Moira
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Moira is a feminine given name of Greek origin, often considered a variant of Mary and associated with meanings like "fate" or "destiny."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moira canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3580280 — 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: Moira Context triple: [Mary, hasVariant, Moira]
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A.
Moira O’Hara
Moira O’Hara is a central ghostly housemaid character in the horror anthology series American Horror Story, known for appearing differently to men and women and embodying themes of desire, guilt, and tragedy.
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B.
Moira Ross
Moira Ross is a British television producer best known for her senior production role on the popular dance competition show Strictly Come Dancing.
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C.
Catriona
Catriona is a feminine given name of Gaelic origin, commonly used in Scotland and Ireland and often considered a variant of Katherine.
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D.
Catriona
Catriona is a historical adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson that continues the story begun in Kidnapped, following David Balfour’s further trials and romance in 18th-century Scotland and the Netherlands.
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E.
Aisling
Aisling is a notable film or project associated with acclaimed British cinematographer Dick Pope, recognized for his visually distinctive work.
- 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: Moira Target entity description: Moira is a feminine given name of Greek origin, often considered a variant of Mary and associated with meanings like "fate" or "destiny."
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A.
Moira O’Hara
Moira O’Hara is a central ghostly housemaid character in the horror anthology series American Horror Story, known for appearing differently to men and women and embodying themes of desire, guilt, and tragedy.
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B.
Moira Ross
Moira Ross is a British television producer best known for her senior production role on the popular dance competition show Strictly Come Dancing.
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C.
Catriona
Catriona is a feminine given name of Gaelic origin, commonly used in Scotland and Ireland and often considered a variant of Katherine.
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D.
Catriona
Catriona is a historical adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson that continues the story begun in Kidnapped, following David Balfour’s further trials and romance in 18th-century Scotland and the Netherlands.
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E.
Aisling
Aisling is a notable film or project associated with acclaimed British cinematographer Dick Pope, recognized for his visually distinctive work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Greek word "moira" ⓘ |
| etymologyNote | from Ancient Greek "μοῖρα" meaning "fate" or "portion" ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Greek mythology Fates (Moirai)
ⓘ
linked to:
Moirae
|
| hasInitialLetter | M ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Greek culture
ⓘ
Greek language ⓘ |
| hasStressPattern | MOI-ra ⓘ |
| hasSyllableCount | two ⓘ |
| isGivenNameFor | humans ⓘ |
| meaning |
destiny
ⓘ
fate ⓘ lot ⓘ share ⓘ |
| nameCategory | theophoric and abstract quality names ⓘ |
| nameLength | 5 letters ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Maire
ⓘ
Mary ⓘ Maura ⓘ Moire ⓘ |
| semanticField | fate and destiny ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
England
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| usageType | personal name ⓘ |
| variantOf | Mary ⓘ |
| 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: Moira Description of subject: Moira is a feminine given name of Greek origin, often considered a variant of Mary and associated with meanings like "fate" or "destiny."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.