Taylor
E63210
English-language surname
President of the United States
film actress
historian
mathematician
mechanical engineer
occupational surname
person
philosopher
poet
singer-songwriter
surname
Taylor is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, sports, and academia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taylor canonical | 124 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T508896 — 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: Taylor Context triple: [Telford Taylor, familyName, Taylor]
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A.
Tyler
Tyler is the officer in a Masonic lodge responsible for guarding the entrance and ensuring only qualified individuals are admitted to meetings.
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B.
Ace
Ace is the blue jay bird mascot of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays, known for entertaining fans at the team’s home games.
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C.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter known for her narrative songwriting, evolution from country to pop and indie styles, and massive global cultural and commercial impact.
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D.
Blake
Blake is a given name and surname used in English-speaking countries for people of any gender.
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E.
Kelly
Kelly is the middle name of Richmond K. Turner, a prominent admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.
- 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: Taylor Target entity description: Taylor is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, sports, and academia.
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A.
Tyler
Tyler is the officer in a Masonic lodge responsible for guarding the entrance and ensuring only qualified individuals are admitted to meetings.
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B.
Ace
Ace is the blue jay bird mascot of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays, known for entertaining fans at the team’s home games.
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C.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter known for her narrative songwriting, evolution from country to pop and indie styles, and massive global cultural and commercial impact.
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D.
Blake
Blake is a given name and surname used in English-speaking countries for people of any gender.
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E.
Kelly
Kelly is the middle name of Richmond K. Turner, a prominent admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
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President of the United States ⓘ film actress ⓘ historian ⓘ mathematician ⓘ mechanical engineer ⓘ occupational surname ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ poet ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Latin word "taliare"
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Old French word "tailleur" ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
family name
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patronymic and occupational name ⓘ |
| hasFieldOfNotableBearers |
academia
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arts ⓘ politics ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | tailor ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
A. J. P. Taylor
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Ann Taylor ⓘ Brook Taylor ⓘ Charles Taylor ⓘ Elizabeth Taylor ⓘ Frederick Winslow Taylor ⓘ James Taylor ⓘ Naomi Taylor ⓘ Zachary Taylor ⓘ |
| hasSurname |
Taylor
self-linksurface differs
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Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| heldPosition | 12th President of the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor | scientific management ⓘ |
| rankedAmong |
most common surnames in the United Kingdom
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most common surnames in the United States ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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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: Taylor Description of subject: Taylor is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, sports, and academia.
Referenced by (124)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lady Bird Johnson
subject surface form:
Mac Taylor