McDowell
E627719
McDowell is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including American Civil War general Irvin McDowell.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McDowell canonical | 23 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6897027 — 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: McDowell Context triple: [Irvin McDowell, familyName, McDowell]
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A.
Macdowell
Macdowell is a surname most notably associated with American painter and photographer Susan Macdowell Eakins.
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B.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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C.
McDougal
McDougal is a surname of Scottish origin, commonly considered a spelling variant of MacDougall.
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D.
Tilghman
Tilghman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable American figures, including politicians and military officers.
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E.
Hayes
Hayes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, entertainment, sports, and other fields.
- 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: McDowell Target entity description: McDowell is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including American Civil War general Irvin McDowell.
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A.
Macdowell
Macdowell is a surname most notably associated with American painter and photographer Susan Macdowell Eakins.
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B.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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C.
McDougal
McDougal is a surname of Scottish origin, commonly considered a spelling variant of MacDougall.
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D.
Tilghman
Tilghman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable American figures, including politicians and military officers.
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E.
Hayes
Hayes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, entertainment, sports, and other fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| givenName | Irvin ⓘ |
| hasGeographicOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Scots
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Andie MacDowell
ⓘ
Edward A. McDowell ⓘ Fred McDowell ⓘ Irvin McDowell ⓘ John G. McDowell ⓘ Michael McDowell ⓘ Patrick McDowell ⓘ |
| hasSurname |
MacDowell
ⓘ
linked to:
Macdowell
McDowell ⓘ McDowell ⓘ McDowell ⓘ McDowell ⓘ McDowell ⓘ McDowell ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
MacDowell
ⓘ
McDougal ⓘ McDowall ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| notableFor | commanding Union forces at the First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
blues musician ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| servedIn | Union Army ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ 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: McDowell Description of subject: McDowell is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including American Civil War general Irvin McDowell.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.