Max von Gallwitz
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Max von Gallwitz was a German general of World War I who held several high-level field commands on the Western and Eastern Fronts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Max von Gallwitz canonical | 9 |
| Friedrich von Below | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T590432 — 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: Max von Gallwitz Context triple: [Battle of the Somme, commander, Max von Gallwitz]
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Otto von Lossow
Otto von Lossow was a Bavarian army officer and Reichswehr general who played a key role in the political tensions surrounding the early Weimar Republic, including events leading up to and during the Beer Hall Putsch.
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B.
Wilhelm von Leeb
Wilhelm von Leeb was a German field marshal in the Wehrmacht during World War II, best known for leading Army Group North in the invasion of the Soviet Union.
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C.
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle was a high-ranking Nazi official who led the party’s Foreign Organization (NSDAP/AO) and was later tried as a defendant in the post–World War II Ministries Trial.
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D.
Gerhard von Schwerin
Gerhard von Schwerin was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, noted for his panzer command roles on the Western Front and his later opposition to Nazi policies.
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E.
Franz Reichleitner
Franz Reichleitner was an Austrian SS officer who served as the second and final commandant of the Nazi extermination camp Sobibor during the Holocaust.
- 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: Max von Gallwitz Target entity description: Max von Gallwitz was a German general of World War I who held several high-level field commands on the Western and Eastern Fronts.
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A.
Otto von Lossow
Otto von Lossow was a Bavarian army officer and Reichswehr general who played a key role in the political tensions surrounding the early Weimar Republic, including events leading up to and during the Beer Hall Putsch.
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B.
Wilhelm von Leeb
Wilhelm von Leeb was a German field marshal in the Wehrmacht during World War II, best known for leading Army Group North in the invasion of the Soviet Union.
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C.
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle was a high-ranking Nazi official who led the party’s Foreign Organization (NSDAP/AO) and was later tried as a defendant in the post–World War II Ministries Trial.
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D.
Gerhard von Schwerin
Gerhard von Schwerin was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, noted for his panzer command roles on the Western Front and his later opposition to Nazi policies.
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E.
Franz Reichleitner
Franz Reichleitner was an Austrian SS officer who served as the second and final commandant of the Nazi extermination camp Sobibor during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German general
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Iron Cross 1st Class
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Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ Pour le Mérite ⓘ Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | German Empire ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
artillery
ⓘ
military science ⓘ |
| genre | military strategy ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Imperial German Army
ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-level field commands in World War I
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leadership on both Western and Eastern Fronts in World War I ⓘ |
| notableWork |
command of German forces in the Battle of Verdun
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command of German forces in the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive ⓘ |
| occupation |
military leader
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Battle of Verdun
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Eastern Front of World War I ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Front
Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Gorlice–Tarnów
Western Front of World War I ⓘ
linked to:
Western Front
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| positionHeld |
army commander
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commander on the Eastern Front ⓘ commander on the Western Front ⓘ corps commander ⓘ |
| rank | General der Artillerie ⓘ |
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: Max von Gallwitz Description of subject: Max von Gallwitz was a German general of World War I who held several high-level field commands on the Western and Eastern Fronts.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Max von Gallwitz