Maire
E370385
Maire is a given name, commonly used as an Irish or Scottish Gaelic form of Mary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maire canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3580276 — 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: Maire Context triple: [Mary, hasVariant, Maire]
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A.
Maire
Maire is the French term for a municipality’s chief elected official, equivalent to a mayor.
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B.
Ó Nualláin
Ó Nualláin is an Irish-language surname that corresponds to the anglicized family name Nolan.
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C.
Aisling
Aisling is a notable film or project associated with acclaimed British cinematographer Dick Pope, recognized for his visually distinctive work.
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D.
Bríde de Róiste
Bríde de Róiste is an Irish academic and educational leader who serves as the Chancellor of Dublin City University.
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E.
Ó Braonáin
Ó Braonáin is an Irish Gaelic surname that is the original form of the anglicized name Brennan.
- 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: Maire Target entity description: Maire is a given name, commonly used as an Irish or Scottish Gaelic form of Mary.
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A.
Maire
Maire is the French term for a municipality’s chief elected official, equivalent to a mayor.
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B.
Ó Nualláin
Ó Nualláin is an Irish-language surname that corresponds to the anglicized family name Nolan.
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C.
Aisling
Aisling is a notable film or project associated with acclaimed British cinematographer Dick Pope, recognized for his visually distinctive work.
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D.
Bríde de Róiste
Bríde de Róiste is an Irish academic and educational leader who serves as the Chancellor of Dublin City University.
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E.
Ó Braonáin
Ó Braonáin is an Irish Gaelic surname that is the original form of the anglicized name Brennan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Feminine given names
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Irish feminine given names ⓘ Scottish Gaelic feminine given names ⓘ |
| hasGender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Irish
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Ireland
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| isFormOf | Mary ⓘ |
| isRelatedName |
Mairi
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Mary ⓘ Moira ⓘ Máire ⓘ |
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: Maire Description of subject: Maire is a given name, commonly used as an Irish or Scottish Gaelic form of Mary.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.