DE
E386330
DE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Germany in international standards and systems.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3769355 — 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: DE Context triple: [Unified Germany, ISO3166-1Alpha2, DE]
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A.
Deutch
Deutch is a surname most notably associated with John M. Deutch, an American chemist, academic, and former Director of Central Intelligence.
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B.
DE-SH
DE-SH is the ISO 3166-2 subdivision code for the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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C.
Saksa
Saksa is a prominent mountain in Norway’s Sunnmøre Alps, known for its steep ascent and panoramic views over the Hjørundfjord.
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D.
De
De is the given name of Zhu De, a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and one of the founders of the People’s Liberation Army.
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E.
German
German is a West Germanic language widely spoken in Central Europe and used as an official language in several countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
- 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: DE Target entity description: DE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Germany in international standards and systems.
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A.
Deutch
Deutch is a surname most notably associated with John M. Deutch, an American chemist, academic, and former Director of Central Intelligence.
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B.
DE-SH
DE-SH is the ISO 3166-2 subdivision code for the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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C.
Saksa
Saksa is a prominent mountain in Norway’s Sunnmøre Alps, known for its steep ascent and panoramic views over the Hjørundfjord.
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D.
De
De is the given name of Zhu De, a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and one of the founders of the People’s Liberation Army.
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E.
German
German is a West Germanic language widely spoken in Central Europe and used as an official language in several countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code ⓘ |
| assignedBy |
ISO
ⓘ
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| category | country code ⓘ |
| codeLength | 2 ⓘ |
| codeType | alpha-2 ⓘ |
| countryCodeFor | Germany ⓘ |
| format | two uppercase letters ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| isCaseSensitive | yes ⓘ |
| numericCodeForSameCountry | 276 ⓘ |
| partOfStandard |
ISO 3166
ⓘ
ISO 3166-1 ⓘ |
| relatedCode | DEU ⓘ |
| relatedCodeType | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code ⓘ |
| represents | Germany ⓘ |
| representsCountryName |
Federal Republic of Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Germany
|
| scope | global ⓘ |
| standardizedFor | identification of Germany ⓘ |
| status | official ISO country code ⓘ |
| usedAs | top-level subdivision in some coding schemes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
country code lists
ⓘ
databases and information systems ⓘ international standards ⓘ internet standards ⓘ logistics and shipping systems ⓘ payment systems ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
country identification in IT systems
ⓘ
international trade documentation ⓘ statistics and reporting ⓘ |
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: DE Description of subject: DE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Germany in international standards and systems.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.