Štěpán
E548019
Štěpán is the Czech given name corresponding to the Hungarian name István, itself equivalent to Stephen in English.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5810141 — 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: Štěpán Context triple: [István, equivalentNameInCzech, Štěpán]
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A.
Zdeněk
Zdeněk is a Czech given name commonly used for males, equivalent to the English name Sidney or Dennis in some contexts.
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B.
Oldřich
Oldřich is a Czech masculine given name traditionally borne by several notable historical and cultural figures in the Czech lands.
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C.
Timotej
Timotej is a masculine given name, common in Slavic countries, that is equivalent to Timothy.
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D.
Vojtech
Vojtech is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Central and Eastern Europe.
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E.
Ludvík
Ludvík is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Czech and Slovak cultures.
- 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: Štěpán Target entity description: Štěpán is the Czech given name corresponding to the Hungarian name István, itself equivalent to Stephen in English.
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A.
Zdeněk
Zdeněk is a Czech given name commonly used for males, equivalent to the English name Sidney or Dennis in some contexts.
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B.
Oldřich
Oldřich is a Czech masculine given name traditionally borne by several notable historical and cultural figures in the Czech lands.
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C.
Timotej
Timotej is a masculine given name, common in Slavic countries, that is equivalent to Timothy.
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D.
Vojtech
Vojtech is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Central and Eastern Europe.
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E.
Ludvík
Ludvík is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Czech and Slovak cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Czech masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedWithSaint | Saint Stephen ⓘ |
| category |
Czech masculine given names
ⓘ
Masculine given names ⓘ |
| commonInCountry | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| correspondsTo |
French name Étienne
ⓘ
Italian name Stefano ⓘ Polish name Szczepan ⓘ Slovak name Štefan ⓘ Spanish name Esteban ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Greek name Stephanos ⓘ |
| equivalentNameInEnglish | Stephen ⓘ |
| equivalentNameInHungarian | István ⓘ |
| etymologicalMeaning | that which surrounds (in reference to a crown or wreath) ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Ancient Greek "stephanos" ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasDiacritic | ˇ (caron) over the letter Š ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Štěpa
ⓘ
linked to:
Štěpán
Štěpánek ⓘ
linked to:
Štěpán
Štěpík ⓘ
linked to:
Štěpán
|
| hasVariant |
Stepan (without diacritics)
ⓘ
linked to:
Stepan
|
| languageOfUse |
Czech
ⓘ
linked to:
Czech language
|
| meaning |
crown
ⓘ
garland ⓘ wreath ⓘ |
| nameDayInCzechia | 26 December ⓘ |
| shortFormOf |
Stephen (as a localized form)
ⓘ
linked to:
Stephan
|
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
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: Štěpán Description of subject: Štěpán is the Czech given name corresponding to the Hungarian name István, itself equivalent to Stephen in English.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Štěpán
linked to: Štěpán
linked to: Štěpán