Eoin
E418744
Eoin is an Irish male given name, equivalent to John, commonly borne by notable figures such as author Eoin Colfer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eoin canonical | 8 |
| Eoin (John) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4176489 — 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: Eoin Context triple: [Eoin Colfer, givenName, Eoin]
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A.
Seamus
Seamus is the Irish form of the given name James, commonly used for boys in Ireland and among the Irish diaspora.
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B.
Dermot
Dermot is a masculine given name of Irish origin, traditionally meaning “free from envy” or “without enemy.”
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C.
Conor O'Malley
Conor O'Malley is the young boy protagonist of Patrick Ness's novel "A Monster Calls," who struggles with his mother's illness and his own complex emotions as he is visited by a mysterious monster.
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D.
Brendan
Brendan is a historical novel by Frederick Buechner that imaginatively retells the legendary voyages and spiritual journey of the Irish monk Saint Brendan the Navigator.
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E.
Brendan
Brendan is a masculine given name of Irish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
- 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: Eoin Target entity description: Eoin is an Irish male given name, equivalent to John, commonly borne by notable figures such as author Eoin Colfer.
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A.
Seamus
Seamus is the Irish form of the given name James, commonly used for boys in Ireland and among the Irish diaspora.
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B.
Dermot
Dermot is a masculine given name of Irish origin, traditionally meaning “free from envy” or “without enemy.”
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C.
Conor O'Malley
Conor O'Malley is the young boy protagonist of Patrick Ness's novel "A Monster Calls," who struggles with his mother's illness and his own complex emotions as he is visited by a mysterious monster.
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D.
Brendan
Brendan is a historical novel by Frederick Buechner that imaginatively retells the legendary voyages and spiritual journey of the Irish monk Saint Brendan the Navigator.
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E.
Brendan
Brendan is a masculine given name of Irish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| category |
Irish masculine given names
ⓘ
Masculine given names ⓘ |
| equivalentTo |
John
ⓘ
Seán ⓘ |
| etymologicalOrigin | Hebrew name Yochanan ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Eoin Colfer
ⓘ
Eoin Doyle ⓘ Eoin Hand ⓘ Eoin Jess ⓘ Eoin MacNeill ⓘ Eoin Macken ⓘ Eoin McLove ⓘ Eoin Morgan ⓘ Eoin O'Duffy ⓘ Eoin Reddan ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Eoghan
ⓘ
Iain ⓘ Ian ⓘ Owen ⓘ Seán ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| meaning | God is gracious ⓘ |
| nameDayAssociatedWith | Saint John ⓘ |
| shortFormOf | longer Christian names based on John ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
Ireland
ⓘ
Irish diaspora ⓘ |
| usedBy |
English speakers in Ireland
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Irish speakers ⓘ |
| 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: Eoin Description of subject: Eoin is an Irish male given name, equivalent to John, commonly borne by notable figures such as author Eoin Colfer.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.