Josef Kranner
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Josef Kranner was a 19th-century Czech architect best known for his major role in the restoration and completion of Prague’s Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Josef Kranner canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2736010 — 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: Josef Kranner Context triple: [St. Vitus Cathedral, architect, Josef Kranner]
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A.
Josef Priller
Josef Priller was a renowned German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, best known for his leadership and his famous low-level strafing attack on Allied forces during the D-Day landings.
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B.
Wendel Hipler
Wendel Hipler was a key legal and political leader of the German Peasants’ War, known for helping articulate and organize the peasants’ demands against feudal authorities.
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C.
Gotthard Graubner
Gotthard Graubner was a German painter renowned for his abstract color-space works that explored the materiality and depth of color.
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D.
Herbert Brovarnik
Herbert Brovarnik, better known as Herbert C. Brown, was a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for his pioneering work on boron-containing compounds and their applications in organic synthesis.
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E.
Heinz Schaller
Heinz Schaller was a German molecular biologist and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the biotechnology company Biogen.
- 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: Josef Kranner Target entity description: Josef Kranner was a 19th-century Czech architect best known for his major role in the restoration and completion of Prague’s Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral.
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A.
Josef Priller
Josef Priller was a renowned German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, best known for his leadership and his famous low-level strafing attack on Allied forces during the D-Day landings.
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B.
Wendel Hipler
Wendel Hipler was a key legal and political leader of the German Peasants’ War, known for helping articulate and organize the peasants’ demands against feudal authorities.
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C.
Gotthard Graubner
Gotthard Graubner was a German painter renowned for his abstract color-space works that explored the materiality and depth of color.
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D.
Herbert Brovarnik
Herbert Brovarnik, better known as Herbert C. Brown, was a Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for his pioneering work on boron-containing compounds and their applications in organic synthesis.
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E.
Heinz Schaller
Heinz Schaller was a German molecular biologist and entrepreneur best known for co-founding the biotechnology company Biogen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austrian Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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| educatedAt |
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
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Prague Polytechnic ⓘ
linked to:
Czech Technical University in Prague
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| employer |
Prague city authorities
ⓘ
St. Vitus Cathedral building works administration ⓘ
linked to:
St. Vitus Cathedral building works (Prague)
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| ethnicGroup | Czech ⓘ |
| familyName | Kranner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Gothic Revival architecture
ⓘ
architecture ⓘ |
| genre |
ecclesiastical architecture
ⓘ
monument restoration ⓘ |
| givenName |
Josef
ⓘ
linked to:
Jozef
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| influencedBy |
French Gothic cathedrals
ⓘ
medieval Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Czech
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| movement |
Gothic Revival
ⓘ
historicist architecture ⓘ |
| name | Josef Kranner ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to Gothic Revival in Bohemia
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major role in completion of St. Vitus Cathedral ⓘ major role in restoration of St. Vitus Cathedral ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cemetery Church of All Saints at Vyšehrad
ⓘ
Church of St. Apollinaire restoration ⓘ Neo-Gothic modifications in Prague Castle area ⓘ Old Town Water Tower in Prague ⓘ St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague ⓘ
linked to:
St. Vitus Cathedral
architectural plans for completion of St. Vitus Cathedral west façade ⓘ completion of St. Vitus Cathedral ⓘ design of St. Vitus Cathedral choir restoration ⓘ design of St. Vitus Cathedral nave completion ⓘ design of St. Vitus Cathedral transept completion ⓘ designs for Prague’s Vyšehrad cemetery structures ⓘ restoration of Prague’s Gothic monuments ⓘ restoration of St. Vitus Cathedral ⓘ restoration projects of medieval buildings in Bohemia ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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restoration architect ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Prague ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Prague ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
cathedral architect at Prague Castle
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chief architect for restoration of St. Vitus Cathedral ⓘ |
| residence | Prague ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Prague ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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