Lincoln (surname)
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Lincoln is an English surname of Old English origin, most famously associated with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and the historic city of Lincoln in England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lincoln (surname) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6620122 — 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: Lincoln (surname) Context triple: [Lincoln (given name), derivedFrom, Lincoln (surname)]
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A.
Hamilton (surname)
Hamilton is a common Scottish and English surname of Norman origin, borne by numerous notable figures in politics, science, and the arts.
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B.
Lincoln family
The Lincoln family is a prominent American political family best known for including Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln.
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C.
Madison (surname)
Madison is an English-language surname that historically originated as a patronymic meaning “son of Maud” or “son of Matthew.”
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D.
Lindsey (surname)
Lindsey is an English-language surname of Old English origin, historically associated with the region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire.
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E.
Douglas (surname)
Douglas (surname) is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origin historically associated with a powerful Lowland clan and widely borne in English-speaking countries.
- 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: Lincoln (surname) Target entity description: Lincoln is an English surname of Old English origin, most famously associated with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and the historic city of Lincoln in England.
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A.
Hamilton (surname)
Hamilton is a common Scottish and English surname of Norman origin, borne by numerous notable figures in politics, science, and the arts.
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B.
Lincoln family
The Lincoln family is a prominent American political family best known for including Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln.
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C.
Madison (surname)
Madison is an English-language surname that historically originated as a patronymic meaning “son of Maud” or “son of Matthew.”
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D.
Lindsey (surname)
Lindsey is an English-language surname of Old English origin, historically associated with the region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire.
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E.
Douglas (surname)
Douglas (surname) is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origin historically associated with a powerful Lowland clan and widely borne in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
President of the United States
ⓘ
person ⓘ surname ⓘ toponymic surname ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mary Todd Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Surnames of English origin ⓘ Toponymic surnames ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Lincoln, Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticOrigin | Old English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Blanche Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Todd Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfOrigin | Lincolnshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSurname |
Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isToponymicFrom | the city of Lincoln in England ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ English-speaking countries ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Continental Army ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld | 16th President of the United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Lincoln (surname) Description of subject: Lincoln is an English surname of Old English origin, most famously associated with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and the historic city of Lincoln in England.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lincoln (given name)