Robert
E2918
Robert is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert canonical | 1,433 |
| Robert (given name) | 1 |
| Robèrt | 1 |
| Rupert | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5053 — 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: Robert Context triple: [Robert McNamara, givenName, Robert]
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A.
Harry
Harry is the given name of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States who led the country through the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.
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B.
Andrew
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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C.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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D.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
- 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: Robert Target entity description: Robert is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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A.
Harry
Harry is the given name of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States who led the country through the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.
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B.
Andrew
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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C.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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D.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| canBeUsedAs | middle name ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
beraht ("bright")
ⓘ
hrod ("fame") ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasCognate |
Roberto
ⓘ
Robrecht ⓘ Robreto ⓘ Robert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rupert
Ruprecht ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Bobby
ⓘ
surface form:
Bob
Bobby ⓘ Rob ⓘ Rob ⓘ
surface form:
Robbie
|
| hasFeminineForm | Roberta ⓘ |
| hasNameDayInSomeCountries |
17 September
ⓘ
29 April ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearersCategory |
actors named Robert
ⓘ
kings named Robert ⓘ saints named Robert ⓘ scientists named Robert ⓘ writers named Robert ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Bert
ⓘ
Rob ⓘ
surface form:
Bob
Bobby ⓘ Rob ⓘ Rob ⓘ
surface form:
Robbie
|
| isCommonIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ English-speaking countries ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| isUsedBy |
Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Christians
non-religious people ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Scandinavian languages ⓘ |
| meaning | bright fame ⓘ |
| nameType | personal name ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| spellingVariant |
Robart
ⓘ
Róbert ⓘ |
| typicalUsage | first name ⓘ |
| wasPopularInCentury |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
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: Robert Description of subject: Robert is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
Referenced by (1,436)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Robert B. Hayling
subject surface form:
Robert Sharp (cricketer)
subject surface form:
Robert Henry Best
subject surface form:
Robert Toombs
subject surface form:
Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley
subject surface form:
Robert C. Schenck