Miles
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Miles is a given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as music, sports, and film.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miles canonical | 31 |
| Miles (unchanged as name) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11239616 — 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: Miles Context triple: [J. Miles Dale, givenName, Miles]
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A.
Miles
Miles is a mysterious and possibly corrupted young boy in Henry James's gothic novella "The Turn of the Screw."
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B.
Miles
Miles is a charming, affable film composer portrayed by Jack Black in the romantic comedy "The Holiday."
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C.
Miles
Miles is the official horse-themed mascot of the NFL’s Denver Broncos, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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D.
Miles
Miles are the reward points earned and redeemed by members of the Flying Blue frequent flyer loyalty program.
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E.
Miles
Miles is a supporting character in the 1997 film "Soul Food," which centers on the trials, relationships, and traditions of an extended African-American family in Chicago.
- 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: Miles Target entity description: Miles is a given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as music, sports, and film.
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A.
Miles
Miles is a surname most notably associated with Nelson A. Miles, a prominent United States Army general of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Miles
Miles is the surname of Ken Miles, the renowned British sports car racing engineer and driver closely associated with Shelby American and Ford’s GT racing program.
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C.
Miles
Miles is the official horse-themed mascot of the NFL’s Denver Broncos, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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D.
Miles
Miles are the reward points earned and redeemed by members of the Flying Blue frequent flyer loyalty program.
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E.
Miles
Miles is a charming, affable film composer portrayed by Jack Black in the romantic comedy "The Holiday."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English masculine given name
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given name ⓘ |
| canAlsoBe | surname ⓘ |
| canBeUsedBy | humans ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Miles (disambiguation)
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Miles (surname) ⓘ mile (unit of length) ⓘ |
| etymologyDerivedFrom | Latin word "miles" ⓘ |
| etymologyOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasCognate |
Emil
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Milo ⓘ Miloš ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
jazz (through Miles Davis)
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legal drama video games (through Miles Edgeworth) ⓘ superhero fiction (through Miles Morales) ⓘ video games (through Miles "Tails" Prower) ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive | Milo ⓘ |
| hasNameDay | varies by country ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Miles "Tails" Prower (fictional character)
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linked to:
Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles Austin ⓘ Miles Bridges ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Miles Edgeworth (fictional character) ⓘ Miles Heizer ⓘ Miles Kane ⓘ Miles Morales ⓘ Miles O'Brien (fictional character) ⓘ
linked to:
Miles O'Brien
Miles Teller ⓘ |
| hasPluralForm |
Miles (unchanged as name)
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linked to:
Miles
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| hasShortForm | Milo ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Myles ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | English ⓘ |
| nameCategory |
English masculine given names
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Masculine given names ⓘ |
| nameType | given name ⓘ |
| originalMeaning | soldier ⓘ |
| popularity | commonly used in English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| possibleEtymology | Germanic name "Milo" ⓘ |
| semanticField | war and military ⓘ |
| typicalGivenNamePosition | first name ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| 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: Miles Description of subject: Miles is a given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as music, sports, and film.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
subject linked to:
Miles “Lowell” Edwards
linked to: Miles
subject linked to:
Ultimate Spider-Man (Miles Morales)?