Cabanis
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Cabanis was a 19th-century German ornithologist known for describing numerous bird taxa and contributing significantly to avian systematics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cabanis canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8898157 — 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: Cabanis Context triple: [Nesospiza, taxonAuthor, Cabanis]
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A.
Marcelin
Marcelin is a French diminutive form of the given name Marcel, often used as an affectionate or familiar variant.
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B.
Boissière
Boissière is a Paris Métro station on the city’s Right Bank, located in the 16th arrondissement near the Trocadéro area.
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C.
Lebrun
Lebrun is a French surname borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and other fields.
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D.
Dolomieu
Dolomieu is a commune in the Isère department of southeastern France, known as the birthplace of mathematician Élie Cartan.
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E.
Mansois
Mansois is a local name for the red wine grape variety Fer Servadou, traditionally used in the wines of southwest France.
- 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: Cabanis Target entity description: Cabanis was a 19th-century German ornithologist known for describing numerous bird taxa and contributing significantly to avian systematics.
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A.
Marcelin
Marcelin is a French diminutive form of the given name Marcel, often used as an affectionate or familiar variant.
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B.
Boissière
Boissière is a Paris Métro station on the city’s Right Bank, located in the 16th arrondissement near the Trocadéro area.
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C.
Lebrun
Lebrun is a French surname borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and other fields.
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D.
Dolomieu
Dolomieu is a commune in the Isère department of southeastern France, known as the birthplace of mathematician Élie Cartan.
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E.
Mansois
Mansois is a local name for the red wine grape variety Fer Servadou, traditionally used in the wines of southwest France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ornithologist
ⓘ
person ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | European ornithology ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo | systematics of Old World birds ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Kingdom of Prussia
ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1816-03-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1906-02-20 ⓘ |
| described |
numerous new bird genera
ⓘ
numerous new bird species ⓘ |
| employer | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Cabanis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
avian systematics
ⓘ
ornithology ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ |
| givenName |
Jean Louis
ⓘ
linked to:
Jean-Louis
|
| hasAcademicDiscipline | natural history ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
faunistic notes
ⓘ
species descriptions ⓘ taxonomic revisions ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern avian taxonomy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| lifespan | 1816–1906 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
German Ornithologists' Society
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linked to:
Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft
|
| name |
Jean Louis Cabanis
ⓘ
linked to:
Jean Cabanis
|
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to avian systematics
ⓘ
describing numerous bird taxa ⓘ |
| notableWork |
founding and editing the Journal für Ornithologie
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taxonomic descriptions of many bird species and genera ⓘ |
| occupation |
ornithologist
ⓘ
zoologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
curator of ornithology at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
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editor of Journal für Ornithologie ⓘ founder of German Ornithologists' Society ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
bird classification
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birds ⓘ |
| workLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Cabanis Description of subject: Cabanis was a 19th-century German ornithologist known for describing numerous bird taxa and contributing significantly to avian systematics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.