Max von Stephanitz
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Max von Stephanitz was a German cavalry officer and dog breeder widely regarded as the founder of the German Shepherd breed and a pioneer of modern working-dog breeding principles.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20364264 — 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: Max von Stephanitz Context triple: [German Shepherd, developedBy, Max von Stephanitz]
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A.
Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann
Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann was a 19th-century German tax collector and dog breeder best known for developing the Doberman Pinscher breed.
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B.
Friedrich Parrot
Friedrich Parrot was a 19th-century Baltic German naturalist and explorer best known for leading the first recorded successful ascent of Mount Ararat.
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C.
Gottfried Lindauer
Gottfried Lindauer was a 19th-century Bohemian-born New Zealand painter best known for his detailed portraits of Māori leaders and elders.
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D.
Ernst Vogel
Ernst Vogel is a fictional Nazi officer and antagonist in the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
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E.
Oskar von Miller
Oskar von Miller was a German engineer and pioneering museum founder best known for establishing Munich’s Deutsches Museum, one of the world’s leading science and technology museums.
- 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: Max von Stephanitz Target entity description: Max von Stephanitz was a German cavalry officer and dog breeder widely regarded as the founder of the German Shepherd breed and a pioneer of modern working-dog breeding principles.
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A.
Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann
Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann was a 19th-century German tax collector and dog breeder best known for developing the Doberman Pinscher breed.
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B.
Friedrich Parrot
Friedrich Parrot was a 19th-century Baltic German naturalist and explorer best known for leading the first recorded successful ascent of Mount Ararat.
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C.
Gottfried Lindauer
Gottfried Lindauer was a 19th-century Bohemian-born New Zealand painter best known for his detailed portraits of Māori leaders and elders.
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D.
Ernst Vogel
Ernst Vogel is a fictional Nazi officer and antagonist in the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
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E.
Oskar von Miller
Oskar von Miller was a German engineer and pioneering museum founder best known for establishing Munich’s Deutsches Museum, one of the world’s leading science and technology museums.
- F. None of above. chosen
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