Lily
E52031
Lily is a feminine given name of English origin commonly associated with the lily flower and symbolizing purity and beauty.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lily canonical | 19 |
| Lilly | 2 |
| Lila | 1 |
| Lillie | 1 |
| Lily in Black Swan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T305778 — 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: Lily Context triple: [Lily Aldridge, givenName, Lily]
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A.
Chloe
Chloe is the birth name of Nobel Prize–winning American novelist Toni Morrison, renowned for her powerful explorations of African American life and history.
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B.
Jane
Jane is a feminine given name of English origin that has been widely used in many English-speaking countries for centuries.
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C.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
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D.
Linda
Linda is a feminine given name of Germanic origin that became widely used in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
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E.
Sara
Sara is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess," historically borne by notable figures including Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 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: Lily Target entity description: Lily is a feminine given name of English origin commonly associated with the lily flower and symbolizing purity and beauty.
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A.
Chloe
Chloe is the birth name of Nobel Prize–winning American novelist Toni Morrison, renowned for her powerful explorations of African American life and history.
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B.
Jane
Jane is a feminine given name of English origin that has been widely used in many English-speaking countries for centuries.
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C.
Louise
Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
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D.
Linda
Linda is a feminine given name of Germanic origin that became widely used in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
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E.
Sara
Sara is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess," historically borne by notable figures including Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, the mother of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English feminine given name
ⓘ
feminine given name ⓘ given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | lily flower ⓘ |
| category |
English feminine given names
ⓘ
Given names derived from flowers ⓘ Given names derived from plants ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | English word "lily" ⓘ |
| etymologicalElement | Latin "lilium" ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Lil
ⓘ
Lils ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Lilia
ⓘ
Lillian ⓘ
surface form:
Lilian
Liliana ⓘ Lillian ⓘ Lily self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lillie
Lily self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lilly
|
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| meaning |
beautiful
ⓘ
lily flower ⓘ pure ⓘ |
| nameType | flower name ⓘ |
| popularity |
popular in the early 21st century
ⓘ
popular in the late 20th century ⓘ |
| relatedName |
Lilia
ⓘ
surface form:
Lila
Lilith ⓘ Lola ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
beauty
ⓘ
purity ⓘ |
| usage | English-speaking countries ⓘ |
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: Lily Description of subject: Lily is a feminine given name of English origin commonly associated with the lily flower and symbolizing purity and beauty.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lilly
this entity surface form:
Lily in Black Swan
this entity surface form:
Lilly
this entity surface form:
Lillie
this entity surface form:
Lila
subject surface form:
Lily Manning