Peuerbach
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Peuerbach is a small town in Upper Austria known historically as the birthplace of the 15th-century astronomer and mathematician Georg von Peuerbach.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22221100 — 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: Peuerbach Context triple: [Georg von Peuerbach, placeOfBirth, Peuerbach]
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Georg von Peuerbach
Georg von Peuerbach was a 15th-century Austrian astronomer and mathematician whose work on planetary theory and astronomical tables helped lay the foundations for the later Copernican revolution.
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Regiomontanus
Regiomontanus was a 15th-century German mathematician and astronomer whose advanced astronomical tables and theoretical work significantly shaped the development of Renaissance astronomy and influenced later figures like Copernicus.
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C.
Campanus of Novara
Campanus of Novara was a 13th-century Italian mathematician and astronomer best known for producing one of the most influential medieval Latin editions of Euclid’s Elements.
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Johannes Schöner
Johannes Schöner was a prominent early 16th-century German cartographer, mathematician, and globe-maker known for his influential maps and terrestrial globes that shaped Renaissance geographic knowledge.
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Wilhelm Keppler
Wilhelm Keppler was a German industrialist and early economic adviser to Adolf Hitler who became a prominent Nazi official involved in the regime’s economic and industrial policies.
- 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: Peuerbach Target entity description: Peuerbach is a small town in Upper Austria known historically as the birthplace of the 15th-century astronomer and mathematician Georg von Peuerbach.
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A.
Georg von Peuerbach
Georg von Peuerbach was a 15th-century Austrian astronomer and mathematician whose work on planetary theory and astronomical tables helped lay the foundations for the later Copernican revolution.
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B.
Regiomontanus
Regiomontanus was a 15th-century German mathematician and astronomer whose advanced astronomical tables and theoretical work significantly shaped the development of Renaissance astronomy and influenced later figures like Copernicus.
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C.
Campanus of Novara
Campanus of Novara was a 13th-century Italian mathematician and astronomer best known for producing one of the most influential medieval Latin editions of Euclid’s Elements.
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D.
Johannes Schöner
Johannes Schöner was a prominent early 16th-century German cartographer, mathematician, and globe-maker known for his influential maps and terrestrial globes that shaped Renaissance geographic knowledge.
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E.
Wilhelm Keppler
Wilhelm Keppler was a German industrialist and early economic adviser to Adolf Hitler who became a prominent Nazi official involved in the regime’s economic and industrial policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.