Johann von Thielmann
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Johann von Thielmann was a Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars, noted for his leadership of Prussian forces during the Waterloo campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johann von Thielmann canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2341740 — 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: Johann von Thielmann Context triple: [Battle of Wavre, commander, Johann von Thielmann]
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A.
Johann Ambrosius
Johann Ambrosius Bach was a German musician and violinist of the Baroque era, best known as the father of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
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B.
Albrecht Schuch
Albrecht Schuch is a German actor known for his acclaimed performances in film and television, including a prominent role in the 2022 adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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C.
Gotthard Heinrici
Gotthard Heinrici was a German Wehrmacht field marshal renowned as one of Nazi Germany’s most skilled defensive commanders during World War II, particularly in the war’s final stages.
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D.
Friedrich Bonte
Friedrich Bonte was a German Kriegsmarine officer and flotilla leader who commanded the German destroyer forces during the early World War II naval operations in Norway.
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E.
Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt
Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt was a prominent Austrian Baroque architect renowned for his grand palaces and churches in Vienna and across the Habsburg Empire.
- 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: Johann von Thielmann Target entity description: Johann von Thielmann was a Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars, noted for his leadership of Prussian forces during the Waterloo campaign.
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A.
Johann Ambrosius
Johann Ambrosius Bach was a German musician and violinist of the Baroque era, best known as the father of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
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B.
Albrecht Schuch
Albrecht Schuch is a German actor known for his acclaimed performances in film and television, including a prominent role in the 2022 adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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C.
Gotthard Heinrici
Gotthard Heinrici was a German Wehrmacht field marshal renowned as one of Nazi Germany’s most skilled defensive commanders during World War II, particularly in the war’s final stages.
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D.
Friedrich Bonte
Friedrich Bonte was a German Kriegsmarine officer and flotilla leader who commanded the German destroyer forces during the early World War II naval operations in Norway.
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E.
Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt
Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt was a prominent Austrian Baroque architect renowned for his grand palaces and churches in Vienna and across the Habsburg Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prussian general
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| allegiance | Prussia ⓘ |
| conflict |
Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
Waterloo campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Waterloo Campaign
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Prussia
ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Thielmann ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military strategy
ⓘ
warfare ⓘ |
| genre | military history ⓘ |
| givenName | Johann ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Prussian Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| militaryStatus | officer ⓘ |
| movement | Coalition forces against Napoleon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
command of Prussian troops against Napoleon
ⓘ
leadership of Prussian forces during the Waterloo campaign ⓘ service as a Prussian general in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| notableRole | Prussian commander in the Waterloo campaign ⓘ |
| notableWork | defense against French forces during the Waterloo campaign ⓘ |
| occupation |
military leader
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
Waterloo campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Waterloo Campaign
|
| partOf | Prussian high command during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| residence | Prussia ⓘ |
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: Johann von Thielmann Description of subject: Johann von Thielmann was a Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars, noted for his leadership of Prussian forces during the Waterloo campaign.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.