O'Leahy
E633715
O'Leahy is an Irish surname, a variant of Leahy, typically associated with families of Gaelic origin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leahy (surname) | 1 |
| O'Leahy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6975291 — 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: O'Leahy Context triple: [Leahy, hasVariant, O'Leahy]
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A.
O'Herlihy
O'Herlihy is an Irish surname associated with figures in film, television, and the arts.
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B.
O'Leary
O'Leary is an Irish surname commonly associated with notable figures in business, politics, and entertainment.
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C.
James T. O'Donohoe
James T. O'Donohoe was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
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D.
Dunleavy
Dunleavy is a surname most prominently associated with Mike Dunleavy Sr., a former NBA player and head coach, and his family of professional basketball figures.
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E.
Timothy O'Leary
Timothy O'Leary is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the more widely recognized cultural figure Timothy Leary, though specific distinguishing details about him are not well documented.
- 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: O'Leahy Target entity description: O'Leahy is an Irish surname, a variant of Leahy, typically associated with families of Gaelic origin.
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A.
O'Herlihy
O'Herlihy is an Irish surname associated with figures in film, television, and the arts.
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B.
O'Leary
O'Leary is an Irish surname commonly associated with notable figures in business, politics, and entertainment.
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C.
James T. O'Donohoe
James T. O'Donohoe was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
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D.
Dunleavy
Dunleavy is a surname most prominently associated with Mike Dunleavy Sr., a former NBA player and head coach, and his family of professional basketball figures.
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E.
Timothy O'Leary
Timothy O'Leary is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the more widely recognized cultural figure Timothy Leary, though specific distinguishing details about him are not well documented.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | surname ⓘ |
| belongsToOnomasticCategory |
Irish-language surnames
ⓘ
surnames of Irish origin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation | Irish diaspora ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRelation |
Irish Gaelic surnames
ⓘ
Leahy ⓘ |
| hasGenealogicalUse | identifies members of Irish families of Gaelic origin ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | associated with Gaelic families in Ireland ⓘ |
| hasOriginInEthnicGroup |
Gaelic people
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaels
|
| hasOrthographicFeature | contains apostrophe ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfPrevalence |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasSurnameType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| isRelatedSurnameForm |
Leahy
ⓘ
O Leahy ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Gaelic
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| variantOf | Leahy ⓘ |
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: O'Leahy Description of subject: O'Leahy is an Irish surname, a variant of Leahy, typically associated with families of Gaelic origin.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: O'Leahy