Little
E172706
Little is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little canonical | 32 |
| Little (English surname) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1514583 — 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: Little Context triple: [Grady Little, familyName, Little]
-
A.
Small
Small is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on nanoscience and nanotechnology, including research on nanoscale materials, devices, and systems.
-
B.
Tiny
Tiny was the ironic nickname of Bernard Freyberg, a highly decorated British-New Zealand military commander and World War II general.
-
C.
Small Fry
Small Fry is a memoir by Lisa Brennan-Jobs recounting her childhood and complicated relationship with her father, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
-
D.
Baby
"Baby" is a 1994 R&B song by American singer Brandy, released as a single from her self-titled debut album and known for its smooth groove and chart success.
-
E.
Mini
Mini is a British automotive marque best known for its compact, stylish small cars that originated with the iconic Mini of the 1960s.
- 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: Little Target entity description: Little is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
-
A.
Small
Small is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on nanoscience and nanotechnology, including research on nanoscale materials, devices, and systems.
-
B.
Tiny
Tiny was the ironic nickname of Bernard Freyberg, a highly decorated British-New Zealand military commander and World War II general.
-
C.
Small Fry
Small Fry is a memoir by Lisa Brennan-Jobs recounting her childhood and complicated relationship with her father, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
-
D.
Baby
"Baby" is a 1994 R&B song by American singer Brandy, released as a single from her self-titled debut album and known for its smooth groove and chart success.
-
E.
Mini
Mini is a British automotive marque best known for its compact, stylish small cars that originated with the iconic Mini of the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
ⓘ
family name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Surnames from nicknames ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalMeaning | small ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Arthur D. Little
ⓘ
C. H. Little ⓘ George Little ⓘ Ian Little ⓘ Jimmy Little ⓘ Lester Little ⓘ Malcolm Little ⓘ
linked to:
Malcolm X
Roy Little ⓘ Stuart Little (fictional character) ⓘ Wilfrid Little ⓘ
linked to:
Wilfred Little
Willie Little ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasVariant |
Litle
ⓘ
Lytle ⓘ
linked to:
Lyttle
Lyttle ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
| isDerivedFrom | Middle English word "littel" ⓘ |
| isUsedAs |
surname in politics
ⓘ
surname in sports ⓘ surname in the arts ⓘ |
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: Little Description of subject: Little is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.