Stephen
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Stephen is the given first name of English actor, comedian, and writer Steve Coogan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3290243 — 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: Stephen Context triple: [Steve Coogan, givenName, Stephen]
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A.
Stephen
Stephen is the formal given name of Steve Wozniak, the American computer engineer and co-founder of Apple Inc.
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B.
Stephen
Stephen is the middle name of Harold Stephen Black, an American electrical engineer known for inventing the negative feedback amplifier.
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C.
Stephen
Stephen is the full given name of former Scottish footballer and manager Steve Nicol, best known for his successful career with Liverpool FC in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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D.
Stephen
Stephen is the first name of Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.
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E.
Stephen
Stephen is a prominent early Christian figure known as the first Christian martyr, whose story is recounted in the New Testament book of Acts.
- 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: Stephen Target entity description: Stephen is the given first name of English actor, comedian, and writer Steve Coogan.
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A.
Stephen
Stephen is the given first name of Steve Case, the American entrepreneur and co-founder of AOL.
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B.
Stephen
Stephen is the formal given name of Steve Wozniak, the American computer engineer and co-founder of Apple Inc.
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C.
Stephen
Stephen is the first name of British television writer and producer Russell T Davies, best known for reviving the science fiction series Doctor Who.
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D.
Stephen
Stephen is the given first name of Steve Wynn, the American real estate businessman and art collector known for his role in developing major Las Vegas casinos.
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E.
Stephen
Stephen is the given name of Stephen Strasburg, an American professional baseball pitcher known for his career with the Washington Nationals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
first name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| givenNameOf | Steve Coogan ⓘ |
| hasNameBearerOccupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Steve Coogan ⓘ |
| isFormOf | Stephen ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nameBearer | Steve Coogan ⓘ |
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: Stephen Description of subject: Stephen is the given first name of English actor, comedian, and writer Steve Coogan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.