Weil

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French mathematician French philologist French philosopher German Marxist German businessman German orientalist family name human mathematician surname

Weil is a surname most notably associated with André Weil, a prominent 20th-century French mathematician and co-founder of the Bourbaki group.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Weil canonical	11

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2228011 — 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: Weil
Context triple: [André Weil, familyName, Weil]

A. Weil der Stadt
Weil der Stadt is a historic small town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, best known as the birthplace of the astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler.
B. Löwenthal
Löwenthal is the maiden surname of Elsa Einstein, who was both the second wife and cousin of physicist Albert Einstein.
C. Weinert
Weinert is a German-language surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as the arts, sciences, and public life.
D. Heurich
Heurich is a German surname most notably associated with Christian Heurich, a prominent brewer and businessman in Washington, D.C.
E. Miltenberg
Miltenberg is a historic town in Bavaria, Germany, known for its well-preserved medieval old town along the Main River and its timber-framed architecture.
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: Weil
Target entity description: Weil is a surname most notably associated with André Weil, a prominent 20th-century French mathematician and co-founder of the Bourbaki group.

A. Weil der Stadt
Weil der Stadt is a historic small town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, best known as the birthplace of the astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler.
B. Löwenthal
Löwenthal is the maiden surname of Elsa Einstein, who was both the second wife and cousin of physicist Albert Einstein.
C. Weinert
Weinert is a German-language surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as the arts, sciences, and public life.
D. Heurich
Heurich is a German surname most notably associated with Christian Heurich, a prominent brewer and businessman in Washington, D.C.
E. Miltenberg
Miltenberg is a historic town in Bavaria, Germany, known for its well-preserved medieval old town along the Main River and its timber-framed architecture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French mathematician ⓘ French philologist ⓘ French philosopher ⓘ German Marxist ⓘ German businessman ⓘ German orientalist ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ surname ⓘ
coFounderOf	Bourbaki school of mathematics ⓘ surface form: Bourbaki group
countryOfCitizenship	France ⓘ
familyName	Weil self-linksurface differs ⓘ Weil self-linksurface differs ⓘ Weil self-linksurface differs ⓘ Weil self-linksurface differs ⓘ Weil self-linksurface differs ⓘ Weil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
fieldOfWork	algebraic geometry ⓘ algebraic topology ⓘ number theory ⓘ representation theory ⓘ
hasNotableBearer	Alexandre Weil ⓘ André Weil ⓘ Bernard Weil ⓘ Claude Weil ⓘ Felix Weil ⓘ Gustav Weil ⓘ Henri Weil ⓘ Hermann Weil ⓘ Isaac Weil ⓘ Józef Weil ⓘ Karl Weil ⓘ Martin Weil ⓘ Robert Weil ⓘ Roger Weil ⓘ Simone Weil ⓘ
hasSibling	Simone Weil ⓘ
knownFor	funding the Institute for Social Research ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	French ⓘ German ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
memberOf	Bourbaki school of mathematics ⓘ surface form: Bourbaki group
notableWork	Basic Number Theory ⓘ Foundations of Algebraic Geometry ⓘ Weil conjectures ⓘ

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