MacJohnson
E827880
MacJohnson is a surname of likely Scottish or Irish origin, related to the name MacJohn and denoting "son of John."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacJohnson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9901969 — 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: MacJohnson Context triple: [MacJohn, sharesRootWith, MacJohnson]
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A.
James Johnson
James Johnson was an 18th-century Scottish music engraver and publisher best known for compiling and publishing the influential folk song collection "The Scots Musical Museum."
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B.
James Johnson
James Johnson was a participant in the War of 1812, remembered for his role in the Battle of the Thames.
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C.
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
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D.
Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson was a long-serving Republican U.S. Representative from Texas and a former Air Force fighter pilot and Vietnam War POW.
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E.
Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson was an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to their first Stanley Cup and for his optimistic motto, "It's a great day for hockey."
- 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: MacJohnson Target entity description: MacJohnson is a surname of likely Scottish or Irish origin, related to the name MacJohn and denoting "son of John."
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A.
James Johnson
James Johnson was an 18th-century Scottish music engraver and publisher best known for compiling and publishing the influential folk song collection "The Scots Musical Museum."
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B.
James Johnson
James Johnson was a participant in the War of 1812, remembered for his role in the Battle of the Thames.
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C.
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
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D.
Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson was a long-serving Republican U.S. Representative from Texas and a former Air Force fighter pilot and Vietnam War POW.
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E.
Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson was an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to their first Stanley Cup and for his optimistic motto, "It's a great day for hockey."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | surname ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Johnson
ⓘ
Mac ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Gaelic
ⓘ
linked to:
Goidelic
|
| hasDerivedFrom | MacJohn ⓘ |
| hasGivenNameRoot | John ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Irish
ⓘ
Scottish ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | son of John ⓘ |
| hasNameElementMeaning |
Johnson derives from the given name John
ⓘ
Mac means son of in Gaelic surnames ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
English-speaking countries
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| isPatronymic | true ⓘ |
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: MacJohnson Description of subject: MacJohnson is a surname of likely Scottish or Irish origin, related to the name MacJohn and denoting "son of John."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.