Jakub
E49733
Jakub is a given name, common in Slavic countries, that is a cognate of the Latin name Iacomus (James).
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jakob | 12 |
| Jakub canonical | 10 |
| Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός (Iakōbos ho mikros) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T360267 — 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: Jakub Context triple: [Iacomus, cognate, Jakub]
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A.
Michal
Michal is a biblical figure, a daughter of King Saul who became the first wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Róbert
Róbert is a given name commonly used in various European countries, particularly in Hungary and Iceland, as a localized form of the name Robert.
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C.
Pavel
Pavel is a Slavic given name, equivalent to the English name Paul.
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D.
Piotr
Piotr is the Polish form of the given name Peter, commonly used in Poland and among Polish-speaking communities.
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E.
Paweł
Paweł is a common Polish given name, equivalent to the English name Paul.
- 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: Jakub Target entity description: Jakub is a given name, common in Slavic countries, that is a cognate of the Latin name Iacomus (James).
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A.
Michal
Michal is a biblical figure, a daughter of King Saul who became the first wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Róbert
Róbert is a given name commonly used in various European countries, particularly in Hungary and Iceland, as a localized form of the name Robert.
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C.
Pavel
Pavel is a Slavic given name, equivalent to the English name Paul.
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D.
Piotr
Piotr is the Polish form of the given name Peter, commonly used in Poland and among Polish-speaking communities.
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E.
Paweł
Paweł is a common Polish given name, equivalent to the English name Paul.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| hasCognate |
Iacomus
ⓘ
James ⓘ |
| hasEquivalentName |
Jacob
ⓘ
Jakov ⓘ
linked to:
Yakov
Jakub (Polish form of Jacob) ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRoot | Hebrew name Yaʿaqov ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOrigin | Slavic languages ⓘ |
| hasMeaningRelatedTo |
biblical patriarch Jacob
ⓘ
linked to:
Jacob
|
| hasUsageRegion |
Belarus
ⓘ
Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Croatia ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Poland ⓘ Russia ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Slavic countries ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| isCommonIn |
Czech-speaking populations
ⓘ
Polish-speaking populations ⓘ Slovak-speaking populations ⓘ |
| nameDayObservedIn |
Czech Republic
ⓘ
Poland ⓘ |
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: Jakub Description of subject: Jakub is a given name, common in Slavic countries, that is a cognate of the Latin name Iacomus (James).
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Late Latin Iacomus
linked to: Jakub
linked to: Jakub
linked to: Jakub
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linked to: Jakub
linked to: Jakub
linked to: Jakub
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linked to: Jakub