Alasdair
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Alasdair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, derived from the Gaelic form of Alexander.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alasdair canonical | 14 |
| Alasdair (Gaelic form of Alexander) | 1 |
| Alastair | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7342045 — 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: Alasdair Context triple: [Alasdair Steedman, givenName, Alasdair]
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A.
Iain
Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
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B.
Dugald
Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
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C.
Fergus
Fergus is a historic small town in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its Scottish heritage and annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games.
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D.
Fergus
Fergus is the conflicted Irish Republican Army volunteer who serves as the central protagonist in the 1992 psychological thriller film "The Crying Game."
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E.
Fergus
Fergus is a fictional character from the game "Wild Target," likely serving as a notable figure within its story or gameplay.
- 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: Alasdair Target entity description: Alasdair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, derived from the Gaelic form of Alexander.
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A.
Iain
Iain is a Scottish Gaelic given name, traditionally used as a form of John and closely related to the name Ian.
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B.
Dugald
Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
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C.
Fergus
Fergus is a historic small town in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its Scottish heritage and annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games.
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D.
Fergus
Fergus is a fictional character from the game "Wild Target," likely serving as a notable figure within its story or gameplay.
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E.
Fergus
Fergus is the conflicted Irish Republican Army volunteer who serves as the central protagonist in the 1992 psychological thriller film "The Crying Game."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| componentMeaning |
alexein (to defend)
ⓘ
aner/andros (man) ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Alexander ⓘ |
| equivalentNameInEnglish | Alexander ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Greek name Alexandros ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | defender of men ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearers |
Alasdair Fraser
ⓘ
Alasdair Gray ⓘ Alasdair MacIntyre ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Gaelic
ⓘ
Scottish ⓘ |
| hasShortForm |
Al
ⓘ
Ali ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Alastair
ⓘ
linked to:
Alasdair
Alistair ⓘ Alister ⓘ |
| isFormOf | Alexander ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
Gaelic masculine given name
ⓘ
Scottish masculine given name ⓘ |
| usedAs | first name ⓘ |
| 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: Alasdair Description of subject: Alasdair is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, derived from the Gaelic form of Alexander.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alasdair
linked to: Alasdair