Steiner
E144974
Steiner is a common German-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, philosophy, and science.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steiner canonical | 14 |
| Steinerová | 1 |
| Штайнер | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1262824 — 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: Steiner Context triple: [Max Steiner, familyName, Steiner]
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A.
Morgenstern
Morgenstern is a German surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as economics, literature, and the arts.
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B.
Schröder
Schröder is a common German surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
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C.
Edelmann
Edelmann is a surname of German origin borne by various individuals across fields such as music, sports, and academia.
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D.
Huber
Huber is a surname of German origin that is borne by various notable individuals across fields such as science, sports, and the arts.
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E.
Elster
Elster is a river in central Europe, primarily flowing through the German state of Saxony and its surrounding regions.
- 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: Steiner Target entity description: Steiner is a common German-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, philosophy, and science.
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A.
Morgenstern
Morgenstern is a German surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as economics, literature, and the arts.
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B.
Schröder
Schröder is a common German surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
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C.
Edelmann
Edelmann is a surname of German origin borne by various individuals across fields such as music, sports, and academia.
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D.
Huber
Huber is a surname of German origin that is borne by various notable individuals across fields such as science, sports, and the arts.
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E.
Elster
Elster is a river in central Europe, primarily flowing through the German state of Saxony and its surrounding regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German-language surname
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person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
German-language surnames
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occupational or toponymic surnames ⓘ surnames of German origin ⓘ |
| familyName |
Steiner
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Steiner ⓘ Steiner ⓘ Steiner ⓘ Steiner ⓘ Steiner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | geometry ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
George Steiner
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Herbert Steiner ⓘ Jakob Steiner ⓘ Max Steiner ⓘ Rudolf Steiner ⓘ Stan Steiner ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Shteiner
ⓘ
Steinerová ⓘ
linked to:
Steiner
Štajner ⓘ
linked to:
Shteiner
Штайнер ⓘ
linked to:
Steiner
|
| knownFor |
composing film music for Hollywood movies
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founding anthroposophy ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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esotericist ⓘ essayist ⓘ film score composer ⓘ historian ⓘ literary critic ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ social reformer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Argentina
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Australia ⓘ Austria ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Germany ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Israel ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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: Steiner Description of subject: Steiner is a common German-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, philosophy, and science.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.