Minihan
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Minihan is an Irish surname, likely a variant of Moynahan, associated with families of Gaelic origin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minihan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7706242 — 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: Minihan Context triple: [Moynahan, hasVariant, Minihan]
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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.
Dinneen
Dinneen is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in sports, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Keoghan
Keoghan is an Irish surname most prominently associated with actor Barry Keoghan, known for his roles in films such as "The Banshees of Inisherin" and "Dunkirk."
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D.
Mulcahy
Mulcahy is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, borne by various notable figures in Ireland and the Irish diaspora.
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E.
McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy is an Irish-origin surname best known as the birth name of legendary American baseball manager Connie Mack.
- 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: Minihan Target entity description: Minihan is an Irish surname, likely a variant of Moynahan, 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.
Dinneen
Dinneen is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in sports, politics, and the arts.
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C.
Keoghan
Keoghan is an Irish surname most prominently associated with actor Barry Keoghan, known for his roles in films such as "The Banshees of Inisherin" and "Dunkirk."
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D.
Mulcahy
Mulcahy is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, borne by various notable figures in Ireland and the Irish diaspora.
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E.
McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy is an Irish-origin surname best known as the birth name of legendary American baseball manager Connie Mack.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName |
Minihan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minihan NERFINISHED ⓘ Minihan NERFINISHED ⓘ Minihan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Jeremiah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalOrigin | Gaelic personal name ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Jeremiah Minihan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Minihan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Minihan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Minihan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRelatedSurname |
Monahan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moynahan NERFINISHED ⓘ Moynihan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isVariantOf |
Minihan (Irish surname)
ⓘ
Moynahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
Anglicised Irish-language surnames
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Irish-language surnames ⓘ |
| occupation |
Roman Catholic bishop
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intelligence officer ⓘ military officer ⓘ photographer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
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Director of the National Security Agency ⓘ |
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: Minihan Description of subject: Minihan is an Irish surname, likely a variant of Moynahan, associated with families of Gaelic origin.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.