Andrew
E228
Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andrew canonical | 313 |
| Andy | 4 |
| Anders | 1 |
| Andre | 1 |
| Andrew (English) | 1 |
| Andrew (informal contexts) | 1 |
| Andrzej | 1 |
| Drew | 1 |
| Saint Andrew | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1209 — 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: Andrew Context triple: [Andrew Carnegie, givenName, Andrew]
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A.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
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B.
Douglas
Douglas is a masculine given name of Scottish origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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D.
Tim the Beaver
Tim the Beaver is the official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, symbolizing the school’s emphasis on engineering, ingenuity, and industriousness.
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E.
Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
- 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: Andrew Target entity description: Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
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A.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
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B.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
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C.
Douglas
Douglas is a masculine given name of Scottish origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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E.
Lynn
Lynn is a coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the larger urban centers in the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Andrew
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Andrew
|
| canBeUsedAs | middle name ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Andreas ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot |
Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anēr)
ⓘ
Ancient Greek ἀνδρεῖος (andreios) ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Andrew
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Andy
Andrew self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Drew
|
| hasGender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
brave
ⓘ
manly ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | November 30 ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| hasPlurality | singular ⓘ |
| hasUsageType | first name ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Andrew
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Anders
Andrew self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Andre
Andreas ⓘ Andrei ⓘ Andrei ⓘ
surface form:
Andrey
Andrew self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Andrzej
Andrés ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
Biblical names
ⓘ
English masculine given names ⓘ Greek masculine given names ⓘ |
| popularInCentury |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
American English
ⓘ
Australian English ⓘ Canadian English ⓘ English ⓘ Irish English ⓘ Scottish English ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
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: Andrew Description of subject: Andrew is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave," widely used in English-speaking countries and beyond.
Referenced by (324)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Andrew Lamb (engineer)
subject surface form:
Andrew Lamb (musician)
subject surface form:
Andrew Lamb (politician)
subject surface form:
Andrew Cunningham
subject surface form:
Andrew Fisher
subject surface form:
Andrew A. Humphreys
subject surface form:
Andrew Prior
subject surface form:
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie