Joanna
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Joanna is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with forms of the name John and shared by many notable historical and contemporary figures.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7789721 — 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: Joanna Context triple: [Gianna, relatedName, Joanna]
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A.
Joanna
Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
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B.
Joanna
Joanna is a woman mentioned in the New Testament as one of Jesus’ followers who witnessed his resurrection.
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C.
Joanna
Joanna, also known as Joan, Lady of Wales, was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England and the wife of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd.
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D.
Johanna
"Johanna" is a recurring, lyrically poignant love song from Stephen Sondheim's musical *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*.
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E.
Johanna
Johanna is the birth name of Magda Goebbels, the wife of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and a prominent figure in Nazi Germany.
- 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: Joanna Target entity description: Joanna is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with forms of the name John and shared by many notable historical and contemporary figures.
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A.
Joanna
Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
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B.
Joanna
Joanna is a woman mentioned in the New Testament as one of Jesus’ followers who witnessed his resurrection.
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C.
Joanna
Joanna, also known as Joan, Lady of Wales, was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England and the wife of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd.
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D.
Johanna
Johanna is the given name of Johanna Spyri, the Swiss author best known for creating the classic children's novel "Heidi."
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E.
Johanna
"Johanna" is a recurring, lyrically poignant love song from Stephen Sondheim's musical *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| category |
feminine given names
ⓘ
theophoric names ⓘ |
| cognateOf |
Giovanna
ⓘ
Ivana ⓘ Jane ⓘ Jean ⓘ Joan ⓘ Joanne ⓘ Johanna ⓘ João (feminine forms) ⓘ Juana ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Ioanna
ⓘ
Iōannēs ⓘ
linked to:
Ioannis
|
| derivedFromLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| etymologicalOrigin | Hebrew name Yochanan via Greek and Latin forms ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalUsage | yes ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Annie
ⓘ
Jo ⓘ Jojo ⓘ Joni ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | various dates depending on country ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Joan
ⓘ
Joana ⓘ Joanne ⓘ Johanna ⓘ |
| meaning |
God is gracious
ⓘ
Yahweh is gracious ⓘ |
| notableBearerType |
artists
ⓘ
entertainers ⓘ royalty ⓘ saints ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| relatedToName | John ⓘ |
| usedBy |
many contemporary figures
ⓘ
many historical figures ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Czech
ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Greek ⓘ Italian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Romanian ⓘ Slovak ⓘ Spanish ⓘ various languages ⓘ |
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: Joanna Description of subject: Joanna is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with forms of the name John and shared by many notable historical and contemporary figures.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Cannan
linked to: Joanna
subject linked to:
Joanna Elizabeth Hacking
subject linked to:
Joanna Jane Salmon