Irmgard
E656534
Irmgard is a traditional Germanic female given name, historically common in German-speaking countries and derived from elements meaning "whole" or "universal" and "protection."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irmgard canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7325702 — 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: Irmgard Context triple: [Irma, hasVariant, Irmgard]
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A.
Margarethe
"Margarethe" is a major painting by German artist Anselm Kiefer that reflects on German history and memory, often interpreted in relation to the Holocaust and cultural guilt.
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B.
Hedwig Oeschli
Hedwig Oeschli was the first wife of renowned conductor Sir Georg Solti.
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C.
Elfriede
Elfriede is a feminine given name of German origin, notably borne by Austrian Nobel Prize–winning writer Elfriede Jelinek.
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D.
Margarete
Margarete is a female given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with the meaning "pearl" and used in various European languages.
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E.
Fraulein Bürstner
Fräulein Bürstner is a young typist and Josef K.’s neighbor in Franz Kafka’s novel "The Trial," serving as a key figure in his emotional and psychological turmoil.
- 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: Irmgard Target entity description: Irmgard is a traditional Germanic female given name, historically common in German-speaking countries and derived from elements meaning "whole" or "universal" and "protection."
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A.
Margarethe
"Margarethe" is a major painting by German artist Anselm Kiefer that reflects on German history and memory, often interpreted in relation to the Holocaust and cultural guilt.
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B.
Hedwig Oeschli
Hedwig Oeschli was the first wife of renowned conductor Sir Georg Solti.
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C.
Elfriede
Elfriede is a feminine given name of German origin, notably borne by Austrian Nobel Prize–winning writer Elfriede Jelinek.
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D.
Margarete
Margarete is a female given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with the meaning "pearl" and used in various European languages.
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E.
Fraulein Bürstner
Fräulein Bürstner is a young typist and Josef K.’s neighbor in Franz Kafka’s novel "The Trial," serving as a key figure in his emotional and psychological turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Germanic given name
ⓘ
female given name ⓘ given name ⓘ |
| category |
Feminine given names of Germanic origin
ⓘ
German feminine given names ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | German-speaking countries ⓘ |
| etymologicalComponent |
ermen
ⓘ
gard ⓘ irmin ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Immi
ⓘ
linked to:
Immy
Irmi ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
German
ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ |
| hasNameDayInGermany | September 30 ⓘ |
| historicalUsage | historically common in German-speaking countries ⓘ |
| meaningOfComponent_ermen_irmin |
universal
ⓘ
whole ⓘ |
| meaningOfComponent_gard |
enclosure
ⓘ
protection ⓘ |
| nameType | traditional ⓘ |
| overallMeaning |
universal protection
ⓘ
whole protection ⓘ |
| relatedName |
Ermengard
ⓘ
Ermengarde ⓘ |
| shortFormOf | Irmingard ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Dutch
ⓘ
German ⓘ Scandinavian languages ⓘ |
| variantSpelling | Irmgarde ⓘ |
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: Irmgard Description of subject: Irmgard is a traditional Germanic female given name, historically common in German-speaking countries and derived from elements meaning "whole" or "universal" and "protection."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.