Jehan
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Jehan is an archaic or variant French form of the given name Jean, historically used in medieval and early modern texts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jehan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8791768 — 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: Jehan Context triple: [Jean, hasVariant, Jehan]
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A.
Hadjera Zerga
Hadjera Zerga is a town and commune located in Bouira Province in northern Algeria.
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B.
Jaffar
Jaffar is the sinister vizier and main antagonist portrayed by Conrad Veidt in the 1940 fantasy film "The Thief of Bagdad."
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C.
Bajazet
Bajazet is a 1672 French tragic play by Jean Racine set in the Ottoman court, known for its intense psychological drama and classical verse.
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D.
Cassim
Cassim is Ali Baba’s wealthy but greedy older brother in the classic Middle Eastern folk tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves."
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E.
Lakhdar
Lakhdar is an Arabic masculine given name most notably borne by Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi.
- 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: Jehan Target entity description: Jehan is an archaic or variant French form of the given name Jean, historically used in medieval and early modern texts.
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A.
Hadjera Zerga
Hadjera Zerga is a town and commune located in Bouira Province in northern Algeria.
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B.
Jaffar
Jaffar is the sinister vizier and main antagonist portrayed by Conrad Veidt in the 1940 fantasy film "The Thief of Bagdad."
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C.
Bajazet
Bajazet is a 1672 French tragic play by Jean Racine set in the Ottoman court, known for its intense psychological drama and classical verse.
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D.
Cassim
Cassim is Ali Baba’s wealthy but greedy older brother in the classic Middle Eastern folk tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves."
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E.
Lakhdar
Lakhdar is an Arabic masculine given name most notably borne by Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French given name
ⓘ
archaic name form ⓘ given name ⓘ medieval name form ⓘ |
| category |
Archaic given names
ⓘ
French masculine given names ⓘ Medieval given names ⓘ |
| commonInRegion | medieval France ⓘ |
| etymologicallyDerivedFrom |
Greek Ioannes
ⓘ
Hebrew Yochanan ⓘ
linked to:
Yohanan
Latin Iohannes ⓘ Old French Jehan ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | God is gracious ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Jehan Froissart
ⓘ
linked to:
Jean Froissart
Jehan de Lescurel ⓘ Jehan de Meung ⓘ |
| historicalUsagePeriod |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| isCognateOf | John ⓘ |
| isVariantOf | Jean ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| modernStandardForm | Jean ⓘ |
| nameDaySharedWith | Jean ⓘ |
| orthographicStatus | archaic spelling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
early modern French texts
ⓘ
medieval French texts ⓘ |
| 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: Jehan Description of subject: Jehan is an archaic or variant French form of the given name Jean, historically used in medieval and early modern texts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jean (French)