Clarke
E73353
Clarke is a common English and Irish surname historically associated with the occupation of a clerk or scholar.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clarke canonical | 77 |
| Clerke | 3 |
| Clarke (surname) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T586063 — 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: Clarke Context triple: [Fred Clarke, familyName, Clarke]
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A.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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B.
Marsden
Marsden is a village in West Yorkshire, England, situated in the Colne Valley near the Pennines and known for its industrial heritage and scenic moorland surroundings.
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C.
Brin
Brin is a surname most prominently associated with Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google and a leading figure in the technology industry.
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D.
Hale
Hale is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, known for its affluent residential character and proximity to Altrincham.
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E.
Griffith
Griffith is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural production, especially wine and citrus, and its culturally diverse community.
- 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: Clarke Target entity description: Clarke is a common English and Irish surname historically associated with the occupation of a clerk or scholar.
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A.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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B.
Marsden
Marsden is a village in West Yorkshire, England, situated in the Colne Valley near the Pennines and known for its industrial heritage and scenic moorland surroundings.
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C.
Brin
Brin is a surname most prominently associated with Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google and a leading figure in the technology industry.
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D.
Hale
Hale is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, known for its affluent residential character and proximity to Altrincham.
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E.
Griffith
Griffith is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural production, especially wine and citrus, and its culturally diverse community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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: Clarke Description of subject: Clarke is a common English and Irish surname historically associated with the occupation of a clerk or scholar.
Referenced by (81)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Reverend Jonas Clarke
linked to: Clarke
linked to: Clarke
linked to: Clarke
subject linked to:
Edmund Melson Clarke Jr.
linked to: Clarke