Stellan
E329730
Stellan is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin, most notably borne by Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stellan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3131236 — 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: Stellan Context triple: [Stellan Skarsgård, hasGivenName, Stellan]
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A.
Stello
Stello is the surname of Dick Stello, a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his work in the National League.
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B.
Stiris
Stiris was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known as one of its notable urban centers in classical antiquity.
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C.
Steffl
Steffl is the popular nickname for the iconic south tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, a prominent symbol of the city's skyline.
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D.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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E.
Kadina
Kadina is a historic copper mining town and one of the main commercial centers on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.
- 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: Stellan Target entity description: Stellan is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin, most notably borne by Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård.
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A.
Stello
Stello is the surname of Dick Stello, a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his work in the National League.
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B.
Stiris
Stiris was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known as one of its notable urban centers in classical antiquity.
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C.
Steffl
Steffl is the popular nickname for the iconic south tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, a prominent symbol of the city's skyline.
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D.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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E.
Kadina
Kadina is a historic copper mining town and one of the main commercial centers on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scandinavian given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | Sweden ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Northern Europe ⓘ |
| etymologyStatus | uncertain ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasNameDayInCountry | Sweden ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Stellan Bengtsson
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Stellan Rye ⓘ Stellan Skarsgård ⓘ Stellan Westerdahl ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Scandinavia
ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling | Stellan (unchanged; spelling is stable) ⓘ |
| isGivenNameOf | humans ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
Masculine given names
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Scandinavian masculine given names ⓘ Swedish masculine given names ⓘ |
| nameDayCalendar | Swedish name day calendar ⓘ |
| nameUsage | personal name ⓘ |
| possibleEtymologicalRelation | Old Norse names ⓘ |
| semanticType | anthroponym ⓘ |
| typicalNameLength | 7 letters ⓘ |
| usageType | first name ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Danish
ⓘ
Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian
Swedish ⓘ |
| 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: Stellan Description of subject: Stellan is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin, most notably borne by Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.