Sinn (German)
E883400
concept in Fregean semantics
philosophical concept
semantic notion
technical term in philosophy of language
Sinn (German) is the term used by philosopher Gottlob Frege to denote the "sense" or mode of presentation of a linguistic expression, distinguishing it from its reference (Bedeutung).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sinn (German) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10729211 — 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: Sinn (German) Context triple: [Fregean sense, hasOriginalTerm, Sinn (German)]
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A.
Schier (German)
Schier is the German name for the Chiers, a river in Western Europe that flows through Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.
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B.
Sillein (German)
Sillein is the historical German name for the Slovak city of Žilina, an important regional center in northwestern Slovakia.
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C.
Iller (German)
Iller (German) is the German name for the Iller River, a tributary of the Danube in southern Germany.
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D.
Mutterzunge
Mutterzunge is a semi-autobiographical collection of stories by Emine Sevgi Özdamar that explores themes of migration, language, and identity between Turkey and Germany.
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E.
Dahme (German)
Dahme (German) is a German-language name that typically refers to a town or river in Germany, most commonly associated with locations in the state of Brandenburg.
- 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: Sinn (German) Target entity description: Sinn (German) is the term used by philosopher Gottlob Frege to denote the "sense" or mode of presentation of a linguistic expression, distinguishing it from its reference (Bedeutung).
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A.
Schier (German)
Schier is the German name for the Chiers, a river in Western Europe that flows through Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.
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B.
Sillein (German)
Sillein is the historical German name for the Slovak city of Žilina, an important regional center in northwestern Slovakia.
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C.
Iller (German)
Iller (German) is the German name for the Iller River, a tributary of the Danube in southern Germany.
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D.
Mutterzunge
Mutterzunge is a semi-autobiographical collection of stories by Emine Sevgi Özdamar that explores themes of migration, language, and identity between Turkey and Germany.
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E.
Dahme (German)
Dahme (German) is a German-language name that typically refers to a town or river in Germany, most commonly associated with locations in the state of Brandenburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept in Fregean semantics
ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ semantic notion ⓘ technical term in philosophy of language ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Function und Begriff
ⓘ
Grundlagen der Arithmetik ⓘ
linked to:
Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik
Über Sinn und Bedeutung ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
descriptions
ⓘ
proper names ⓘ sentences ⓘ sub-sentential expressions ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Fregean sense–reference distinction
ⓘ
linked to:
Fregean semantics
|
| contrastedWith | Bedeutung (German) ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
a linguistic expression has a sense that determines its reference
ⓘ
different senses can correspond to the same reference ⓘ sense is the way in which a reference is given ⓘ |
| denotes |
mode of presentation
ⓘ
sense ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Bedeutung (German) ⓘ |
| distinguishes | cognitive value of co-referential expressions ⓘ |
| exampleWith |
the Morning Star and the Evening Star have different Sinne but the same Bedeutung
ⓘ
linked to:
the evening star
|
| field |
logic
ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ semantics ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | sense ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasOpposition | mere reference without mode of presentation ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
is abstract
ⓘ
is objective rather than subjective ⓘ is shareable between different speakers ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fregean theories of meaning
ⓘ
Russellian theories of descriptions ⓘ contemporary philosophy of language ⓘ formal semantics ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Gottlob Frege ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Bedeutung
ⓘ
proposition ⓘ reference ⓘ thought (Gedanke) ⓘ |
| roleInTheory |
accounts for informative identity such as a=b with a≠b in sense
ⓘ
explains cognitive significance of identity statements ⓘ |
| usedBy | Gottlob Frege ⓘ |
| usedToAnalyze |
informative identity statements
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opacity phenomena in language ⓘ substitution in propositional attitude contexts ⓘ |
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: Sinn (German) Description of subject: Sinn (German) is the term used by philosopher Gottlob Frege to denote the "sense" or mode of presentation of a linguistic expression, distinguishing it from its reference (Bedeutung).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.