Klaus Schmidt
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Klaus Schmidt was a German archaeologist best known for leading the excavations at the prehistoric site of Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Klaus Schmidt canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3782862 — 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: Klaus Schmidt Context triple: [Schmidt, hasNotableBearer, Klaus Schmidt]
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A.
Emil Possehl
Emil Possehl was a German industrialist and philanthropist from Lübeck, best known for building a major iron ore and steel trading empire and for endowing the Possehl Foundation to support his hometown.
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B.
Christian Gudegast
Christian Gudegast is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for writing action and crime thrillers and for making his feature directorial debut with the heist film "Den of Thieves."
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C.
Karl Theodor Sauer
Karl Theodor Sauer was a German mathematician known for his contributions to functional analysis and approximation theory.
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D.
Wulf-Dieter Burwitz
Wulf-Dieter Burwitz was the son of Heinrich Himmler’s daughter Gudrun, known primarily for his discreet but long-standing involvement in neo-Nazi and far-right circles in postwar Germany.
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E.
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.
- 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: Klaus Schmidt Target entity description: Klaus Schmidt was a German archaeologist best known for leading the excavations at the prehistoric site of Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey.
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A.
Emil Possehl
Emil Possehl was a German industrialist and philanthropist from Lübeck, best known for building a major iron ore and steel trading empire and for endowing the Possehl Foundation to support his hometown.
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B.
Christian Gudegast
Christian Gudegast is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for writing action and crime thrillers and for making his feature directorial debut with the heist film "Den of Thieves."
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C.
Karl Theodor Sauer
Karl Theodor Sauer was a German mathematician known for his contributions to functional analysis and approximation theory.
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D.
Wulf-Dieter Burwitz
Wulf-Dieter Burwitz was the son of Heinrich Himmler’s daughter Gudrun, known primarily for his discreet but long-standing involvement in neo-Nazi and far-right circles in postwar Germany.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German archaeologist
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archaeologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliation | German Archaeological Institute ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Göbekli Tepe archaeological project
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linked to:
Gobekli Tepe
Neolithic archaeology of Anatolia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| employer | German Archaeological Institute ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Near Eastern archaeology
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archaeology ⓘ prehistoric archaeology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
Neolithic ritual architecture
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early monumental architecture ⓘ prehistoric religion ⓘ |
| knownFor |
excavations at Göbekli Tepe
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research on Göbekli Tepe ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| name | Klaus Schmidt ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | brought international attention to Göbekli Tepe ⓘ |
| notableWork |
interpretation of Göbekli Tepe as an early ritual center
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long-term excavation project at Göbekli Tepe ⓘ |
| occupation | archaeologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Germany ⓘ |
| studied | Neolithic sites in the Near East ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Göbekli Tepe
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linked to:
Gobekli Tepe
southeastern Turkey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Klaus Schmidt Description of subject: Klaus Schmidt was a German archaeologist best known for leading the excavations at the prehistoric site of Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.