Edna
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Edna is a feminine given name of Old English origin, often associated with meanings like "wealthy" or "joy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edna canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9656882 — 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: Edna Context triple: [Edna Woolworth, givenName, Edna]
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A.
Edna
Edna is a tense, intrusive houseguest whose unexpected, prolonged visit heightens the emotional strain and existential unease in Edward Albee’s play "A Delicate Balance."
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B.
Edna
Edna is the given first name of the acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn.
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C.
Edna
Edna is a biblical figure from the Book of Tobit, known as the wife of Raguel and mother of Sarah.
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D.
Edna Murphy
Edna Murphy was an American silent film actress active in the 1920s, known for her roles in numerous melodramas and comedies.
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E.
Edna Fry
Edna Fry is a fictional character from the British animated television series "Futurama," known as the grandmother of protagonist Philip J. Fry.
- 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: Edna Target entity description: Edna is a feminine given name of Old English origin, often associated with meanings like "wealthy" or "joy."
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A.
Edna
Edna is a tense, intrusive houseguest whose unexpected, prolonged visit heightens the emotional strain and existential unease in Edward Albee’s play "A Delicate Balance."
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B.
Edna
Edna is a biblical figure from the Book of Tobit, known as the wife of Raguel and mother of Sarah.
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C.
Edna
Edna is the given first name of the acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn.
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D.
Edna Murphy
Edna Murphy was an American silent film actress active in the 1920s, known for her roles in numerous melodramas and comedies.
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E.
Edna Fry
Edna Fry is a fictional character from the British animated television series "Futurama," known as the grandmother of protagonist Philip J. Fry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| etymologicalCategory | English feminine given names ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalAssociation | yes ⓘ |
| hasCulturalUsage |
Anglophone countries
ⓘ
linked to:
EnglishSpeakingCountries
|
| hasDiminutive |
Eddie
ⓘ
Eddy ⓘ Edie ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPopularity | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
joy
ⓘ
wealthy ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | varies by country ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Old English ⓘ |
| hasRelatedName |
Edith
ⓘ
Edwina ⓘ |
| hasShortForm | Ed ⓘ |
| hasVariantForm | Eithne ⓘ |
| isGivenNameFor | humans ⓘ |
| isUsedAs | female first name ⓘ |
| nameType | personal name ⓘ |
| semanticField |
happiness
ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ |
| typicalUsage | first name ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| 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: Edna Description of subject: Edna is a feminine given name of Old English origin, often associated with meanings like "wealthy" or "joy."
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.