Maalouf
E386067
Arabic-language surname
Lebanese surname
composer
essayist
family name
musician
novelist
person
trumpeter
writer
Maalouf is a Lebanese family name borne by numerous notable figures in literature, music, and public life across the Middle East and diaspora.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maalouf canonical | 3 |
| Amin Maalouf | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3767505 — 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: Maalouf Context triple: [Ibrahim Maalouf, familyName, Maalouf]
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A.
Émile Habibi
Émile Habibi was a prominent Palestinian Arab-Israeli writer and politician best known for his satirical novel "The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist."
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B.
John Refoua
John Refoua was an American film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions such as "Avatar" and "Southpaw."
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C.
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman is a hugely influential French singer-songwriter and producer, renowned for his solo career and for writing many of Céline Dion’s most famous French-language songs.
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D.
Souhayr Belhassen
Souhayr Belhassen is a Tunisian journalist and prominent human rights activist known for her leadership in international human rights organizations.
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E.
Lola Khondji
Lola Khondji is a French filmmaker and cinematographer known for her work on visually distinctive, often experimental short films and music videos.
- 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: Maalouf Target entity description: Maalouf is a Lebanese family name borne by numerous notable figures in literature, music, and public life across the Middle East and diaspora.
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A.
Émile Habibi
Émile Habibi was a prominent Palestinian Arab-Israeli writer and politician best known for his satirical novel "The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist."
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B.
John Refoua
John Refoua was an American film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions such as "Avatar" and "Southpaw."
-
C.
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman is a hugely influential French singer-songwriter and producer, renowned for his solo career and for writing many of Céline Dion’s most famous French-language songs.
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D.
Souhayr Belhassen
Souhayr Belhassen is a Tunisian journalist and prominent human rights activist known for her leadership in international human rights organizations.
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E.
Lola Khondji
Lola Khondji is a French filmmaker and cinematographer known for her work on visually distinctive, often experimental short films and music videos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic-language surname
ⓘ
Lebanese surname ⓘ composer ⓘ essayist ⓘ family name ⓘ musician ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ trumpeter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Prix Goncourt ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1949-02-25
ⓘ
1980-11-05 ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
world music ⓘ |
| hasDiasporaAssociation | Lebanese diaspora ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Maalouf ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Amin Maalouf
ⓘ
Gibran Khalil Gibran Maalouf (if applicable / disputed) ⓘ
linked to:
Jibran Khalil Jibran
Ibrahim Maalouf ⓘ Raymond Maalouf ⓘ Wadih Saadeh Maalouf ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfOrigin | Lebanon ⓘ |
| hasScript |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
| instrument | trumpet ⓘ |
| memberOf | Académie française ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Diagnostic
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Diasporas ⓘ In the Name of Identity ⓘ Kalthoum ⓘ Leo Africanus ⓘ Samarkand ⓘ The Rock of Tanios ⓘ Wind ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Beirut ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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: Maalouf Description of subject: Maalouf is a Lebanese family name borne by numerous notable figures in literature, music, and public life across the Middle East and diaspora.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.