McGregor
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McGregor is a Scottish surname most famously associated with the mixed martial artist Conor McGregor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McGregor canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4418019 — 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: McGregor Context triple: [Mc, hasExampleSurname, McGregor]
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A.
Mac McNeilly
Mac McNeilly is an American drummer best known for his powerful, driving work with the influential noise rock band The Jesus Lizard.
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B.
O'Brien
O'Brien is a common Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with the descendants of the High King Brian Boru.
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C.
Red Grant
Red Grant is a ruthless, psychopathic assassin and primary antagonist in the James Bond franchise, most prominently appearing as SPECTRE’s top killer in the film and novel "From Russia, with Love."
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D.
John McDonald
John McDonald was a co-author of Alfred P. Sloan Jr.’s influential business memoir "My Years with General Motors," helping to document the history and management practices of the automotive giant.
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E.
McMahon
McMahon is an Irish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, entertainment, and sports across Ireland, the United States, and other English-speaking countries.
- 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: McGregor Target entity description: McGregor is a Scottish surname most famously associated with the mixed martial artist Conor McGregor.
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A.
Mac McNeilly
Mac McNeilly is an American drummer best known for his powerful, driving work with the influential noise rock band The Jesus Lizard.
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B.
O'Brien
O'Brien is a common Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with the descendants of the High King Brian Boru.
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C.
Red Grant
Red Grant is a ruthless, psychopathic assassin and primary antagonist in the James Bond franchise, most prominently appearing as SPECTRE’s top killer in the film and novel "From Russia, with Love."
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D.
John McDonald
John McDonald was a co-author of Alfred P. Sloan Jr.’s influential business memoir "My Years with General Motors," helping to document the history and management practices of the automotive giant.
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E.
McMahon
McMahon is an Irish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, entertainment, and sports across Ireland, the United States, and other English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish surname
ⓘ
actor ⓘ comic book writer ⓘ cricketer ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ mixed martial artist ⓘ politician ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedClan |
Clan Gregor
ⓘ
linked to:
Clan MacGregor
|
| category | Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surname ⓘ |
| competedIn | Ultimate Fighting Championship ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | MacGregor ⓘ |
| etymology | patronymic from the personal name Griogar ⓘ |
| familyName | McGregor ⓘ |
| givenName | Conor ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alasdair McGregor
ⓘ
Conor McGregor ⓘ Don McGregor ⓘ Ewan McGregor ⓘ James Drummond McGregor ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
MacGregor
ⓘ
McGreggor ⓘ McGregore ⓘ
linked to:
McGreggor
|
| knownFor |
UFC featherweight championship
ⓘ
linked to:
UFC Featherweight Champion
UFC lightweight championship ⓘ
linked to:
UFC lightweight division
|
| languageOfOrigin | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| meaning |
son of Gregory
ⓘ
son of Griogar ⓘ |
| nationality |
Irish
ⓘ
Scottish ⓘ |
| occupation |
mixed martial artist
ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| relatedName |
Gregor
ⓘ
Gregory ⓘ |
| sport |
boxing
ⓘ
mixed martial arts ⓘ |
| usedAs | family 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: McGregor Description of subject: McGregor is a Scottish surname most famously associated with the mixed martial artist Conor McGregor.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.