Ricardo
E303673
Ricardo is a masculine given name of Spanish and Portuguese origin, equivalent to Richard in English.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2851681 — 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: Ricardo Context triple: [Ricardo Wolf, givenName, Ricardo]
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A.
Ricardo
Ricardo is a surname most famously associated with David Ricardo, the influential 19th-century British political economist known for his work on comparative advantage and classical economics.
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B.
Eduardo
Eduardo is a masculine given name commonly used in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to the English name Edward.
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C.
Fernando
Fernando is the given name of Salgueiro Maia, a key Portuguese military officer who played a leading role in the Carnation Revolution.
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D.
Fernando
"Fernando" is a popular 1976 ballad by Swedish pop group ABBA, known for its nostalgic, storytelling lyrics and melodic harmonies.
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E.
Enrique
Enrique is a Spanish given name equivalent to the English name Henry.
- 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: Ricardo Target entity description: Ricardo is a masculine given name of Spanish and Portuguese origin, equivalent to Richard in English.
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A.
Ricardo
Ricardo is a surname most famously associated with David Ricardo, the influential 19th-century British political economist known for his work on comparative advantage and classical economics.
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B.
Eduardo
Eduardo is a masculine given name commonly used in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to the English name Edward.
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C.
Fernando
"Fernando" is a popular 1976 ballad by Swedish pop group ABBA, known for its nostalgic, storytelling lyrics and melodic harmonies.
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D.
Fernando
Fernando is the given name of Salgueiro Maia, a key Portuguese military officer who played a leading role in the Carnation Revolution.
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E.
Enrique
Enrique is a Spanish given name equivalent to the English name Henry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| category |
Masculine given names
ⓘ
Portuguese masculine given names ⓘ Spanish masculine given names ⓘ |
| equivalentFormInLanguage |
Richard (English)
ⓘ
linked to:
Richard
|
| etymologicalComponent |
hard (meaning "brave", "strong" or "hardy")
ⓘ
ric (meaning "ruler" or "power") ⓘ |
| etymologicalOrigin | Germanic name Richard ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasCognate |
Richard (English)
ⓘ
linked to:
Richard
Richard (French: Richard) ⓘ Richard (German: Richard) ⓘ Rikard (Scandinavian forms) ⓘ Ryszard (Polish) ⓘ
linked to:
Ryszard
|
| hasIPAInBrazilianPortuguese | /ʁiˈkaʁdu/ ⓘ |
| hasIPAInEuropeanPortuguese | /ʁiˈkaɾðu/ ⓘ |
| hasIPAInSpanish | /riˈkaɾðo/ ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Portuguese
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| hasNameDayInSomeTraditions | associated with Saint Richard ⓘ |
| hasShortForm |
Rick
ⓘ
Ricky ⓘ Rico ⓘ Rik ⓘ |
| hasStressPatternInPortuguese | Ri-CAR-do ⓘ |
| hasStressPatternInSpanish | Ri-CAR-do ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Ricard (Catalan)
ⓘ
Ricardo (Galician) ⓘ
linked to:
Ricardo (Spanish, Portuguese)
Riccardo (Italian) ⓘ
linked to:
Riccardo
|
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| isUsedInCountry |
Angola
ⓘ
Argentina ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Chile ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Peru ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| meaning |
powerful ruler
ⓘ
strong ruler ⓘ |
| typicalUsage | first name ⓘ |
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: Ricardo Description of subject: Ricardo is a masculine given name of Spanish and Portuguese origin, equivalent to Richard in English.
Referenced by (54)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ricardo
subject linked to:
Astrid Sloan in The Politician
subject linked to:
Hermanos Rodríguez
subject linked to:
Ricardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho
subject linked to:
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino
subject linked to:
Lucille Esmeralda McGillicuddy Ricardo
subject linked to:
Tedesco