Marek
E352681
Marek is a common given name in several Slavic countries, equivalent to the Latin name Marcus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marek canonical | 8 |
| Marek (Arabic: ماريك) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3367979 — 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: Marek Context triple: [Marcus, hasCognate, Marek]
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A.
Marek Belka
Marek Belka is a Polish economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland and later as president of the National Bank of Poland.
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B.
Feliks
Feliks is a given name, commonly used in Slavic and other European languages, that corresponds to the name Felix.
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C.
Jacek
Jacek is a common Polish male given name, often associated with notable figures in Polish politics, arts, and academia.
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D.
Karol
Karol is the given name of Pope John Paul II, the Polish-born head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005.
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E.
Olek
Olek is a common Polish diminutive form of the male given name Aleksander.
- 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: Marek Target entity description: Marek is a common given name in several Slavic countries, equivalent to the Latin name Marcus.
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A.
Marek Belka
Marek Belka is a Polish economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland and later as president of the National Bank of Poland.
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B.
Feliks
Feliks is a given name, commonly used in Slavic and other European languages, that corresponds to the name Felix.
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C.
Jacek
Jacek is a common Polish male given name, often associated with notable figures in Polish politics, arts, and academia.
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D.
Karol
Karol is the given name of Pope John Paul II, the Polish-born head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005.
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E.
Olek
Olek is a common Polish diminutive form of the male given name Aleksander.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ
linked to:
Mark the Evangelist
|
| derivedFrom | Roman family name Marcus ⓘ |
| equivalentTo | Marcus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCognate |
Marc
ⓘ
Marco ⓘ Marek (Arabic: ماريك) ⓘ
linked to:
Marek
Mark ⓘ Marko ⓘ Markus ⓘ |
| hasDiminutiveFormInCzech | Marek ⓘ |
| hasDiminutiveFormInPolish |
Mareczek
ⓘ
Marekek ⓘ |
| hasDiminutiveFormInSlovak | Mareček ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Slavic languages ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfUse |
Belarusian language
ⓘ
Czech language ⓘ Other Slavic languages ⓘ Polish language ⓘ Slovak language ⓘ Slovene language ⓘ
linked to:
Slovene
Ukrainian language ⓘ |
| hasLatinForm | Marcus ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | dedicated to Mars ⓘ |
| hasNameDayInCzechia | April 25 ⓘ |
| hasNameDayInPoland |
April 25
ⓘ
January 30 ⓘ |
| hasNameDayInSlovakia | April 25 ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Marek (surname) ⓘ |
| 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: Marek Description of subject: Marek is a common given name in several Slavic countries, equivalent to the Latin name Marcus.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.