Jemima
E450006
Jemima is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "dove."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jemima canonical | 10 |
| Jemima (Sillabub) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4525948 — 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: Jemima Context triple: [Jemima Potts, givenName, Jemima]
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A.
Jemmy
Jemmy was an enslaved African man in colonial South Carolina who led the 1739 Stono Rebellion, one of the largest slave uprisings in British North America.
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B.
Sophie
Sophie is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in many countries and meaning "wisdom."
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C.
Abigail
Abigail is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "my father is joy," historically popular in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Martha
Martha is a feminine given name of Aramaic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
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E.
Tamsin
Tamsin is a feminine given name of English origin, often associated with actresses and public figures such as Tamsin Egerton.
- 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: Jemima Target entity description: Jemima is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "dove."
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A.
Jemmy
Jemmy was an enslaved African man in colonial South Carolina who led the 1739 Stono Rebellion, one of the largest slave uprisings in British North America.
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B.
Sophie
Sophie is a feminine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in many countries and meaning "wisdom."
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C.
Abigail
Abigail is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "my father is joy," historically popular in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Martha
Martha is a feminine given name of Aramaic origin, historically borne by notable figures such as Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
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E.
Tamsin
Tamsin is a feminine given name of English origin, often associated with actresses and public figures such as Tamsin Egerton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Job
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalUsage | true ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Hebrew feminine given names
ⓘ
feminine given names ⓘ |
| hasConnotation |
gentleness
ⓘ
innocence ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Christian culture
ⓘ
Jewish culture ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRoot | Hebrew word for dove ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUsage | since antiquity ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Hebrew language
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| hasMeaning | dove ⓘ |
| hasNameDayTradition | none standard ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasScriptForm | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasSemanticField |
birds
ⓘ
peace ⓘ |
| hasTypicalUsageRegion | English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling | Jemimah ⓘ |
| isGivenNameFor | humans ⓘ |
| isPersonalName | true ⓘ |
| isTheophoric | false ⓘ |
| isUsedAs | female 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: Jemima Description of subject: Jemima is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "dove."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.