Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
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Meyers Konversations-Lexikon was a major 19th- and early 20th-century German-language encyclopedic reference work, widely used for its comprehensive and authoritative articles on a broad range of subjects.
All labels observed (1)
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| Meyers Konversations-Lexikon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21433389 — 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: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon Context triple: [August Bebel, described in, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon]
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A.
Brockhaus
Brockhaus is a historic German publishing house best known for its encyclopedias and for issuing significant philosophical works in the 19th century.
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B.
Konversations-Lexikon
Konversations-Lexikon is a renowned German-language encyclopedic reference work published by the Brockhaus publishing house.
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C.
Deutsches Wörterbuch
Deutsches Wörterbuch is a monumental historical German dictionary initiated by the Brothers Grimm that documents the development, usage, and etymology of the German language.
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D.
Poggendorff’s Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch
Poggendorff’s Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch is a comprehensive biographical and bibliographical reference work documenting scientists and mathematicians, especially from the 19th century.
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E.
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie is a major 19th-century German biographical reference work containing scholarly articles on notable figures from German history.
- 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: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon Target entity description: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon was a major 19th- and early 20th-century German-language encyclopedic reference work, widely used for its comprehensive and authoritative articles on a broad range of subjects.
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A.
Brockhaus
Brockhaus is a historic German publishing house best known for its encyclopedias and for issuing significant philosophical works in the 19th century.
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B.
Konversations-Lexikon
Konversations-Lexikon is a renowned German-language encyclopedic reference work published by the Brockhaus publishing house.
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C.
Deutsches Wörterbuch
Deutsches Wörterbuch is a monumental historical German dictionary initiated by the Brothers Grimm that documents the development, usage, and etymology of the German language.
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D.
Poggendorff’s Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch
Poggendorff’s Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch is a comprehensive biographical and bibliographical reference work documenting scientists and mathematicians, especially from the 19th century.
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E.
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie is a major 19th-century German biographical reference work containing scholarly articles on notable figures from German history.
- F. None of above. chosen
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