Dill
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Dill is a common English-language surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dill canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8037534 — 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: Dill Context triple: [Diana Dill, familyName, Dill]
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A.
Dill
The Dill is a river in central Germany that flows through Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia before joining the Lahn.
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B.
Basil
Basil is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with historical figures, saints, and notable artists and actors.
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C.
Coriandrum sativum
Coriandrum sativum is an aromatic annual herb widely used as a culinary spice and fresh herb (known as coriander or cilantro) in cuisines around the world.
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D.
Anethum graveolens
Anethum graveolens, commonly known as dill, is an aromatic annual herb widely used as a culinary seasoning and traditional medicinal plant.
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E.
Bayleaf
Bayleaf is the debut solo album by Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, showcasing his songwriting and vocal abilities outside the band.
- 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: Dill Target entity description: Dill is a common English-language surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia.
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A.
Dill
The Dill is a river in central Germany that flows through Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia before joining the Lahn.
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B.
Basil
Basil is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly associated with historical figures, saints, and notable artists and actors.
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C.
Coriandrum sativum
Coriandrum sativum is an aromatic annual herb widely used as a culinary spice and fresh herb (known as coriander or cilantro) in cuisines around the world.
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D.
Anethum graveolens
Anethum graveolens, commonly known as dill, is an aromatic annual herb widely used as a culinary seasoning and traditional medicinal plant.
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E.
Bayleaf
Bayleaf is the debut solo album by Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, showcasing his songwriting and vocal abilities outside the band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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surname ⓘ |
| familyName |
Dill
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Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ Dill ⓘ |
| givenName | Augustus ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Augustus Granville Dill
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Clarence Dill ⓘ Cynthia Dill ⓘ Danny Dill ⓘ Dean Dill ⓘ Eric Dill ⓘ Jacob Dill ⓘ Larry Dill ⓘ Lesley Dill ⓘ Max Dill ⓘ Nathalia Dill ⓘ Roger Dill ⓘ Samuel Marcus Dill ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Dille
ⓘ
Dilll ⓘ Dillman ⓘ Dills ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nameType |
habitational surname
ⓘ
occupational surname ⓘ |
| occupation |
Presbyterian minister
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actress ⓘ biologist ⓘ comedian ⓘ country musician ⓘ cricket umpire ⓘ educator ⓘ illusionist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ magician ⓘ musicologist ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ singer ⓘ sociologist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ songwriter ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | United States Senator ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Dill Description of subject: Dill is a common English-language surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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