Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern was a 19th-century German nobleman and former Prime Minister of Prussia, notable as the head of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen line and the father of Romania’s first king, Carol I.
All labels observed (4)
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| Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern canonical | 6 |
| Karl Anton of Hohenzollern | 2 |
| Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | 2 |
| Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10591557 — 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: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern Context triple: [Carol I of Romania, father, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern]
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Prince Karl Theodor von Wrede
Prince Karl Theodor von Wrede was a Bavarian field marshal and nobleman who played a prominent role in the Napoleonic Wars, notably leading Bavarian forces in several key campaigns.
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Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was a 19th-century German prince whose candidacy for the Spanish throne helped trigger the Franco-Prussian War.
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Hermann Prinz
Hermann Prinz is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Prinz, though specific widely known biographical details are not clearly established.
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Karl Magnus Friedrich of Baden-Durlach
Karl Magnus Friedrich of Baden-Durlach was a German nobleman of the House of Baden, known primarily as a younger son of Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach in the early 18th century.
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Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine
Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine was a young German prince of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, notable mainly as a son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and for dying in childhood.
- 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: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern Target entity description: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern was a 19th-century German nobleman and former Prime Minister of Prussia, notable as the head of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen line and the father of Romania’s first king, Carol I.
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A.
Prince Karl Theodor von Wrede
Prince Karl Theodor von Wrede was a Bavarian field marshal and nobleman who played a prominent role in the Napoleonic Wars, notably leading Bavarian forces in several key campaigns.
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B.
Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was a 19th-century German prince whose candidacy for the Spanish throne helped trigger the Franco-Prussian War.
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C.
Hermann Prinz
Hermann Prinz is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Prinz, though specific widely known biographical details are not clearly established.
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D.
Karl Magnus Friedrich of Baden-Durlach
Karl Magnus Friedrich of Baden-Durlach was a German nobleman of the House of Baden, known primarily as a younger son of Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach in the early 18th century.
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E.
Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine
Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine was a young German prince of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, notable mainly as a son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and for dying in childhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
How these facts were elicited
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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: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern Description of subject: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern was a 19th-century German nobleman and former Prime Minister of Prussia, notable as the head of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen line and the father of Romania’s first king, Carol I.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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lastRuler
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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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linked to: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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notableRuler
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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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linked to: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
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King Carol I of Romania
linked to: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
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Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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father
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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
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linked to: Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern