Régis
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Régis is a masculine given name of French origin, historically borne by notable figures such as the statesman Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Régis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10039269 — 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: Régis Context triple: [Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, givenName, Régis]
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A.
Hervé
Hervé is a French given name, often considered a variant of the English name Harvey, and is commonly used for males in French-speaking regions.
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B.
Hugues
Hugues is a French given name, equivalent to the English name Hugh, historically borne by various nobles, clerics, and notable figures in French-speaking regions.
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C.
Étienne
Étienne is the given first name of the French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé.
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D.
René
René is a French given name commonly used for males and historically associated with several notable figures in politics, arts, and philosophy.
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E.
Jacques
Jacques is the French form of the given name James, commonly used in French-speaking countries.
- 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: Régis Target entity description: Régis is a masculine given name of French origin, historically borne by notable figures such as the statesman Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès.
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A.
Hervé
Hervé is a French given name, often considered a variant of the English name Harvey, and is commonly used for males in French-speaking regions.
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B.
Hugues
Hugues is a French given name, equivalent to the English name Hugh, historically borne by various nobles, clerics, and notable figures in French-speaking regions.
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C.
Étienne
Étienne is the given first name of the French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé.
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D.
René
René is a French given name commonly used for males and historically associated with several notable figures in politics, arts, and philosophy.
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E.
Jacques
Jacques is the French form of the given name James, commonly used in French-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| accentedForm | Régis ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
monarchy
ⓘ
royalty ⓘ |
| category |
French masculine given names
ⓘ
Masculine given names ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Latin name Regius ⓘ |
| etymologicalType | theophoric name ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasDiacritic | é ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
ⓘ
Régis Debray ⓘ Régis Labeaume ⓘ Régis Loisel ⓘ Régis Wargnier ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | France ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Regis ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| meaning |
of the king
ⓘ
royal ⓘ |
| nameDayRegion | France ⓘ |
| nameType | first name ⓘ |
| orthographicVariant | Regis ⓘ |
| unaccentedForm | Regis ⓘ |
| usageLanguage | French ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
France
ⓘ
Francophone countries ⓘ
linked to:
Francophonie
|
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Régis Description of subject: Régis is a masculine given name of French origin, historically borne by notable figures such as the statesman Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jean-Jacques-Régis
subject linked to:
French general Régis Barthélemy Mouton-Duvernet