Karl von Steinmetz
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Karl von Steinmetz was a Prussian field marshal noted for his leadership in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz | 10 |
| Karl von Steinmetz canonical | 5 |
| von Steinmetz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2855987 — 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: Karl von Steinmetz Context triple: [Invalidenfriedhof, notableBurial, Karl von Steinmetz]
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A.
Heinrich Klopfer
Heinrich Klopfer was a Nazi official and legal expert who participated in the planning and administration of the Holocaust.
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B.
Franz Weissmann
Franz Weissmann was a prominent Brazilian sculptor of Austrian origin, renowned for his geometric abstract works and as a key figure in the Neo-Concrete movement.
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C.
Wilhelm Stuckart
Wilhelm Stuckart was a senior Nazi lawyer and state secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior who helped draft the Nuremberg Laws and contributed to the legal framework of the Holocaust.
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D.
Franz Hilbert
Franz Hilbert was the son of the influential German mathematician David Hilbert.
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E.
Rudolf Lange
Rudolf Lange was a high-ranking SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who played a key role in mass shootings in Latvia and participated in the Wannsee Conference that coordinated the "Final Solution."
- 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: Karl von Steinmetz Target entity description: Karl von Steinmetz was a Prussian field marshal noted for his leadership in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars.
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A.
Heinrich Klopfer
Heinrich Klopfer was a Nazi official and legal expert who participated in the planning and administration of the Holocaust.
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B.
Franz Weissmann
Franz Weissmann was a prominent Brazilian sculptor of Austrian origin, renowned for his geometric abstract works and as a key figure in the Neo-Concrete movement.
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C.
Wilhelm Stuckart
Wilhelm Stuckart was a senior Nazi lawyer and state secretary in the Reich Ministry of the Interior who helped draft the Nuremberg Laws and contributed to the legal framework of the Holocaust.
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D.
Franz Hilbert
Franz Hilbert was the son of the influential German mathematician David Hilbert.
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E.
Rudolf Lange
Rudolf Lange was a high-ranking SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who played a key role in mass shootings in Latvia and participated in the Wannsee Conference that coordinated the "Final Solution."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prussian general
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field marshal ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Kingdom of Prussia
ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| awardReceived |
Iron Cross
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Order of the Black Eagle ⓘ Pour le Mérite ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Gravelotte
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Battle of Nachod ⓘ Battle of Schweinschädel ⓘ Battle of Skalitz ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Prussia
ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| describedBySource |
Prussian military histories
ⓘ
histories of the Austro-Prussian War ⓘ histories of the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName |
von Steinmetz
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linked to:
Karl von Steinmetz
|
| givenName | Karl ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Prussian Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Field marshal
ⓘ
Generalfeldmarschall ⓘ |
| movement | Prussian militarism ⓘ |
| name |
Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz
ⓘ
linked to:
Karl von Steinmetz
|
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the Austro-Prussian War
ⓘ
leadership in the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Prussian victories in Bohemia in 1866
ⓘ
operations of the First Army in 1870 ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Austro-Prussian War
ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| partOf |
Prussian officer corps
ⓘ
linked to:
Prussian Army
|
| positionHeld |
army commander in the Franco-Prussian War
ⓘ
commander of the Prussian V Corps ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Karl von Steinmetz Description of subject: Karl von Steinmetz was a Prussian field marshal noted for his leadership in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Invalidenfriedhof, Berlin
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subject linked to:
First Army
linked to: Karl von Steinmetz
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linked to: Karl von Steinmetz
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