MacBean
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MacBean is a Scottish surname, often associated with Clan MacBean (or MacBain), that represents a variant form of the name Bean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacBean canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10844594 — 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: MacBean Context triple: [Bean, hasVariant, MacBean]
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A.
The Bean
The Bean is a famous stainless steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor located in Chicago’s Millennium Park, renowned for its highly polished, reflective surface and iconic, bean-like shape.
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B.
Kofy
Kofy is a variant spelling of the given name Kofi, commonly used in some personal or brand contexts.
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C.
Mocha
Mocha is a popular JavaScript test framework used primarily for running unit and integration tests in Node.js and browser-based applications.
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D.
Mocha
Mocha is a subsidiary peak of the Carihuairazo volcanic massif in the Ecuadorian Andes.
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E.
Peet
Peet is a surname most notably associated with American actress Amanda Peet.
- 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: MacBean Target entity description: MacBean is a Scottish surname, often associated with Clan MacBean (or MacBain), that represents a variant form of the name Bean.
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A.
The Bean
The Bean is a famous stainless steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor located in Chicago’s Millennium Park, renowned for its highly polished, reflective surface and iconic, bean-like shape.
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B.
Kofy
Kofy is a variant spelling of the given name Kofi, commonly used in some personal or brand contexts.
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C.
Mocha
Mocha is a popular JavaScript test framework used primarily for running unit and integration tests in Node.js and browser-based applications.
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D.
Mocha
Mocha is a subsidiary peak of the Carihuairazo volcanic massif in the Ecuadorian Andes.
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E.
Peet
Peet is a surname most notably associated with American actress Amanda Peet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish surname
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Clan MacBain
ⓘ
Clan MacBean ⓘ |
| belongsToOnomasticGroup | Gaelic Mac- surnames ⓘ |
| category |
Anglicised Scottish Gaelic-language surname
ⓘ
Patronymic surname ⓘ |
| clanCentre | Dores, Inverness-shire ⓘ |
| clanTerritory | Inverness-shire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName | Bean ⓘ |
| etymologicalType | patronymic ⓘ |
| hasClanChiefSurname | MacBain ⓘ |
| hasSpellingVariant |
MacBain
ⓘ
MacBeath ⓘ MacBhean ⓘ
linked to:
MacEoghain
McBain ⓘ |
| hasTartan | Clan MacBean tartan ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation |
Clan Chattan confederation
ⓘ
linked to:
Clan Chattan
|
| isSubjectOf | Scottish surname studies ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| meaning | son of Bean ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Alexander MacBean
ⓘ
linked to:
James MacBean
Donald MacBean ⓘ James MacBean ⓘ |
| region | Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
| variantOf |
Bean
ⓘ
MacBain ⓘ McBain ⓘ |
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: MacBean Description of subject: MacBean is a Scottish surname, often associated with Clan MacBean (or MacBain), that represents a variant form of the name Bean.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.