Matheus (Portuguese)
E613462
Matheus is a Portuguese given name, equivalent to Matthew, commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matheus (Portuguese) canonical | 3 |
| Matheus (Brazilian) | 1 |
| Matheus (Portuguese/Spanish variant) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6717428 — 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: Matheus (Portuguese) Context triple: [Mateo, isCognateWith, Matheus (Portuguese)]
-
A.
Mateus
Mateus is a Portuguese surname commonly borne by individuals such as Rui Mateus.
-
B.
João
João is a common Portuguese male given name widely used in Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to "John" in English.
-
C.
Claudio (Portuguese)
Claudio (Portuguese) is a masculine given name used in Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to the English name Claude or Claudio and ultimately derived from the Latin name Claudius.
-
D.
Sérgio
Sérgio is a Portuguese given name commonly used in Brazil and other Lusophone countries.
-
E.
Marcelo
Marcelo is a common Portuguese and Spanish given name, notably borne by figures such as Brazilian footballer Marcelo Vieira and former Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano.
- 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: Matheus (Portuguese) Target entity description: Matheus is a Portuguese given name, equivalent to Matthew, commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries.
-
A.
Mateus
Mateus is a Portuguese surname commonly borne by individuals such as Rui Mateus.
-
B.
João
João is a common Portuguese male given name widely used in Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to "John" in English.
-
C.
Claudio (Portuguese)
Claudio (Portuguese) is a masculine given name used in Portuguese-speaking countries, equivalent to the English name Claude or Claudio and ultimately derived from the Latin name Claudius.
-
D.
Sérgio
Sérgio is a Portuguese given name commonly used in Brazil and other Lusophone countries.
-
E.
Marcelo
Marcelo is a common Portuguese and Spanish given name, notably borne by figures such as Brazilian footballer Marcelo Vieira and former Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Portuguese given name ⓘ |
| category |
Masculine given names
ⓘ
Portuguese masculine given names ⓘ |
| cognateWith |
Mateo
ⓘ
Matheus (German) ⓘ Mathias ⓘ Matteo ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Hebrew name Matityahu ⓘ |
| equivalentTo | Matthew ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot |
Biblical name Matthew
ⓘ
linked to:
Matthew / Matthias name group
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Mateus
ⓘ
Matheusz ⓘ
linked to:
Matheus
|
| languageOfOrigin | Portuguese ⓘ |
| meaning | gift of God ⓘ |
| relatedName |
Mateus
ⓘ
Matias ⓘ |
| shortForm | Matheus (no common short form distinct from full name) ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Angola
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Cape Verde ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Verde Islands
East Timor ⓘ
linked to:
Timor-Leste
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Portugal ⓘ São Tomé and Príncipe ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| writingSystem | 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: Matheus (Portuguese) Description of subject: Matheus is a Portuguese given name, equivalent to Matthew, commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Matheus (Portuguese)
linked to: Matheus (Portuguese)