Madison
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Madison is a common English surname and given name, historically associated with U.S. President James Madison and now widely used as a first name, especially for girls.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madison canonical | 37 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T491228 — 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: Madison Context triple: [James Madison, familyName, Madison]
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A.
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Madison, Wisconsin, United States is the capital city of Wisconsin, known for its major research university, vibrant cultural scene, and numerous lakes.
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B.
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin, known for its brewing traditions, industrial history, and location on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
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C.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin is a city in northeastern Wisconsin best known as the home of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and one of the oldest continuously operating professional football franchises in the United States.
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D.
Jackson
Jackson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, science, sports, and the arts.
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E.
Jackson
Jackson is a historic Gold Rush-era town in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, known for its mining heritage and role in the development of the Mother Lode region.
- 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: Madison Target entity description: Madison is a common English surname and given name, historically associated with U.S. President James Madison and now widely used as a first name, especially for girls.
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A.
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Madison, Wisconsin, United States is the capital city of Wisconsin, known for its major research university, vibrant cultural scene, and numerous lakes.
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B.
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin, known for its brewing traditions, industrial history, and location on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
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C.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin is a city in northeastern Wisconsin best known as the home of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and one of the oldest continuously operating professional football franchises in the United States.
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D.
Jackson
Jackson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, science, sports, and the arts.
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E.
Jackson
Jackson is a historic Gold Rush-era town in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, known for its mining heritage and role in the development of the Mother Lode region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language given name
ⓘ
English-language surname ⓘ given name ⓘ surname ⓘ unisex given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | James Madison ⓘ |
| category |
English feminine given names
ⓘ
English unisex given names ⓘ English-language surnames ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Madison (surname) ⓘ |
| etymologyContains |
“son of Matthew” (folk etymology)
ⓘ
“son of Maud” ⓘ |
| hasCulturalShift | from primarily surname to common feminine given name in the U.S. ⓘ |
| hasGenderUsage |
feminine
ⓘ
masculine ⓘ |
| hasNameType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasShortForm |
Maddie
ⓘ
Maddy ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Maddison
ⓘ
Madisyn ⓘ Madyson ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
American political history
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U.S. presidency ⓘ |
| isUsedAs |
family name
ⓘ
first name ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableBearer | James Madison ⓘ |
| popularityTrend | increasing as a feminine given name in late 20th century ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of 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: Madison Description of subject: Madison is a common English surname and given name, historically associated with U.S. President James Madison and now widely used as a first name, especially for girls.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Madison (surname)
subject linked to:
James Madison (first bishop of Virginia)
subject linked to:
David Madison
subject linked to:
David Madison