Perkins
E209764
Perkins is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, sports, and academia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perkins canonical | 41 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1879211 — 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: Perkins Context triple: [Frances Perkins, familyName, Perkins]
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A.
Brinkman
Brinkman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Porter
Porter is a transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts that serves both MBTA commuter rail and Red Line subway services.
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C.
Otis
Otis is a globally recognized manufacturer of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, known for pioneering vertical transportation technologies.
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D.
Otis
"Otis" is a hip-hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring a prominent Otis Redding sample, known for its celebratory tone and showcase of their lyrical chemistry.
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E.
Otis
Otis is a small rural town in western Massachusetts known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation.
- 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: Perkins Target entity description: Perkins is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, sports, and academia.
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A.
Brinkman
Brinkman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Porter
Porter is a transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts that serves both MBTA commuter rail and Red Line subway services.
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C.
Otis
Otis is a globally recognized manufacturer of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, known for pioneering vertical transportation technologies.
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D.
Otis
Otis is a small rural town in western Massachusetts known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation.
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E.
Otis
"Otis" is a hip-hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring a prominent Otis Redding sample, known for its celebratory tone and showcase of their lyrical chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
ⓘ
patronymic surname ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Patronymic surnames ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Perkin
ⓘ
Peter ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | son of Perkin ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Anthony Perkins
ⓘ
Bill Perkins ⓘ Carl Perkins ⓘ Elizabeth Perkins ⓘ Frances Perkins ⓘ Frances Perkins (U.S. Secretary of Labor) ⓘ
linked to:
Frances Perkins
George Perkins ⓘ
linked to:
George W. Perkins
Jack Perkins ⓘ Jane Perkins ⓘ John M. Perkins ⓘ John Perkins ⓘ John Perkins (author) ⓘ
linked to:
John Perkins
Justin Perkins ⓘ Sam Perkins ⓘ Scott Perkins ⓘ Simon Perkins ⓘ Steve Perkins ⓘ Sue Perkins ⓘ Tony Perkins ⓘ William Perkins ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | England ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
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: Perkins Description of subject: Perkins is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, sports, and academia.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.