María
E542342
María is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in Spanish-speaking countries and associated with numerous historical and religious figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| María canonical | 42 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5591063 — 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: María Context triple: [María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera, givenName, María]
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A.
María
chosen
María is a key character in Ernest Hemingway's novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls," known as a young Spanish woman and love interest of the protagonist amid the Spanish Civil War.
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B.
María
"María" is a film featuring actress Taryn Power in a significant role.
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C.
María
María is the given first name of Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, a prominent figure in Mexico’s War of Independence.
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D.
Luisa
Luisa is a feminine given name used in various languages, particularly Romance languages, as a form of the name Louise.
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E.
Francisca
Francisca is a feminine given name, used in various European and Latin American cultures, that is cognate with the English name Frances.
- F. None of above.
- 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: María Target entity description: María is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in Spanish-speaking countries and associated with numerous historical and religious figures.
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A.
María
María is a key character in Ernest Hemingway's novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls," known as a young Spanish woman and love interest of the protagonist amid the Spanish Civil War.
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B.
María
"María" is a film featuring actress Taryn Power in a significant role.
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C.
María
María is the given first name of Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, a prominent figure in Mexico’s War of Independence.
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D.
Luisa
Luisa is a feminine given name used in various languages, particularly Romance languages, as a form of the name Louise.
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E.
Francisca
Francisca is a feminine given name, used in various European and Latin American cultures, that is cognate with the English name Frances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholicism
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ Marian devotions ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| category |
Spanish feminine given names
ⓘ
Theophoric names ⓘ |
| commonInCountry |
Argentina
ⓘ
Chile ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Peru ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Spain ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Miriam ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Hebrew Miryam ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasDiacritic | acute accent on i ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Marita
ⓘ
Maruja ⓘ María José (compound name) ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Hebrew language
ⓘ
Hebrew name Miriam ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Maria
ⓘ
Marie ⓘ Marija ⓘ Mary ⓘ Miriam ⓘ Mária ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Asturian
ⓘ
linked to:
Asturian language
Basque ⓘ Filipino ⓘ Galician ⓘ
linked to:
Galician language
Italian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| meaning |
beloved
ⓘ
bitter ⓘ rebellious ⓘ wished-for child ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | name of the mother of Jesus in Christian tradition ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usedAs |
compound name element
ⓘ
first name ⓘ middle 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: María Description of subject: María is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in Spanish-speaking countries and associated with numerous historical and religious figures.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
María del Rosario
subject linked to:
María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga