Maeve
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Maeve is a feminine given name of Irish origin, traditionally associated with a legendary queen of Connacht in Irish mythology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maeve canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6739520 — 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: Maeve Context triple: [Maeve Binchy, givenName, Maeve]
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A.
Sheelagh
Sheelagh is a feminine given name, typically considered an alternative spelling of Sheila and ultimately derived from the Irish name Síle.
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B.
Maeve Dermody
Maeve Dermody is an Australian actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including a prominent role in the 2015 adaptation of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None."
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C.
Orla
Orla is a river in eastern Germany that flows through Thuringia before joining the Saale.
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D.
Deidre
Deidre is a public figure best known as the wife of former Major League Baseball star Albert Pujols and for her involvement in charitable and community work.
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E.
Meggie
Meggie is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Meg or Margaret, often used as an affectionate or informal form.
- 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: Maeve Target entity description: Maeve is a feminine given name of Irish origin, traditionally associated with a legendary queen of Connacht in Irish mythology.
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A.
Sheelagh
Sheelagh is a feminine given name, typically considered an alternative spelling of Sheila and ultimately derived from the Irish name Síle.
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B.
Maeve Dermody
Maeve Dermody is an Australian actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, including a prominent role in the 2015 adaptation of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None."
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C.
Orla
Orla is a river in eastern Germany that flows through Thuringia before joining the Saale.
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D.
Deidre
Deidre is a public figure best known as the wife of former Major League Baseball star Albert Pujols and for her involvement in charitable and community work.
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E.
Meggie
Meggie is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Meg or Margaret, often used as an affectionate or informal form.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Irish mythology
ⓘ
Queen Medb of Connacht ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Medb
|
| culturalAssociation | Celtic mythology ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Medb
ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Medb
|
| etymologyNote | anglicized form of Old Irish Medb ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Irish language ⓘ |
| hasNameType | personal name ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| hasPopularityTrend |
increasing in the United Kingdom in the 21st century
ⓘ
increasing in the United States in the 21st century ⓘ |
| hasShortFormOf | Medbh ⓘ |
| meaning |
intoxicating
ⓘ
she who intoxicates ⓘ |
| mythologicalConnection | Ulster Cycle ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
English feminine given names
ⓘ
Irish feminine given names ⓘ |
| nameDayCulture | Irish culture ⓘ |
| regionOfUsage |
English-speaking countries
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ |
| traditionalAssociation | legendary queen of Connacht ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| variantSpelling |
Maebh
ⓘ
linked to:
Meabh
Mave ⓘ Meabh ⓘ Meadhbh ⓘ
linked to:
Meabh
Méabh ⓘ
linked to:
Meabh
|
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: Maeve Description of subject: Maeve is a feminine given name of Irish origin, traditionally associated with a legendary queen of Connacht in Irish mythology.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.