Maxine
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Maxine is a feminine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often considered the feminine form of Max or Maximilian.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maxine canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11285082 — 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: Maxine Context triple: [Maxine Greene, givenName, Maxine]
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A.
Maxine
Maxine is a character featured in the film "Once Again."
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B.
Maxine
Maxine is a central character in the "Soul Food" film and television series, known for her role within the Joseph family’s complex, intergenerational drama.
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C.
Maxine Harmon
Maxine Harmon is the child of Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as the actress Debbie Reynolds.
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D.
Maxine Brown
Maxine Brown is an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1960s hits like "All in My Mind" and "Funny," which helped define the early soul sound.
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E.
Maxine Sneed
Maxine Sneed is a Canadian editor and the former wife of comedian and actor Tommy Chong.
- 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: Maxine Target entity description: Maxine is a feminine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often considered the feminine form of Max or Maximilian.
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A.
Maxine
Maxine is a character featured in the film "Once Again."
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B.
Maxine
Maxine is a central character in the "Soul Food" film and television series, known for her role within the Joseph family’s complex, intergenerational drama.
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C.
Maxine Harmon
Maxine Harmon is the child of Mary Frances Reynolds, better known as the actress Debbie Reynolds.
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D.
Maxine Brown
Maxine Brown is an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1960s hits like "All in My Mind" and "Funny," which helped define the early soul sound.
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E.
Maxine Sneed
Maxine Sneed is a Canadian editor and the former wife of comedian and actor Tommy Chong.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English given name
ⓘ
feminine given name ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Max
ⓘ
Maximilian ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive | Max ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | English ⓘ |
| nameType | given name ⓘ |
| usedIn | English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| 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: Maxine Description of subject: Maxine is a feminine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often considered the feminine form of Max or Maximilian.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.