David (German)
E435750
David (German) is the German form of the given name "David," commonly used in German-speaking countries and derived from the Hebrew name meaning "beloved."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David (German) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4379029 — 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: David (German) Context triple: [Dávid, hasEquivalentName, David (German)]
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A.
Gerhard
Gerhard is a masculine given name of German origin, historically common in German-speaking countries.
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B.
Wilhelm
Wilhelm is a Germanic given name, equivalent to William, historically borne by numerous European nobles, rulers, and notable figures.
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C.
Hansi
Hansi is a historic town in the Hisar district of Haryana, India, known for its ancient forts and archaeological significance.
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D.
Gustav
Gustav is a masculine given name of German origin, borne by several notable historical figures including scientists, artists, and royalty.
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E.
Roth (German)
Roth (German) is a German-language surname and place name that commonly refers to various towns in Germany and to people of German origin bearing the name Roth.
- 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: David (German) Target entity description: David (German) is the German form of the given name "David," commonly used in German-speaking countries and derived from the Hebrew name meaning "beloved."
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A.
Gerhard
Gerhard is a masculine given name of German origin, historically common in German-speaking countries.
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B.
Wilhelm
Wilhelm is a Germanic given name, equivalent to William, historically borne by numerous European nobles, rulers, and notable figures.
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C.
Hansi
Hansi is a historic town in the Hisar district of Haryana, India, known for its ancient forts and archaeological significance.
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D.
Gustav
Gustav is a masculine given name of German origin, borne by several notable historical figures including scientists, artists, and royalty.
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E.
Roth (German)
Roth (German) is a German-language surname and place name that commonly refers to various towns in Germany and to people of German origin bearing the name Roth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| category |
German masculine given names
ⓘ
Masculine given names ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | David ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Hebrew name David ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalOrigin | true ⓘ |
| hasNameType | first name ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAssociation |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| isCognateOf |
Davide (Italian)
ⓘ
Davíd (Icelandic) ⓘ Dawid (Polish) ⓘ Dávid (Czech) ⓘ
linked to:
Dávid (Slovak)
Dávid (Hungarian) ⓘ
linked to:
Dávid
|
| languageOfUse | German ⓘ |
| meaning | beloved ⓘ |
| nameDayAssociatedWith | King David ⓘ |
| sharesFormWith |
David (English)
ⓘ
linked to:
David (English given name)
David (French) ⓘ David (Spanish) ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Austria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | German-speaking countries ⓘ |
| 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: David (German) Description of subject: David (German) is the German form of the given name "David," commonly used in German-speaking countries and derived from the Hebrew name meaning "beloved."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.