Maddalena
E201622
Maddalena is the Italian form of the given name Magdalena, traditionally associated with Mary Magdalene in Christian tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maddalena canonical | 14 |
| Maddalena (Italian female given name) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1769048 — 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: Maddalena Context triple: [Magdalena, hasVariant, Maddalena]
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A.
Madalena
Madalena is a neighborhood in the Brazilian city of Recife, known for its urban character and local commerce.
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B.
Leonora
Leonora is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often considered a variant of Eleanor or Leonore.
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C.
Caterina
Caterina is an Italian given name, equivalent to Catherine, commonly used for women in Italian-speaking and related cultures.
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D.
Adelaide del Vasto
Adelaide del Vasto was a Norman noblewoman who served as regent of Sicily and later became queen consort of Jerusalem in the early 12th century.
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E.
Ludovica
Ludovica is an Italian feminine given name, traditionally associated with nobility and derived from the same Germanic roots as names like Louise and Ludwig.
- 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: Maddalena Target entity description: Maddalena is the Italian form of the given name Magdalena, traditionally associated with Mary Magdalene in Christian tradition.
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A.
Madalena
Madalena is a neighborhood in the Brazilian city of Recife, known for its urban character and local commerce.
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B.
Leonora
Leonora is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often considered a variant of Eleanor or Leonore.
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C.
Caterina
Caterina is an Italian given name, equivalent to Catherine, commonly used for women in Italian-speaking and related cultures.
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D.
Adelaide del Vasto
Adelaide del Vasto was a Norman noblewoman who served as regent of Sicily and later became queen consort of Jerusalem in the early 12th century.
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E.
Ludovica
Ludovica is an Italian feminine given name, traditionally associated with nobility and derived from the same Germanic roots as names like Louise and Ludwig.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
biblical name
ⓘ
saint name ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalOrigin | Hebrew name Migdal ⓘ |
| hasGender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasMeaningRelatedTo | Magdala (tower) ⓘ |
| hasNameDayTradition | linked to feast of Mary Magdalene ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Magdalena ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAssociation | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasShortForm |
Lena
ⓘ
Madda ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Maddalene
ⓘ
Madeleine ⓘ Magda ⓘ Magdalena ⓘ Magdalene ⓘ |
| isFormOf | Magdalena ⓘ |
| isTraditionallyAssociatedWith | Mary Magdalene ⓘ |
| isUsedAs | first name ⓘ |
| isUsedIn | Italy ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | Italian ⓘ |
| 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: Maddalena Description of subject: Maddalena is the Italian form of the given name Magdalena, traditionally associated with Mary Magdalene in Christian tradition.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maddalena