Cédric
E339966
Cédric is a French given name commonly used for males, notably borne by mathematician Cédric Villani.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3081074 — 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: Cédric Context triple: [Cédric Villani, givenName, Cédric]
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A.
Cedric
Cedric is a central comedic character in the film "Think Like a Man," portrayed as a recently divorced man navigating relationships and masculinity with humorous bravado and vulnerability.
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B.
Clément
Clément is a French given name, equivalent to Clement in English, commonly used for males.
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C.
Benoît
Benoît is the French form of the given name Benedict, commonly used in French-speaking countries.
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D.
Stéphane
Stéphane is a French masculine given name, equivalent to Stephen in English, commonly used in Francophone countries.
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E.
Jérôme
Jérôme is a masculine given name of French origin, famously borne by Jérôme Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon I.
- 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: Cédric Target entity description: Cédric is a French given name commonly used for males, notably borne by mathematician Cédric Villani.
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A.
Cedric
Cedric is a central comedic character in the film "Think Like a Man," portrayed as a recently divorced man navigating relationships and masculinity with humorous bravado and vulnerability.
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B.
Clément
Clément is a French given name, equivalent to Clement in English, commonly used for males.
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C.
Benoît
Benoît is the French form of the given name Benedict, commonly used in French-speaking countries.
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D.
Stéphane
Stéphane is a French masculine given name, equivalent to Stephen in English, commonly used in Francophone countries.
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E.
Jérôme
Jérôme is a masculine given name of French origin, famously borne by Jérôme Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| category |
French masculine given names
ⓘ
Masculine given names ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Cédric Villani ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Cedric
ⓘ
linked to:
Cédric
|
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| usedInCommunity |
Francophone community
ⓘ
linked to:
Francophone Canada
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| usedInCountry |
Belgium
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Cédric Description of subject: Cédric is a French given name commonly used for males, notably borne by mathematician Cédric Villani.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cédric
linked to: Cédric
linked to: Cédric
linked to: Cédric
linked to: Cédric