Hermann Matern
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Hermann Matern was a prominent German communist politician and functionary in the Socialist Unity Party of East Germany (SED).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hermann Matern canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2622840 — 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: Hermann Matern Context triple: [Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery, notableBurial, Hermann Matern]
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A.
Hermann Kallenbach
Hermann Kallenbach was a German-Jewish architect and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi who became one of his most devoted supporters during Gandhi’s years in South Africa.
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B.
Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke
Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke was a prominent Swiss linguist and Romance philologist known for his influential work on the historical development of the Romance languages.
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C.
Guido Keil
Guido Keil was a son of the Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, likely associated with his father's artistic and cultural milieu.
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D.
Gerhard Doerfer
Gerhard Doerfer was a German linguist renowned for his critical work on Turkic and other Central Asian languages and for his influential rejection of the proposed Altaic language family.
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E.
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
Georg-Hans Reinhardt was a German Wehrmacht colonel general who commanded Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal.
- 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: Hermann Matern Target entity description: Hermann Matern was a prominent German communist politician and functionary in the Socialist Unity Party of East Germany (SED).
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A.
Hermann Kallenbach
Hermann Kallenbach was a German-Jewish architect and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi who became one of his most devoted supporters during Gandhi’s years in South Africa.
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B.
Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke
Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke was a prominent Swiss linguist and Romance philologist known for his influential work on the historical development of the Romance languages.
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C.
Guido Keil
Guido Keil was a son of the Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, likely associated with his father's artistic and cultural milieu.
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D.
Gerhard Doerfer
Gerhard Doerfer was a German linguist renowned for his critical work on Turkic and other Central Asian languages and for his influential rejection of the proposed Altaic language family.
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E.
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
Georg-Hans Reinhardt was a German Wehrmacht colonel general who commanded Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German politician
ⓘ
Socialist Unity Party of Germany politician ⓘ communist politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Banner of Labor
ⓘ
Order of Karl Marx ⓘ Patriotic Order of Merit ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
East Germany
Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-06-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1971-01-24 ⓘ |
| employer | Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Germans ⓘ |
| familyName | Matern ⓘ |
| givenName | Hermann ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| livedIn |
German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
East Germany
Soviet occupation zone of Germany ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet occupation zone in Germany
|
| memberOf |
Communist Party of Germany
ⓘ
Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading functionary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
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role in establishing the political system of the GDR ⓘ |
| occupation |
party functionary
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participantIn |
German Resistance to Nazism
ⓘ
linked to:
German resistance to Nazism
German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ |
| partOf | leadership of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Barmen
ⓘ
Wuppertal ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Berlin
ⓘ
East Berlin ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
Marxism–Leninism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Vice President of the Volkskammer
ⓘ
member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ member of the Politburo of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ member of the State Council of the GDR ⓘ member of the Volkskammer ⓘ |
| residence | Berlin ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | East Berlin ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Hermann Matern Description of subject: Hermann Matern was a prominent German communist politician and functionary in the Socialist Unity Party of East Germany (SED).
Referenced by (1)
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