Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
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The Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany is the federal government department responsible for overseeing the country’s legal system, legislation in the field of justice, and the administration of federal courts.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1069871 — 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: Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany Context triple: [Reich Ministry of Justice, replacedBy, Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany]
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A.
Bavarian Ministry of Justice
The Bavarian Ministry of Justice is the state government department of Bavaria responsible for overseeing the judiciary, correctional facilities, and legal affairs within the German federal state.
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B.
Prussian Ministry of Justice
The Prussian Ministry of Justice was the governmental department responsible for overseeing the judicial system and legal affairs in the Kingdom and later Free State of Prussia until its functions were absorbed by the centralized Reich Ministry of Justice.
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C.
Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state government department responsible for overseeing the judicial system, correctional facilities, and legal affairs in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Reich Ministry of Justice
The Reich Ministry of Justice was the central legal and judicial authority of Nazi Germany, responsible for administering and enforcing the regime’s laws, including many that enabled state-sponsored persecution and atrocities.
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E.
Federal Department of Justice and Police
The Federal Department of Justice and Police is a key Swiss federal department responsible for national security, law enforcement, migration, and the administration of justice.
- 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: Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany Target entity description: The Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany is the federal government department responsible for overseeing the country’s legal system, legislation in the field of justice, and the administration of federal courts.
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A.
Bavarian Ministry of Justice
The Bavarian Ministry of Justice is the state government department of Bavaria responsible for overseeing the judiciary, correctional facilities, and legal affairs within the German federal state.
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B.
Prussian Ministry of Justice
The Prussian Ministry of Justice was the governmental department responsible for overseeing the judicial system and legal affairs in the Kingdom and later Free State of Prussia until its functions were absorbed by the centralized Reich Ministry of Justice.
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C.
Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state government department responsible for overseeing the judicial system, correctional facilities, and legal affairs in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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D.
Reich Ministry of Justice
The Reich Ministry of Justice was the central legal and judicial authority of Nazi Germany, responsible for administering and enforcing the regime’s laws, including many that enabled state-sponsored persecution and atrocities.
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E.
Federal Department of Justice and Police
The Federal Department of Justice and Police is a key Swiss federal department responsible for national security, law enforcement, migration, and the administration of justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal ministry of Germany
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government ministry ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| employs |
civil servants
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public service employees ⓘ |
| formerShortName | BMJV ⓘ |
| hasMinister | Marco Buschmann ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor |
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
Reich Ministry of Justice ⓘ |
| hasStateSecretary |
Angelika Schlunck
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Benjamin Strasser ⓘ Claudia Plakolm ⓘ |
| headedBy | Federal Minister of Justice ⓘ |
| headquartersBuilding | Köthener Straße 2, Berlin ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Germany
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surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
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| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| ministerParty | Free Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bundesministerium der Justiz
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| oversees |
Federal Administrative Court of Germany
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surface form:
Federal Administrative Court of Germany (within justice-related coordination)
Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Court of Justice of Germany (organizationally via federal competence)
Federal Fiscal Court of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Fiscal Court of Germany (within justice-related coordination)
Federal Labour Court of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Labour Court of Germany (within justice-related coordination)
Federal Office of Justice of Germany ⓘ Federal Patent Court of Germany ⓘ Federal Social Court of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Social Court of Germany (within justice-related coordination)
Federal Patent Court of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
German Federal Patent Court (Bundespatentgericht)
federal legal system of Germany ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Government of Germany ⓘ |
| renamedFrom |
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
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| renamingYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
European legal policy within its portfolio
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administration of federal courts (organizational oversight) ⓘ civil law legislation at federal level ⓘ commercial law legislation at federal level ⓘ company law legislation at federal level ⓘ copyright law at federal level ⓘ court organization law at federal level ⓘ criminal law legislation at federal level ⓘ data protection law aspects within its remit ⓘ drafting federal legislation in the field of justice ⓘ international legal cooperation in civil and criminal matters ⓘ law of procedure at federal level ⓘ law relating to the legal profession at federal level ⓘ legal aid regulations at federal level ⓘ |
| shortName | BMJ ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Chancellor of Germany ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bmj.de ⓘ |
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: Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany Description of subject: The Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany is the federal government department responsible for overseeing the country’s legal system, legislation in the field of justice, and the administration of federal courts.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)
this entity surface form:
Federal Minister of Justice of Germany
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice
subject surface form:
Legal Directorate (German Federal Foreign Office)
this entity surface form:
German Federal Ministry of Justice
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice (administrative matters)
Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany
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subordinateTo
→
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)
Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany
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appointedBy
→
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
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this entity surface form:
Federal Minister of Justice (Germany)
this entity surface form:
Federal Minister of Justice (Germany)
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
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nativeName
→
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium der Justiz
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
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hasPredecessor
→
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
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renamedFrom
→
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)