Costello

E206074

actor actress comedian comedy duo family name mobster musician person politician silent film actress singer-songwriter surname

Costello is a surname most notably associated with members of the American acting family, including silent film actress Helene Costello.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Costello canonical	11
Costello family	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1846532 — 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: Costello
Context triple: [Helene Costello, familyName, Costello]

A. Crowes
Crowes is a surname variant of Crowe, borne by various individuals and families of English or Irish origin.
B. Donovan
Donovan is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his influential role in the 1960s folk and psychedelic music scenes with hits like "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow."
C. Donovan
Donovan is a common Irish surname that has been borne by notable figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
D. Sakonnet band
The Sakonnet band was a local group of the Wampanoag people who inhabited the Sakonnet region of what is now southeastern Rhode Island.
E. Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in the 1970s, known for blending power pop and hard rock and for hits like "I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender."
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: Costello
Target entity description: Costello is a surname most notably associated with members of the American acting family, including silent film actress Helene Costello.

A. Crowes
Crowes is a surname variant of Crowe, borne by various individuals and families of English or Irish origin.
B. Donovan
Donovan is a common Irish surname that has been borne by notable figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
C. Donovan
Donovan is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his influential role in the 1960s folk and psychedelic music scenes with hits like "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow."
D. Sakonnet band
The Sakonnet band was a local group of the Wampanoag people who inhabited the Sakonnet region of what is now southeastern Rhode Island.
E. Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in the 1970s, known for blending power pop and hard rock and for hits like "I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ actor ⓘ actress ⓘ actress ⓘ comedian ⓘ comedian ⓘ comedy duo ⓘ family name ⓘ mobster ⓘ musician ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ politician ⓘ silent film actress ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ surname ⓘ
birthName	Declan Patrick MacManus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
familyName	Abbott ⓘ Barrymore ⓘ Costello self-linksurface differs ⓘ Costello self-linksurface differs ⓘ Costello self-linksurface differs ⓘ Costello self-linksurface differs ⓘ Costello self-linksurface differs ⓘ Costello self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin	English ⓘ Irish ⓘ
hasMember	Bud Abbott ⓘ Lou Costello ⓘ
hasNotableBearer	Helene Costello ⓘ
hasVariant	Costelloe ⓘ Mac Costello ⓘ
memberOf	Abbott and Costello ⓘ
positionHeld	Taoiseach of Ireland ⓘ
sibling	Dolores Costello ⓘ
spouse	John Barrymore ⓘ

How these facts were elicited