Thelma
E79956
Thelma is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning "will" or "volition," popular in English-speaking countries during the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thelma canonical | 30 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T636990 — 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: Thelma Context triple: [Thelma Irene Chrysler, givenName, Thelma]
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A.
Tideland
Tideland is a dark fantasy drama film known for its surreal, disturbing portrayal of a young girl's imagination as she copes with isolation and trauma in a desolate rural setting.
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B.
Thunderbitch
Thunderbitch is a rock side project and band fronted by Alabama Shakes singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, known for its raw, garage-rock sound and theatrical persona.
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C.
Elle
Elle is a globally recognized fashion and lifestyle magazine known for its coverage of style, beauty, culture, and celebrity features.
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D.
Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 gothic fantasy film directed by Tim Burton about a gentle artificial man with scissors for hands who struggles to find acceptance in a suburban community.
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E.
Gloria
Gloria is a joyful hymn of praise in Christian liturgy, traditionally sung during major celebrations such as the Easter Vigil.
- 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: Thelma Target entity description: Thelma is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning "will" or "volition," popular in English-speaking countries during the early 20th century.
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A.
Tideland
Tideland is a dark fantasy drama film known for its surreal, disturbing portrayal of a young girl's imagination as she copes with isolation and trauma in a desolate rural setting.
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B.
Thunderbitch
Thunderbitch is a rock side project and band fronted by Alabama Shakes singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, known for its raw, garage-rock sound and theatrical persona.
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C.
Elle
Elle is a globally recognized fashion and lifestyle magazine known for its coverage of style, beauty, culture, and celebrity features.
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D.
Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 gothic fantasy film directed by Tim Burton about a gentle artificial man with scissors for hands who struggles to find acceptance in a suburban community.
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E.
Gloria
Gloria is a joyful hymn of praise in Christian liturgy, traditionally sung during major celebrations such as the Easter Vigil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedGenderUsage | primarily female ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Greek word for will ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| grammaticalNumber | singular ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
Thel
ⓘ
Thelmy ⓘ
linked to:
Thel
|
| hasMeaning |
volition
ⓘ
will ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | not widely established ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Greek language ⓘ |
| hasShortForm | Thel ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling | Telma ⓘ |
| historicalPopularity | more common in early 1900s than in late 1900s ⓘ |
| isProperNoun | true ⓘ |
| nameCategory | personal name ⓘ |
| nameStatus | traditional ⓘ |
| nameType | first name ⓘ |
| popularityPeakPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| semanticField |
choice
ⓘ
desire ⓘ intention ⓘ |
| typicalUsage | human personal name ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| 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: Thelma Description of subject: Thelma is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning "will" or "volition," popular in English-speaking countries during the early 20th century.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.