Alma
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Alma is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "nourishing" or "kind," used in various cultures around the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alma canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4705272 — 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: Alma Context triple: [Alma Thomas, givenName, Alma]
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A.
Alma
Alma is a historic wooden scow schooner preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco, representing the city’s 19th- and early 20th-century maritime commerce.
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B.
Alma
Alma is a historic British Army battle honour commemorating the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War.
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C.
Ellah
Ellah is a given name, typically used as a feminine variant of the name Ella.
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D.
Nena
Nena is a German pop singer and actress best known internationally for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons."
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E.
Zella
Zella is an activewear and athleisure clothing brand known for its performance-focused yet stylish designs, sold at Nordstrom.
- 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: Alma Target entity description: Alma is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "nourishing" or "kind," used in various cultures around the world.
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A.
Alma
Alma is a historic wooden scow schooner preserved as a museum ship in San Francisco, representing the city’s 19th- and early 20th-century maritime commerce.
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B.
Alma
Alma is a historic British Army battle honour commemorating the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War.
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C.
Ellah
Ellah is a given name, typically used as a feminine variant of the name Ella.
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D.
Nena
Nena is a German pop singer and actress best known internationally for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons."
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E.
Zella
Zella is an activewear and athleisure clothing brand known for its performance-focused yet stylish designs, sold at Nordstrom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Latin feminine given names
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feminine given names ⓘ given names derived from Latin ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyNote | often linked to Latin adjective "almus" meaning nourishing or kind ⓘ |
| hasFourLetters | true ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
kind
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nourishing ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | varies by country ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Latin language
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin
|
| hasUsage | international ⓘ |
| hasVariantForm | Almah ⓘ |
| isGivenTo | girls ⓘ |
| isSpelled | A-l-m-a ⓘ |
| isUsedAs | personal name ⓘ |
| isUsedInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese language
Scandinavian languages ⓘ Slavic languages ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| usedAs | first name ⓘ |
| usedIn | various cultures ⓘ |
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: Alma Description of subject: Alma is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning "nourishing" or "kind," used in various cultures around the world.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Alma Beers Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain
subject linked to:
President Alma Coin
subject linked to:
Melonie Diaz as Alma