Lewis
E104439
Lewis is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, civil rights, arts, and sports.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lewis canonical | 74 |
| Lewis (surname) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T855045 — 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: Lewis Context triple: [John Lewis, familyName, Lewis]
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A.
Lewis
"Lewis" is a notable film or television work featuring British actor Edward Fox, recognized as part of his distinguished acting career.
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B.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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C.
Willard
Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
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D.
Luke
Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, and is thought to have been a physician and companion of the Apostle Paul.
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E.
Leon
Leon is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "lion," commonly used in various cultures worldwide.
- 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: Lewis Target entity description: Lewis is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, civil rights, arts, and sports.
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A.
Lewis
"Lewis" is a notable film or television work featuring British actor Edward Fox, recognized as part of his distinguished acting career.
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B.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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C.
Willard
Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
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D.
Luke
Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, and is thought to have been a physician and companion of the Apostle Paul.
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E.
Leon
Leon is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "lion," commonly used in various cultures worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
ⓘ
family name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
the Welsh name Llywelyn
ⓘ
the given name Lewis ⓘ Louis the Lion ⓘ
surface form:
the given name Louis
|
| hasCategory |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Patronymic surnames ⓘ Surnames from given names ⓘ Welsh-language surnames ⓘ |
| hasCognate |
Clovis
ⓘ
Ludovic ⓘ
surface form:
Ludovicus
|
| hasFrequency | common in English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | gender-neutral as a surname ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form:
Norman French
Welsh ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
famous warrior
ⓘ
renowned fighter ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
C. S. Lewis
ⓘ
Carl Lewis ⓘ Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ John Lewis ⓘ
surface form:
John Lewis (civil rights leader)
Lennox Lewis ⓘ Morton Lewis (fictional example, ignore) ⓘ Ramsey Lewis ⓘ Shari Lewis ⓘ Sinclair Lewis ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Lewes
ⓘ
Lewys ⓘ Louis ⓘ |
| isUsedAs |
surname in arts
ⓘ
surname in civil rights ⓘ surname in politics ⓘ surname in sports ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| writtenInScript | Latin script ⓘ |
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: Lewis Description of subject: Lewis is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, civil rights, arts, and sports.
Referenced by (75)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John L. Lewis
subject surface form:
Reginald F. Lewis
subject surface form:
Rashard Lewis
this entity surface form:
Lewis (surname)
subject surface form:
Robert A. Lewis
subject surface form:
Ray Lewis