Paula
E40562
Paula is a feminine given name used in many languages, derived from the Latin name Paulus meaning "small" or "humble."
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T190137 — 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: Paula Context triple: [Paul, hasFeminineForm, Paula]
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A.
Joanna
Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
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B.
Sara
Sara is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess," historically borne by notable figures including Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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C.
Claudia
Claudia is a feminine given name used in various cultures, derived from the ancient Roman family name Claudius.
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D.
Rebeca
Rebeca is a feminine given name, commonly used in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, that is a variant of the name Rebecca.
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E.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
- 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: Paula Target entity description: Paula is a feminine given name used in many languages, derived from the Latin name Paulus meaning "small" or "humble."
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A.
Joanna
Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
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B.
Sara
Sara is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess," historically borne by notable figures including Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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C.
Claudia
Claudia is a feminine given name used in various cultures, derived from the ancient Roman family name Claudius.
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D.
Rebeca
Rebeca is a feminine given name, commonly used in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, that is a variant of the name Rebecca.
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E.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Christian tradition ⓘ |
| category |
Latin feminine given names
ⓘ
feminine given names ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Paulus
ⓘ
linked to:
Paul
|
| etymologicalOriginLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Paulette
ⓘ
linked to:
Paula
Paulinha ⓘ
linked to:
Paula
Paulita ⓘ |
| hasMasculineForm |
Paul
ⓘ
Paulus ⓘ
linked to:
Paul
|
| hasVariant |
Paola
ⓘ
Paule ⓘ
linked to:
Paula
Pola ⓘ |
| meaning |
humble
ⓘ
small ⓘ |
| nameDayInSomeCountries |
January 26
ⓘ
June 29 ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Catalan
ⓘ
Czech ⓘ Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Polish ⓘ
linked to:
Polish language
Portuguese ⓘ Romanian ⓘ Scandinavian languages ⓘ Slovak ⓘ
linked to:
Slovak language
Spanish ⓘ |
| 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: Paula Description of subject: Paula is a feminine given name used in many languages, derived from the Latin name Paulus meaning "small" or "humble."
Referenced by (79)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Paula
linked to: Paula
linked to: Paula
linked to: Paula
linked to: Paula
subject linked to:
Naomi Harris
subject linked to:
Failure to Launch (2006 film)