Óengus
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Óengus is a figure from early medieval Gaelic tradition, known primarily as the son of Eóganán mac Óengusa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Óengus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7488387 — 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: Óengus Context triple: [Eóganán mac Óengusa, father, Óengus]
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A.
Suilleabháin
Suilleabháin is an Irish surname, traditionally anglicized as Sullivan, with roots in Gaelic heritage and history.
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B.
Donnchad
Donnchad was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the influential title of Earl of Fife.
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C.
Domnall Brecc
Domnall Brecc was a 7th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for his military defeats and the decline of his kingdom’s power during his reign.
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D.
Conchobhar
Conchobhar is an ancient Irish given name, famously borne by legendary kings and heroes in early Irish mythology and literature.
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E.
Áedán mac Gabráin
Áedán mac Gabráin was a late 6th- to early 7th-century king of Dál Riata, known for his military campaigns in Ireland and Britain and for being one of the first Scottish rulers recorded in contemporary sources.
- 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: Óengus Target entity description: Óengus is a figure from early medieval Gaelic tradition, known primarily as the son of Eóganán mac Óengusa.
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A.
Suilleabháin
Suilleabháin is an Irish surname, traditionally anglicized as Sullivan, with roots in Gaelic heritage and history.
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B.
Donnchad
Donnchad was a medieval Scottish nobleman who held the influential title of Earl of Fife.
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C.
Domnall Brecc
Domnall Brecc was a 7th-century king of Dál Riata in what is now western Scotland, known for his military defeats and the decline of his kingdom’s power during his reign.
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D.
Conchobhar
Conchobhar is an ancient Irish given name, famously borne by legendary kings and heroes in early Irish mythology and literature.
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E.
Áedán mac Gabráin
Áedán mac Gabráin was a late 6th- to early 7th-century king of Dál Riata, known for his military campaigns in Ireland and Britain and for being one of the first Scottish rulers recorded in contemporary sources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (8)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in early medieval Gaelic tradition
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Gaelic world ⓘ |
| culture | Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasFather | Eóganán mac Óengusa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInGaelic | Óengus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being son of Eóganán mac Óengusa ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early medieval period ⓘ |
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: Óengus Description of subject: Óengus is a figure from early medieval Gaelic tradition, known primarily as the son of Eóganán mac Óengusa.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.