Jacob Grimm
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Jacob Grimm was a German philologist, linguist, and folklorist best known as one of the Brothers Grimm, famous for their collection of fairy tales and foundational work in German linguistics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacob Grimm canonical | 15 |
| Jakob Grimm | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Jacob Grimm Context triple: [Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, namedAfter, Jacob Grimm]
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The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm is a 2005 fantasy adventure film that blends folklore, dark humor, and elaborate visual effects to follow two con-artist siblings who confront real supernatural forces.
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Heinrich Hoffmann
Heinrich Hoffmann was Adolf Hitler’s personal photographer and a prominent Nazi-era photographer and publisher whose studio employed Eva Braun.
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E. T. A. Hoffmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann was a German Romantic author, composer, and jurist best known for his fantastical and often macabre tales that influenced writers like Edgar Allan Poe and inspired works such as Tchaikovsky’s ballet "The Nutcracker."
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Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was an 18th-century Swiss polymath—physiologist, anatomist, poet, and scholar—whose scientific and literary work made him a central figure of the German Enlightenment.
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E.
Adelbert von Chamisso
Adelbert von Chamisso was a 19th-century German poet and naturalist best known for his literary works and botanical studies conducted during scientific expeditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jacob Grimm Target entity description: Jacob Grimm was a German philologist, linguist, and folklorist best known as one of the Brothers Grimm, famous for their collection of fairy tales and foundational work in German linguistics.
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A.
The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm is a 2005 fantasy adventure film that blends folklore, dark humor, and elaborate visual effects to follow two con-artist siblings who confront real supernatural forces.
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B.
Heinrich Hoffmann
Heinrich Hoffmann was Adolf Hitler’s personal photographer and a prominent Nazi-era photographer and publisher whose studio employed Eva Braun.
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C.
E. T. A. Hoffmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann was a German Romantic author, composer, and jurist best known for his fantastical and often macabre tales that influenced writers like Edgar Allan Poe and inspired works such as Tchaikovsky’s ballet "The Nutcracker."
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Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller was an 18th-century Swiss polymath—physiologist, anatomist, poet, and scholar—whose scientific and literary work made him a central figure of the German Enlightenment.
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E.
Adelbert von Chamisso
Adelbert von Chamisso was a 19th-century German poet and naturalist best known for his literary works and botanical studies conducted during scientific expeditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fairy tale collector
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folklorist ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ philologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| dateOfBirth | 1785-01-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1863-09-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Prussian Academy of Sciences
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surface form:
Academy of Sciences at Berlin
University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Grimm ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
German studies
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Germanic philology ⓘ folklore studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ law ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacob ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Grimm's law formulation for consonant shifts in Germanic languages ⓘ |
| influenced |
Germanic linguistics
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comparative linguistics ⓘ folklore studies ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
The Brothers Grimm
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surface form:
Brothers Grimm
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| movement |
Jena Romanticism
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surface form:
German Romanticism
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| name | Jacob Grimm self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Grimm's law ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Rudolf Hildebrand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Deutsche Grammatik
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Deutsche Mythologie ⓘ Deutsches Wörterbuch ⓘ Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
surface form:
Grimms' Fairy Tales
Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
surface form:
Kinder- und Hausmärchen
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| occupation |
folklorist
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linguist ⓘ philologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hanau ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
librarian in Kassel
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professor at the University of Göttingen ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
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Göttingen ⓘ Kassel ⓘ |
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Subject: Jacob Grimm Description of subject: Jacob Grimm was a German philologist, linguist, and folklorist best known as one of the Brothers Grimm, famous for their collection of fairy tales and foundational work in German linguistics.
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