Sullivan
E122989
Sullivan is a common Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sullivan canonical | 69 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1036335 — 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: Sullivan Context triple: [Frank Sullivan, familyName, Sullivan]
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A.
Sullivan
Sullivan is a shortened name for the international law firm Sullivan & Worcester LLP, known for its corporate, tax, and financial legal services.
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B.
Dolan
Dolan is a surname most prominently associated with the American business family that controls Madison Square Garden Sports and Entertainment, including executive James L. Dolan.
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C.
Willis
Willis is a masculine given name and surname of English origin, often considered a variant or cognate of the name Wilson.
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D.
Rawson
Rawson is a coastal city in southern Argentina that serves as the capital of Chubut Province and an important administrative and fishing center in Patagonia.
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E.
Riggs
Riggs is a surname most notably associated with American playwright Lynn Riggs, whose work inspired the musical "Oklahoma!".
- 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: Sullivan Target entity description: Sullivan is a common Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
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A.
Sullivan
Sullivan is a shortened name for the international law firm Sullivan & Worcester LLP, known for its corporate, tax, and financial legal services.
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B.
Dolan
Dolan is a surname most prominently associated with the American business family that controls Madison Square Garden Sports and Entertainment, including executive James L. Dolan.
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C.
Willis
Willis is a masculine given name and surname of English origin, often considered a variant or cognate of the name Wilson.
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D.
Rawson
Rawson is a coastal city in southern Argentina that serves as the capital of Chubut Province and an important administrative and fishing center in Patagonia.
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E.
Riggs
Riggs is a surname most notably associated with American playwright Lynn Riggs, whose work inspired the musical "Oklahoma!".
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish surname
ⓘ
family name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Irish families ⓘ Surnames of Irish origin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| etymologicalOrigin |
Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Goidelic
|
| fieldOfNotableBearers |
architecture
ⓘ
arts ⓘ entertainment ⓘ law ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ politics ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Anne Sullivan
ⓘ
linked to:
Annie Sullivan
Arthur Sullivan ⓘ Dan Sullivan ⓘ Ed Sullivan ⓘ Edmund J. Sullivan ⓘ John L. Sullivan ⓘ John Sullivan ⓘ Kevin Sullivan ⓘ Louis Sullivan ⓘ Mark Sullivan ⓘ Michael Sullivan ⓘ Paul Sullivan ⓘ Robert Sullivan ⓘ Sean Sullivan ⓘ Steve Sullivan ⓘ Sullivan Stapleton ⓘ Timothy Sullivan ⓘ |
| hasPatronymicForm | O'Sullivan ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
O'Sullivan
ⓘ
Suilleabháin ⓘ |
| isAnglicisationOf |
Ó Súileabháin
ⓘ
linked to:
Suilleabháin
|
| languageOfOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| usedIn |
English language
ⓘ
Irish diaspora communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Sullivan Description of subject: Sullivan is a common Irish surname that has been borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Louis
subject linked to:
18th-century racehorse Eclipse
subject linked to:
Major General John Sullivan
subject linked to:
Governor John Sullivan