Karl von Frisch
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Karl von Frisch was an Austrian ethologist and Nobel Prize–winning zoologist renowned for his pioneering research on honeybee communication and sensory perception.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karl von Frisch canonical | 10 |
| von Frisch | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1213966 — 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 von Frisch Context triple: [Martin Lindauer, studentOf, Karl von Frisch]
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A.
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist and ethologist renowned as a founder of modern ethology and a Nobel Prize laureate for his pioneering work on animal behavior and imprinting.
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Jakob von Uexkull
Jakob von Uexkull is a Swedish-German writer and activist best known for creating and promoting the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
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Emil du Bois-Reymond
Emil du Bois-Reymond was a 19th-century German physiologist renowned for his pioneering work on bioelectricity and the physiology of the nervous system.
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D.
Johannes Müller
Johannes Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German physiologist whose work helped establish modern experimental physiology and deeply influenced a generation of scientists.
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E.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
- 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 von Frisch Target entity description: Karl von Frisch was an Austrian ethologist and Nobel Prize–winning zoologist renowned for his pioneering research on honeybee communication and sensory perception.
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A.
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist and ethologist renowned as a founder of modern ethology and a Nobel Prize laureate for his pioneering work on animal behavior and imprinting.
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B.
Jakob von Uexkull
Jakob von Uexkull is a Swedish-German writer and activist best known for creating and promoting the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
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C.
Emil du Bois-Reymond
Emil du Bois-Reymond was a 19th-century German physiologist renowned for his pioneering work on bioelectricity and the physiology of the nervous system.
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D.
Johannes Müller
Johannes Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German physiologist whose work helped establish modern experimental physiology and deeply influenced a generation of scientists.
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E.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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ethologist ⓘ human ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in medicine ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bavarian Order of Merit
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Austria-Hungary
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linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Austria
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Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1886-11-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-06-12 ⓘ |
| discovered |
that honeybees have color vision
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that honeybees use polarized light for navigation ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Munich
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linked to:
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
University of Vienna ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Graz
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University of Munich ⓘ
linked to:
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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| familyName |
von Frisch
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linked to:
Karl von Frisch
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| fieldOfWork |
animal behavior
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ethology ⓘ sensory physiology ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| givenName | Karl ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of the waggle dance of honeybees
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research on honeybee communication ⓘ studies of color vision in bees ⓘ studies of sensory perception in animals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Austrian Academy of Sciences
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Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns in animals ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Munich ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Zoological Institute at the University of Munich
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professor of zoology ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
animal sensory systems
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communication in social insects ⓘ orientation behavior of bees ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Konrad Lorenz
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Nikolaas Tinbergen ⓘ
linked to:
Niko Tinbergen
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| studied | Apis mellifera ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
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