Augustin
E209594
Augustin is a given name of Latin origin, notably borne by the French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, a pioneer in the wave theory of light.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1853106 — 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: Augustin Context triple: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, hasPartOfName, Augustin]
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A.
Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo was a 4th–5th century Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings, including "Confessions" and "The City of God," profoundly shaped Western Christianity and Western thought.
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B.
Ambrose of Milan
Ambrose of Milan was a 4th-century bishop, theologian, and influential Church Father known for shaping Western Christian doctrine and famously mentoring and baptizing Augustine of Hippo.
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C.
Thagaste
Thagaste was an ancient North African town in Roman Numidia, best known as the birthplace of the Christian theologian and philosopher St. Augustine.
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D.
Caesarius of Arles
Caesarius of Arles was a prominent 6th-century bishop and theologian known for his influential role in shaping Western Christian doctrine and pastoral practice in Gaul.
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E.
Irenaeus of Lyons
Irenaeus of Lyons was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and theologian best known for combating Gnosticism and helping to shape early Christian doctrine and the development of the New Testament canon.
- 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: Augustin Target entity description: Augustin is a given name of Latin origin, notably borne by the French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, a pioneer in the wave theory of light.
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A.
Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo was a 4th–5th century Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings, including "Confessions" and "The City of God," profoundly shaped Western Christianity and Western thought.
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B.
Ambrose of Milan
Ambrose of Milan was a 4th-century bishop, theologian, and influential Church Father known for shaping Western Christian doctrine and famously mentoring and baptizing Augustine of Hippo.
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C.
Thagaste
Thagaste was an ancient North African town in Roman Numidia, best known as the birthplace of the Christian theologian and philosopher St. Augustine.
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D.
Caesarius of Arles
Caesarius of Arles was a prominent 6th-century bishop and theologian known for his influential role in shaping Western Christian doctrine and pastoral practice in Gaul.
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E.
Irenaeus of Lyons
Irenaeus of Lyons was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and theologian best known for combating Gnosticism and helping to shape early Christian doctrine and the development of the New Testament canon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ person ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1788 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1827 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Augustine of Hippo
ⓘ
surface form:
Augustinus (Latin name)
|
| etymologicalRoot | augere (Latin verb meaning "to increase" or "to exalt") ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | optics ⓘ |
| hasCognate |
August
ⓘ
Austin ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Augustin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Agostinho
Agostino ⓘ Augustin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Agustín
Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
surface form:
Augustine
Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
surface form:
Augustinus
|
| knownFor |
Fresnel equations
ⓘ
Fresnel lens ⓘ wave theory of light ⓘ |
| meaning |
exalted
ⓘ
majestic ⓘ venerable ⓘ |
| nameDayInSomeCountries | 28 August ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Augustin-Jean Fresnel ⓘ |
| occupation | physicist ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Croatian
ⓘ
Czech ⓘ English (rare) ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Polish ⓘ Romanian ⓘ Slovak ⓘ |
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: Augustin Description of subject: Augustin is a given name of Latin origin, notably borne by the French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, a pioneer in the wave theory of light.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
this entity surface form:
Augustine
this entity surface form:
Agustín
this entity surface form:
Agustín
this entity surface form:
Agustín
this entity surface form:
Agustín
this entity surface form:
Agostinho
this entity surface form:
Agustín
this entity surface form:
Agustín
this entity surface form:
Agostinho
this entity surface form:
Agustín