MacLean
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MacLean is a Scottish surname most famously associated with bestselling thriller and adventure novelist Alistair MacLean.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10808505 — 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: MacLean Context triple: [Alistair MacLean, familyName, MacLean]
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A.
Maclean
Maclean is a riverside town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known for its strong Scottish heritage and annual Highland Gathering.
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B.
Mike MacLean
Mike MacLean is a screenwriter best known for his work on the cult sci-fi horror film "Sharktopus" and other genre projects.
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C.
MacPherson
MacPherson is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Highland clan Macpherson and borne by various notable figures in arts, politics, and public life.
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D.
MacAndrew
MacAndrew is a Scottish surname, historically a variant of Anderson, associated with families and clans of Gaelic origin.
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E.
Alan MacDonald
Alan MacDonald was a British production designer and art director known for his stylish, visually distinctive work on films such as "Bright Young Things," "The Queen," and "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."
- 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: MacLean Target entity description: MacLean is a Scottish surname most famously associated with bestselling thriller and adventure novelist Alistair MacLean.
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A.
Maclean
Maclean is a riverside town in northern New South Wales, Australia, known for its strong Scottish heritage and annual Highland Gathering.
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B.
Mike MacLean
Mike MacLean is a screenwriter best known for his work on the cult sci-fi horror film "Sharktopus" and other genre projects.
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C.
MacPherson
MacPherson is a Scottish surname historically associated with the Highland clan Macpherson and borne by various notable figures in arts, politics, and public life.
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D.
MacAndrew
MacAndrew is a Scottish surname, historically a variant of Anderson, associated with families and clans of Gaelic origin.
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E.
Alan MacDonald
Alan MacDonald was a British production designer and art director known for his stylish, visually distinctive work on films such as "Bright Young Things," "The Queen," and "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish clan
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Scottish surname ⓘ adventure fiction writer ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Clan Maclean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames
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Surnames of Scottish origin ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-04-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-02-02 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Gaelic name Mac Gille Eathain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName |
MacLean
NERFINISHED
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MacLean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | Alistair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alistair MacLean
NERFINISHED
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Clan Maclean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| meaning | son of the servant of (Saint) John ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| notableSeat | Duart Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ice Station Zebra
NERFINISHED
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The Guns of Navarone NERFINISHED ⓘ Where Eagles Dare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
schoolteacher
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Glasgow
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Shettleston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Munich ⓘ |
| region | Inner Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| variantForm |
Maclean
NERFINISHED
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McLean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: MacLean Description of subject: MacLean is a Scottish surname most famously associated with bestselling thriller and adventure novelist Alistair MacLean.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Annie MacLean in The Horse Whisperer
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