May
E74874
May is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals, including former UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| May canonical | 57 |
| Month of May | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T598926 — 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: May Context triple: [Theresa May, familyName, May]
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A.
April
April is a spring month in the Gregorian calendar often associated with mild weather and the blooming of many flowers.
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B.
September
September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, marking the transition from summer to autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and from winter to spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
November
November is the eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, associated in the United States with late autumn, Thanksgiving, and the height of the football season.
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D.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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E.
Maand
Maand is a classical folk music style from Rajasthan, India, known for its expressive melodies and royal courtly associations.
- 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: May Target entity description: May is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals, including former UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
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A.
April
April is a spring month in the Gregorian calendar often associated with mild weather and the blooming of many flowers.
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B.
September
September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, marking the transition from summer to autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and from winter to spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
November
November is the eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, associated in the United States with late autumn, Thanksgiving, and the height of the football season.
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D.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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E.
Maand
Maand is a classical folk music style from Rajasthan, India, known for its expressive melodies and royal courtly associations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language family name
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English-language surname ⓘ family name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| familyName |
May
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May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Billy May
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Brian May ⓘ Clifford May ⓘ Elizabeth May ⓘ Gillyan May ⓘ Imelda May ⓘ James May ⓘ Julian May ⓘ Karl May ⓘ Lee May ⓘ Morriss May ⓘ Peter May ⓘ Phil May ⓘ Robert May ⓘ Rollo May ⓘ Theresa May ⓘ Toni May ⓘ |
| surname |
May
ⓘ
May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ May ⓘ |
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: May Description of subject: May is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals, including former UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
Referenced by (58)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Dixon
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