Jan Kotěra
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Jan Kotěra was a pioneering Czech architect and key figure of early modern architecture in Central Europe, known for transitioning from Art Nouveau to functionalist and modernist styles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jan Kotěra canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T883189 — 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: Jan Kotěra Context triple: [Hradec Králové, architectAssociated, Jan Kotěra]
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A.
Jan Syrový
Jan Syrový was a Czechoslovak army general and politician who briefly served as prime minister during the critical period following the Munich Agreement in 1938.
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B.
Roman Čechmánek
Roman Čechmánek was a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who starred in international play for the Czech national team and later played in the NHL, most notably for the Philadelphia Flyers.
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C.
Mirek Topolánek
Mirek Topolánek is a Czech politician who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009 and was a prominent leader of the Civic Democratic Party.
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D.
Miroslav Ondříček
Miroslav Ondříček was a renowned Czech cinematographer known for his collaborations with director Miloš Forman on films such as "Amadeus" and "Ragtime."
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E.
Jiří Holík
Jiří Holík is a former Czechoslovak ice hockey forward renowned as one of his country's greatest players, known for his scoring ability and success in international competition during the 1960s and 1970s.
- 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: Jan Kotěra Target entity description: Jan Kotěra was a pioneering Czech architect and key figure of early modern architecture in Central Europe, known for transitioning from Art Nouveau to functionalist and modernist styles.
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A.
Jan Syrový
Jan Syrový was a Czechoslovak army general and politician who briefly served as prime minister during the critical period following the Munich Agreement in 1938.
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B.
Roman Čechmánek
Roman Čechmánek was a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who starred in international play for the Czech national team and later played in the NHL, most notably for the Philadelphia Flyers.
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C.
Mirek Topolánek
Mirek Topolánek is a Czech politician who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009 and was a prominent leader of the Civic Democratic Party.
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D.
Miroslav Ondříček
Miroslav Ondříček was a renowned Czech cinematographer known for his collaborations with director Miloš Forman on films such as "Amadeus" and "Ragtime."
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E.
Jiří Holík
Jiří Holík is a former Czechoslovak ice hockey forward renowned as one of his country's greatest players, known for his scoring ability and success in international competition during the 1960s and 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Czech architect
ⓘ
architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Czech lands ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| describedAs | key figure of early modern architecture in Central Europe ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna ⓘ |
| employer | Academy of Fine Arts in Prague ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Czechs ⓘ |
| familyName | Kotěra ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
urban design ⓘ |
| givenName | Jan ⓘ |
| influenced |
Czech modern architecture
ⓘ
Josef Gočár ⓘ Pavel Janák ⓘ |
| movement |
Art Nouveau
ⓘ
functionalism ⓘ modern architecture ⓘ |
| name | Jan Kotěra ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering early modern architecture in Central Europe
ⓘ
transition from Art Nouveau to functionalist and modernist styles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Laichter House in Prague
ⓘ
Museum of Eastern Bohemia in Hradec Králové ⓘ
linked to:
East Bohemian Museum in Hradec Králové
Peterka House in Prague ⓘ
linked to:
New Town, Prague
Trmal Villa in Prague ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brno ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Prague ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague ⓘ |
| region | Central Europe ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studentOf | Otto Wagner ⓘ |
| style |
Art Nouveau
ⓘ
functionalism ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hradec Králové
ⓘ
Prague ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jan Kotěra Description of subject: Jan Kotěra was a pioneering Czech architect and key figure of early modern architecture in Central Europe, known for transitioning from Art Nouveau to functionalist and modernist styles.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.