Meehan
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Meehan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, literature, and business.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9094234 — 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: Meehan Context triple: [Paula Kent Meehan, familyName, Meehan]
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A.
Leahey
Leahey is a surname variant of Leahy, an Irish family name of Gaelic origin.
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B.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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C.
Monahan
Monahan is a surname most notably associated with William Monahan, the American screenwriter known for his work on films such as "The Departed."
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D.
Rennahan
Rennahan is a surname most notably associated with Ray Rennahan, an American cinematographer known for his pioneering work with Technicolor.
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E.
Bresnahan
Bresnahan is a surname most notably associated with early 20th-century American baseball player and Hall of Fame catcher Roger Bresnahan.
- 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: Meehan Target entity description: Meehan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, literature, and business.
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A.
Leahey
Leahey is a surname variant of Leahy, an Irish family name of Gaelic origin.
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B.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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C.
Monahan
Monahan is a surname most notably associated with William Monahan, the American screenwriter known for his work on films such as "The Departed."
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D.
Rennahan
Rennahan is a surname most notably associated with Ray Rennahan, an American cinematographer known for his pioneering work with Technicolor.
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E.
Bresnahan
Bresnahan is a surname most notably associated with early 20th-century American baseball player and Hall of Fame catcher Roger Bresnahan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| category | Anglicised Irish-language surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Ó Miadhacháin ⓘ |
| derivedFromLanguage |
Irish Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish language
|
| familyName |
Meehan
ⓘ
Meehan ⓘ Meehan ⓘ Meehan ⓘ Meehan ⓘ Meehan ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Aidan Meehan
ⓘ
Bernard Meehan ⓘ Brian Meehan ⓘ Pat Meehan ⓘ Terry Meehan ⓘ Thomas Meehan ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
McMeekin
ⓘ
linked to:
Meehan
Meechan ⓘ
linked to:
Meehan
Meighan ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| meaning | descendant of Miadhachán ⓘ |
| nameType | patronymic surname ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Annie
ⓘ
Hairspray ⓘ The Producers ⓘ
linked to:
The Producers (1967 film)
|
| occupation |
artist
ⓘ
author ⓘ manuscript scholar ⓘ playwright ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ racehorse trainer ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| 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: Meehan Description of subject: Meehan is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, literature, and business.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.