochew ⓘ Chinese surname Wu (吳/吴) in certain overseas Chinese communities ⓘ Chinese surname Wu (吳/吴) in some Southern Min dialects ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Brunei
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linked to:
Brunei Darussalam
China ⓘ Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Indonesia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Macau ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
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| usedInRegion |
East Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| variantSpellingOf |
Go (surname)
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Ko (surname) ⓘ |
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: Goh Description of subject: Goh is a surname and given name commonly found in East and Southeast Asia, often representing a romanization of several different Chinese surnames.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.