Novák
E550931
Novák is a common Czech and Slovak surname, equivalent to the Polish surname Nowak.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5870121 — 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: Novák Context triple: [Nowak, hasVariant, Novák]
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A.
Havlíček
Havlíček is a Czech surname most famously associated with basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek and several notable Czech cultural and public figures.
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B.
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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C.
Pekarová
Pekarová is a Czech or Slovak feminine surname derived from the masculine form Pekar.
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D.
Nosková
Nosková is a Czech surname, typically the feminine form of the surname Nosek.
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E.
Vojtech
Vojtech is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Central and Eastern Europe.
- 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: Novák Target entity description: Novák is a common Czech and Slovak surname, equivalent to the Polish surname Nowak.
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A.
Havlíček
Havlíček is a Czech surname most famously associated with basketball Hall of Famer John Havlicek and several notable Czech cultural and public figures.
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B.
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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C.
Pekarová
Pekarová is a Czech or Slovak feminine surname derived from the masculine form Pekar.
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D.
Nosková
Nosková is a Czech surname, typically the feminine form of the surname Nosek.
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E.
Vojtech
Vojtech is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, commonly used in Central and Eastern Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Czech-language surname
ⓘ
Slovak-language surname ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
Czech-language surnames
ⓘ
Slavic-language surnames ⓘ Slovak-language surnames ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Czech Republic
ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ |
| diacritic | acute accent on a ⓘ |
| equivalentSurname | Nowak ⓘ |
| equivalentSurnameLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Slavic word for new (nový/nový́) ⓘ |
| feminineForm |
Nováková
ⓘ
linked to:
Novák
|
| frequency |
very common in Slovakia
ⓘ
very common in the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| genderForm | masculine ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Novak
ⓘ
Nowak ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Czech
ⓘ
Slovak ⓘ |
| meaning |
new man
ⓘ
newcomer ⓘ |
| script | Latin ⓘ |
| surnameType | patronymic or descriptive surname ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Czech Republic
ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ |
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: Novák Description of subject: Novák is a common Czech and Slovak surname, equivalent to the Polish surname Nowak.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Novák
linked to: Novák