MacDermid
E420910
MacDermid is a surname of Scottish origin, commonly regarded as a variant spelling of McDiarmid.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacDermid canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4209127 — 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: MacDermid Context triple: [McDiarmid, hasSpellingVariant, MacDermid]
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A.
3M
3M is a multinational conglomerate corporation known for its wide range of innovative products in areas such as adhesives, abrasives, healthcare, and consumer goods, including the iconic Post-it Notes and Scotch tape.
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B.
Kodak Alaris
Kodak Alaris is a company that focuses on imaging and photographic products and services, including film, photo printing, and document management solutions, formed from the former consumer imaging assets of Eastman Kodak.
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C.
Eastman
Eastman is a given name most notably associated with the 19th-century American painter Eastman Johnson, a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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D.
Philipse
Philipse is the surname of a prominent colonial-era merchant and landowning family in what is now New York, notably associated with Frederick Philipse I.
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E.
Mardel, Inc.
Mardel, Inc. is a Christian-themed retail chain in the United States that sells books, educational materials, and religious merchandise.
- 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: MacDermid Target entity description: MacDermid is a surname of Scottish origin, commonly regarded as a variant spelling of McDiarmid.
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A.
3M
3M is a multinational conglomerate corporation known for its wide range of innovative products in areas such as adhesives, abrasives, healthcare, and consumer goods, including the iconic Post-it Notes and Scotch tape.
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B.
Kodak Alaris
Kodak Alaris is a company that focuses on imaging and photographic products and services, including film, photo printing, and document management solutions, formed from the former consumer imaging assets of Eastman Kodak.
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C.
Eastman
Eastman is a given name most notably associated with the 19th-century American painter Eastman Johnson, a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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D.
Philipse
Philipse is the surname of a prominent colonial-era merchant and landowning family in what is now New York, notably associated with Frederick Philipse I.
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E.
Mardel, Inc.
Mardel, Inc. is a Christian-themed retail chain in the United States that sells books, educational materials, and religious merchandise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
MacDiarmid
ⓘ
McDermid ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surnames
ⓘ
Scottish surnames ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalElement |
Diarmid
ⓘ
Mac ⓘ |
| hasFrequencyRegion |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasNameType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Grant McDermid
ⓘ
Laurie MacDermid ⓘ Patrick MacDermid ⓘ
linked to:
Sean MacDermid
Robert MacDermid ⓘ Sean MacDermid ⓘ |
| isRelatedSurname |
MacDiarmid
ⓘ
McDermid ⓘ McDiarmid ⓘ |
| isUsedInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| isVariantOf | McDiarmid ⓘ |
| means | son of Diarmid ⓘ |
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: MacDermid Description of subject: MacDermid is a surname of Scottish origin, commonly regarded as a variant spelling of McDiarmid.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.