Friedrich Hecker
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Friedrich Hecker was a German revolutionary and political refugee who became a prominent Union Army officer and leader of German-American volunteers during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
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| Friedrich Hecker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21927746 — 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: Friedrich Hecker Context triple: [82nd Illinois Infantry Regiment, commandedBy, Friedrich Hecker]
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Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Lassalle was a 19th-century German socialist political activist and theorist who played a key role in the early development of the German labor movement.
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B.
Arnold Ruge
Arnold Ruge was a 19th-century German philosopher, political writer, and radical democrat associated with the Young Hegelians and early socialist thought.
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C.
Johann Schenck
Johann Schenck was a Baroque-era composer and virtuoso viol player known for his chamber music and contributions to early Dutch musical culture.
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D.
Johann Most
Johann Most was a 19th-century German-American anarchist agitator, writer, and orator known for advocating revolutionary violence and influencing the development of anarchist thought in the United States and Europe.
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E.
Otto Weitling
Otto Weitling was a Danish architect best known for designing the modernist headquarters of Danmarks Nationalbank in Copenhagen, in collaboration with Arne Jacobsen.
- 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: Friedrich Hecker Target entity description: Friedrich Hecker was a German revolutionary and political refugee who became a prominent Union Army officer and leader of German-American volunteers during the American Civil War.
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A.
Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Lassalle was a 19th-century German socialist political activist and theorist who played a key role in the early development of the German labor movement.
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B.
Arnold Ruge
Arnold Ruge was a 19th-century German philosopher, political writer, and radical democrat associated with the Young Hegelians and early socialist thought.
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C.
Johann Schenck
Johann Schenck was a Baroque-era composer and virtuoso viol player known for his chamber music and contributions to early Dutch musical culture.
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D.
Johann Most
Johann Most was a 19th-century German-American anarchist agitator, writer, and orator known for advocating revolutionary violence and influencing the development of anarchist thought in the United States and Europe.
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E.
Otto Weitling
Otto Weitling was a Danish architect best known for designing the modernist headquarters of Danmarks Nationalbank in Copenhagen, in collaboration with Arne Jacobsen.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.