Richard
E19643
Richard is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard canonical | 868 |
| Richard (English) | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T26849 — 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: Richard Context triple: [Richard Feynman, givenName, Richard]
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A.
Edward
Edward is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with kings of England and notable figures such as U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
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B.
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used across Europe and the English-speaking world, borne by numerous historical figures, royalty, and notable individuals.
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C.
King John of England
King John of England was the early 13th-century English monarch whose reign was marked by military failures, heavy taxation, and baronial rebellion that led to the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215.
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D.
Henry III of England
Henry III of England was a 13th-century Plantagenet king whose long and often turbulent reign was marked by baronial conflicts, administrative reforms, and the reaffirmation of royal obligations to the nobility and Church.
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E.
Edward III of England
Edward III of England was a 14th-century English king whose long reign was marked by military campaigns in the Hundred Years’ War, the strengthening of royal authority, and a flourishing of chivalric culture.
- 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: Richard Target entity description: Richard is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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A.
Edward
Edward is a masculine given name of English origin, historically associated with kings of England and notable figures such as U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
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B.
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used across Europe and the English-speaking world, borne by numerous historical figures, royalty, and notable individuals.
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C.
King John of England
King John of England was the early 13th-century English monarch whose reign was marked by military failures, heavy taxation, and baronial rebellion that led to the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215.
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D.
Henry III of England
Henry III of England was a 13th-century Plantagenet king whose long and often turbulent reign was marked by baronial conflicts, administrative reforms, and the reaffirmation of royal obligations to the nobility and Church.
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E.
Edward III of England
Edward III of England was a 14th-century English king whose long reign was marked by military campaigns in the Hundred Years’ War, the strengthening of royal authority, and a flourishing of chivalric culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
hard (strong, brave)
ⓘ
ric (ruler, leader) ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Don
ⓘ
surface form:
Dick
Richie ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm |
Ricarda
ⓘ
Ricarda ⓘ
surface form:
Richarda
|
| hasLanguageOfUse |
Albanian
ⓘ
Croatian ⓘ Czech language ⓘ
surface form:
Czech
Danish ⓘ Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ Esperanto ⓘ Estonian ⓘ Finnish ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ Icelandic ⓘ Irish language ⓘ
surface form:
Irish
Italian ⓘ Latvian ⓘ Lithuanian ⓘ Maltese ⓘ Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian
Polish language ⓘ
surface form:
Polish
Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
Romanian language ⓘ
surface form:
Romanian
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ Serbian ⓘ Slovak ⓘ Slovene ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ Turkish ⓘ Welsh ⓘ |
| hasNameDayIn | various European countries ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Rich
ⓘ
Rick ⓘ Ricky ⓘ Ricky ⓘ
surface form:
Ritch
Ritchie ⓘ |
| isCommonIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ English-speaking countries ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| meaning |
brave ruler
ⓘ
powerful leader ⓘ |
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: Richard Description of subject: Richard is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
Referenced by (871)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richard Shorter
subject surface form:
Richard M. Daley
subject surface form:
Richard Black (Virginia politician)
subject surface form:
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
subject surface form:
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester