Herman Kountze
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Herman Kountze was a prominent 19th-century American banker and businessman known as a key figure in Omaha’s early financial and civic development.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| August Kountze | 1 |
| Herman Kountze canonical | 1 |
| Luther Kountze | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2193794 — 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: Herman Kountze Context triple: [First National Bank of Omaha, foundedBy, Herman Kountze]
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A.
Clarence F. Korstian
Clarence F. Korstian was an American forester and educator known for his leadership in forest management and his role in developing forestry education and research in the United States.
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B.
Charles F. Muntz
Charles F. Muntz is the obsessed and disgraced explorer villain from Pixar's animated film "Up," known for his ruthless quest to capture a rare bird.
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C.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
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D.
Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz
Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz was an American architect known for designing significant early skyscrapers and public buildings in New York City, including the New York Times Building at Times Square.
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E.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Herman Kountze Target entity description: Herman Kountze was a prominent 19th-century American banker and businessman known as a key figure in Omaha’s early financial and civic development.
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A.
Clarence F. Korstian
Clarence F. Korstian was an American forester and educator known for his leadership in forest management and his role in developing forestry education and research in the United States.
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B.
Charles F. Muntz
Charles F. Muntz is the obsessed and disgraced explorer villain from Pixar's animated film "Up," known for his ruthless quest to capture a rare bird.
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C.
Charles D. Norton
Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
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D.
Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz
Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz was an American architect known for designing significant early skyscrapers and public buildings in New York City, including the New York Times Building at Times Square.
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E.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
banker
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| coFounded | Kountze Brothers bank ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German American ⓘ |
| familyName | Kountze ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
banking
ⓘ
finance ⓘ real estate development ⓘ |
| givenName | Herman ⓘ |
| hasPartInNameOf |
Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church
ⓘ
Kountze Place, Omaha ⓘ
linked to:
Kountze Park area of Omaha
|
| knownFor |
leadership in Omaha civic affairs
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prominent Omaha banker ⓘ |
| notableFor |
civic development of Omaha, Nebraska
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early financial development of Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ philanthropy in Omaha ⓘ support of religious and civic institutions in Omaha ⓘ |
| notableRole | key figure in Omaha’s early banking sector ⓘ |
| occupation |
banker
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businessperson ⓘ |
| placeOfBusiness | Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| residence | Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Augustus Kountze
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Charles Kountze ⓘ Luther Kountze ⓘ
linked to:
Herman Kountze
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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: Herman Kountze Description of subject: Herman Kountze was a prominent 19th-century American banker and businessman known as a key figure in Omaha’s early financial and civic development.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Herman Kountze
linked to: Herman Kountze