Meek
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Meek is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, music, and politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meek canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5835456 — 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: Meek Context triple: [Donald Meek, familyName, Meek]
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A.
Meekknoken
Meekknoken is the highest peak on the island of Averøya in Norway, known as its most prominent natural elevation.
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B.
Milquetoast
"Milquetoast" is a popular alternative metal song by the American band Helmet, known for its heavy, riff-driven sound and association with the 1990s post-hardcore scene.
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C.
Meany
Meany is a surname most notably associated with George Meany, the influential American labor leader and first president of the AFL-CIO.
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D.
Keef
Keef is the nickname of Keith Richards, the iconic guitarist and founding member of the Rolling Stones.
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E.
McFeely
McFeely is the middle name of beloved American children's television host Fred Rogers, famously known as Mister Rogers.
- 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: Meek Target entity description: Meek is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, music, and politics.
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A.
Meekknoken
Meekknoken is the highest peak on the island of Averøya in Norway, known as its most prominent natural elevation.
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B.
Milquetoast
"Milquetoast" is a popular alternative metal song by the American band Helmet, known for its heavy, riff-driven sound and association with the 1990s post-hardcore scene.
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C.
Meany
Meany is a surname most notably associated with George Meany, the influential American labor leader and first president of the AFL-CIO.
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D.
Keef
Keef is the nickname of Keith Richards, the iconic guitarist and founding member of the Rolling Stones.
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E.
McFeely
McFeely is the middle name of beloved American children's television host Fred Rogers, famously known as Mister Rogers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Meek ⓘ |
| givenName |
Alexander
ⓘ
Joe ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Scottish English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Alexander Meek
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Allen Meek ⓘ Barbara Meek ⓘ Donald Meek ⓘ James Meek ⓘ Jeffrey Meek ⓘ Joe Meek ⓘ Louise Meek ⓘ Scott Allen Meek ⓘ |
| hasUsage |
English-speaking countries
ⓘ
Scottish people ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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actress ⓘ musician ⓘ politician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
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: Meek Description of subject: Meek is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, music, and politics.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.