Stefan
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Stefan is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in many European countries as a variant of Stephen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stefan canonical | 62 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4880473 — 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: Stefan Context triple: [Stefan Rowecki, givenName, Stefan]
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A.
Stefan
Stefan is the given name of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, a revered medieval Serbian ruler and Orthodox Christian saint.
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B.
Stefan Rafael Benjamin
Stefan Rafael Benjamin was the son of the German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
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C.
Stefan Gregory
Stefan Gregory is a composer best known for his film score work, including the music for the historical drama "The Dig."
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D.
Stefan Zumtaugwald
Stefan Zumtaugwald was a 19th-century Swiss mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of the Alpine peak Liskamm.
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E.
Stefan Holt
Stefan Holt is an American television news anchor and journalist, known for his work with NBC-owned stations in Chicago and New York and as the son of longtime NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt.
- 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: Stefan Target entity description: Stefan is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in many European countries as a variant of Stephen.
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A.
Stefan
Stefan is the given name of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming, a revered medieval Serbian ruler and Orthodox Christian saint.
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B.
Stefan Rafael Benjamin
Stefan Rafael Benjamin was the son of the German Jewish philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
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C.
Stefan Gregory
Stefan Gregory is a composer best known for his film score work, including the music for the historical drama "The Dig."
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D.
Stefan Zumtaugwald
Stefan Zumtaugwald was a 19th-century Swiss mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of the Alpine peak Liskamm.
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E.
Stefan Holt
Stefan Holt is an American television news anchor and journalist, known for his work with NBC-owned stations in Chicago and New York and as the son of longtime NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Slavic given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Stephanos ⓘ |
| equivalentForm |
Esteban
ⓘ
Stefano ⓘ Stephan ⓘ Stephen ⓘ Steven ⓘ Étienne ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Stef
ⓘ
Steffi ⓘ Stevie ⓘ |
| hasNameDayAssociation | Saint Stephen ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearers |
Stefan Banach
ⓘ
Stefan Edberg ⓘ Stefan Zweig ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Greek language
ⓘ
Slavic languages ⓘ |
| meaning |
crown
ⓘ
garland ⓘ the crowned one ⓘ wreath ⓘ |
| nameDayObservedIn | various European countries ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Stephen ⓘ |
| usedAs | first name ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Austria
ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Canada ⓘ Croatia ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ North Macedonia ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ Romania ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| variantOf | Stephen ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Stefan Description of subject: Stefan is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in many European countries as a variant of Stephen.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Polish Air Force pilot Stefan Stec
subject linked to:
Czarniecki
subject linked to:
King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski
subject linked to:
King Stefan the First-Crowned
subject linked to:
Everts
subject linked to:
Stefan Weber
subject linked to:
Stefan Weber
subject linked to:
Stefan Weber
subject linked to:
Stefan Weber