Alistair
E466578
Alistair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin commonly used in English-speaking countries.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4746911 — 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: Alistair Context triple: [Alistair Darling, givenName, Alistair]
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A.
Iain
Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
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B.
Alistair Donald
Alistair Donald is a British filmmaker and photographer known for his work in documentary and commercial projects and for his past marriage to fashion designer Stella McCartney.
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C.
Alec Cameron
Alec Cameron is an Australian academic and higher education leader who serves as the Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT University.
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D.
Angus Sutherland
Angus Sutherland is a Canadian actor and producer, known both for his work in film and television and as a member of the Sutherland acting family.
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E.
Alexander Kirk
Alexander Kirk is a fictional character who appears as a mysterious antagonist in the television series "The Blacklist."
- 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: Alistair Target entity description: Alistair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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A.
Iain
Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
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B.
Alistair Donald
Alistair Donald is a British filmmaker and photographer known for his work in documentary and commercial projects and for his past marriage to fashion designer Stella McCartney.
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C.
Alec Cameron
Alec Cameron is an Australian academic and higher education leader who serves as the Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT University.
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D.
Angus Sutherland
Angus Sutherland is a Canadian actor and producer, known both for his work in film and television and as a member of the Sutherland acting family.
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E.
Alexander Kirk
Alexander Kirk is a fictional character who appears as a mysterious antagonist in the television series "The Blacklist."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| category |
English masculine given names
ⓘ
Scottish masculine given names ⓘ masculine given names ⓘ |
| cognateOf | Alexander ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Scottish Gaelic name Alasdair ⓘ |
| etymologicalMeaning | defender of men ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
Alasdair
ⓘ
Alastair ⓘ
linked to:
Alistair
Alister ⓘ Allister ⓘ
linked to:
Alister
|
| hasNotableBearersIn |
arts
ⓘ
broadcasting ⓘ literature ⓘ politics ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Scottish ⓘ |
| nameDayTraditionLinkedTo | Alexander ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Scottish English ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
English-speaking countries
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| variantOf |
Alasdair
ⓘ
Alastair ⓘ
linked to:
Alistair
|
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: Alistair Description of subject: Alistair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin commonly used in English-speaking countries.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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