Sebastian
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Sebastian is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many European and English-speaking countries.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sebastian canonical | 67 |
| Sebastianus | 7 |
| Sebastian (The Little Mermaid) | 4 |
| Sebastian in The First | 1 |
| Sebastian is Viola's twin brother | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T452593 — 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: Sebastian Context triple: [Sebastian Faulks, givenName, Sebastian]
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A.
Sebastian Blunt
Sebastian Blunt is a British actor and the brother of acclaimed actress Emily Blunt.
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B.
Bastian
Bastian is a surname most prominently associated with Ed Bastian, the CEO of Delta Air Lines.
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C.
Diego
Diego is a given name of Spanish origin commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries and beyond.
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D.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
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E.
Roberto
Roberto is a masculine given name commonly used in Romance-language countries, equivalent to the English name Robert.
- 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: Sebastian Target entity description: Sebastian is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many European and English-speaking countries.
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A.
Sebastian Blunt
Sebastian Blunt is a British actor and the brother of acclaimed actress Emily Blunt.
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B.
Bastian
Bastian is a surname most prominently associated with Ed Bastian, the CEO of Delta Air Lines.
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C.
Diego
Diego is a given name of Spanish origin commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries and beyond.
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D.
Bertram
Bertram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with nobility and later borne by various notable figures in arts, architecture, and literature.
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E.
Roberto
Roberto is a masculine given name commonly used in Romance-language countries, equivalent to the English name Robert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Saint Sebastian ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Sebastianus
ⓘ
linked to:
Sebastian
|
| etymologicalMeaning |
from Sebastia
ⓘ
venerable ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
English masculine given names
ⓘ
French masculine given names ⓘ German masculine given names ⓘ Italian masculine given names ⓘ Latin masculine given names ⓘ Polish masculine given names ⓘ Spanish masculine given names ⓘ |
| hasComponent | Greek word "sebastos" ⓘ |
| hasGender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | January 20 ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| hasShortForm |
Bas
ⓘ
Ian ⓘ Seb ⓘ
linked to:
Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper
|
| hasVariant |
Basti
ⓘ
Bastian ⓘ Sebastiano ⓘ Sebastián ⓘ Sebastião ⓘ Sébastien ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| popularInCentury |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
first name
ⓘ
middle name ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Austria ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Poland ⓘ Spain ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| usedInRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ North 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: Sebastian Description of subject: Sebastian is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many European and English-speaking countries.
Referenced by (80)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sebastian
subject linked to:
The Little Mermaid
subject linked to:
The Little Mermaid
linked to: Sebastian
linked to: Sebastian
linked to: Sebastian
subject linked to:
Sebastian Stark in Shark
linked to: Sebastian
linked to: Sebastian
linked to: Sebastian
linked to: Sebastian
subject linked to:
opera "The Tempest" by Thomas Adès
linked to: Sebastian