McGrath
E480137
McGrath is a surname of Irish origin, closely related to and sometimes used as a variant of the surname McGraw.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McGrath canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4924263 — 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: McGrath Context triple: [McGraw, hasVariant, McGrath]
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A.
Maginnes
Maginnes is the maiden surname of Nancy Maginnes Kissinger, an American philanthropist and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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B.
Rennahan
Rennahan is a surname most notably associated with Ray Rennahan, an American cinematographer known for his pioneering work with Technicolor.
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C.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban town in west London, England, known for its residential areas, transport links, and proximity to Heathrow Airport.
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D.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
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E.
McAlister
McAlister is a small unincorporated community located in Quay County in eastern New Mexico, United States.
- 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: McGrath Target entity description: McGrath is a surname of Irish origin, closely related to and sometimes used as a variant of the surname McGraw.
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A.
Maginnes
Maginnes is the maiden surname of Nancy Maginnes Kissinger, an American philanthropist and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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B.
Rennahan
Rennahan is a surname most notably associated with Ray Rennahan, an American cinematographer known for his pioneering work with Technicolor.
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C.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban town in west London, England, known for its residential areas, transport links, and proximity to Heathrow Airport.
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D.
Hayes
Hayes is a suburban district in southeast London, England, known for its residential character and green spaces within the London Borough of Bromley.
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E.
McAlister
McAlister is a small unincorporated community located in Quay County in eastern New Mexico, United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Anglicised Irish-language surname
ⓘ
patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalElement |
Grath
ⓘ
Mac ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearers | multiple individuals in sports, politics and the arts ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage |
Irish Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish language
|
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasType | hereditary surname ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasVariant | McGraw ⓘ |
| isDerivedFrom | a personal name of Irish origin ⓘ |
| isRelatedSurname | McGraw ⓘ |
| 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: McGrath Description of subject: McGrath is a surname of Irish origin, closely related to and sometimes used as a variant of the surname McGraw.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.