Key
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Key is a common English surname borne by various notable individuals, including American lawyer and national anthem lyricist Francis Scott Key.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Key canonical | 12 |
| Key family | 1 |
| Key! | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T132913 — 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: Key Context triple: [Francis Scott Key, familyName, Key]
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A.
Keys
"Keys" is a double album by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys that blends stripped-down piano-driven tracks with more fully produced versions, showcasing her versatility and evolution as an artist.
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B.
KC
KC is a common shorthand nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, a major Midwestern U.S. city known for its jazz heritage, barbecue, and sports teams.
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C.
Kick
Kick was the affectionate nickname of Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, the socially prominent and charismatic sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
KG
KG is the post-nominal abbreviation used by Knights of the Order of the Garter, the highest order of chivalry in the United Kingdom.
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E.
KBE
KBE is an abbreviation that most commonly refers to "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor in the British honours system.
- 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: Key Target entity description: Key is a common English surname borne by various notable individuals, including American lawyer and national anthem lyricist Francis Scott Key.
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A.
Keys
"Keys" is a double album by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys that blends stripped-down piano-driven tracks with more fully produced versions, showcasing her versatility and evolution as an artist.
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B.
KC
KC is a common shorthand nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, a major Midwestern U.S. city known for its jazz heritage, barbecue, and sports teams.
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C.
Kick
Kick was the affectionate nickname of Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, the socially prominent and charismatic sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
KG
KG is the post-nominal abbreviation used by Knights of the Order of the Garter, the highest order of chivalry in the United Kingdom.
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E.
KBE
KBE is an abbreviation that most commonly refers to "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor in the British honours system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
ⓘ
family name ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
New Zealand
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United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1779-08-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1843-01-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | St. John’s College, Annapolis ⓘ |
| familyName |
Key
ⓘ
Key ⓘ Keys ⓘ |
| genre | patriotic poetry ⓘ |
| givenName |
Francis
ⓘ
Scott ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alicia Keys
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David Key ⓘ Francis Scott Key ⓘ John Key ⓘ Sydney Key ⓘ |
| knownFor | writing the lyrics of the United States national anthem ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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poet ⓘ politician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Frederick County, Maryland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Baltimore, Maryland
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linked to:
Baltimore
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| usedInCountry |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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: Key Description of subject: Key is a common English surname borne by various notable individuals, including American lawyer and national anthem lyricist Francis Scott Key.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.