McGarrigle
E561255
McGarrigle is a surname best known through the Canadian folk music family that includes sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle and their musical descendants.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McGarrigle canonical | 2 |
| MacGarrigle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6016245 — 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: McGarrigle Context triple: [Kate McGarrigle, familyName, McGarrigle]
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A.
McGillis
McGillis is a surname most notably associated with American actress Kelly McGillis, known for her roles in films such as "Top Gun" and "Witness."
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B.
MacRae
MacRae is a Scottish surname associated with various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public life.
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C.
McGuire
McGuire is a surname most notably associated with American actress Dorothy McGuire, known for her work in classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Gillies
Gillies is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in sports, arts, and public life.
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E.
McClurg
McClurg is the namesake of the historic McClurg Building, a notable structure recognized for its architectural and cultural significance.
- 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: McGarrigle Target entity description: McGarrigle is a surname best known through the Canadian folk music family that includes sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle and their musical descendants.
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A.
McGillis
McGillis is a surname most notably associated with American actress Kelly McGillis, known for her roles in films such as "Top Gun" and "Witness."
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B.
MacRae
MacRae is a Scottish surname associated with various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public life.
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C.
McGuire
McGuire is a surname most notably associated with American actress Dorothy McGuire, known for her work in classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Gillies
Gillies is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous individuals, including notable figures in sports, arts, and public life.
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E.
McClurg
McClurg is the namesake of the historic McClurg Building, a notable structure recognized for its architectural and cultural significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
ⓘ
McGarrigle Sisters ⓘ
linked to:
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
McGarrigle-Wainwright family ⓘ
linked to:
Wainwright–McGarrigle family
|
| category |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Surnames of Irish origin ⓘ |
| countryOfNotableActivity |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fieldOfNotability |
folk music
ⓘ
songwriting ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| hasNotableFamily | McGarrigle musical family ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
MacGarrigle
ⓘ
linked to:
McGarrigle
McGarragle ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Anna McGarrigle
ⓘ
Kate McGarrigle ⓘ Loudon Wainwright III ⓘ Martha Wainwright ⓘ Rufus Wainwright ⓘ |
| notableWorkAssociated |
Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse
ⓘ
Kate & Anna McGarrigle discography ⓘ The McGarrigle Christmas Hour ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Canada
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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: McGarrigle Description of subject: McGarrigle is a surname best known through the Canadian folk music family that includes sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle and their musical descendants.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: McGarrigle