Alexander Kohut
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Alexander Kohut was a 19th-century Hungarian-American rabbi and scholar renowned for his monumental Talmudic lexicon and leadership in modern Jewish scholarship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Kohut canonical | 1 |
| Kohut | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2767621 — 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: Alexander Kohut Context triple: [Jewish Theological Seminary of America, founder, Alexander Kohut]
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Otto Rank
Otto Rank was an Austrian psychoanalyst and close collaborator of Sigmund Freud who became known for his innovative theories on creativity, the will, and the psychological impact of birth trauma.
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Bruno Bettelheim
Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American psychologist and writer known for his work on child psychology, autism, and the psychological impact of extreme trauma, including his own experiences in Nazi concentration camps.
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C.
Melanie Klein
Melanie Klein was an influential Austrian-British psychoanalyst known for pioneering child analysis and developing object relations theory within psychoanalysis.
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D.
Karl Abraham
Karl Abraham was an influential early psychoanalyst and close collaborator of Sigmund Freud, known for his pioneering work on psychosexual development and the etiology of mood disorders.
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E.
Rollo May
Rollo May was an American existential psychologist and author known for integrating existential philosophy with psychotherapy and exploring themes of anxiety, freedom, and human choice.
- 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: Alexander Kohut Target entity description: Alexander Kohut was a 19th-century Hungarian-American rabbi and scholar renowned for his monumental Talmudic lexicon and leadership in modern Jewish scholarship.
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A.
Otto Rank
Otto Rank was an Austrian psychoanalyst and close collaborator of Sigmund Freud who became known for his innovative theories on creativity, the will, and the psychological impact of birth trauma.
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B.
Bruno Bettelheim
Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American psychologist and writer known for his work on child psychology, autism, and the psychological impact of extreme trauma, including his own experiences in Nazi concentration camps.
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C.
Melanie Klein
Melanie Klein was an influential Austrian-British psychoanalyst known for pioneering child analysis and developing object relations theory within psychoanalysis.
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D.
Karl Abraham
Karl Abraham was an influential early psychoanalyst and close collaborator of Sigmund Freud, known for his pioneering work on psychosexual development and the etiology of mood disorders.
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E.
Rollo May
Rollo May was an American existential psychologist and author known for integrating existential philosophy with psychotherapy and exploring themes of anxiety, freedom, and human choice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hungarian-American Jew
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rabbi ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Jewish religious scholarship
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Talmudic philology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Hungary
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United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jews ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alexander Kohut
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kohut
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| fieldOfWork |
Jewish studies
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Talmudic studies ⓘ lexicography ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
rabbi in Hungary
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rabbi in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | modern Jewish scholarship ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in modern Jewish scholarship
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monumental Talmudic lexicon ⓘ |
| notableRole | leader in modern Jewish scholarship ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aruch ha-Shalem
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Talmudic lexicon ⓘ |
| occupation |
lexicographer
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rabbi ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hungary ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alexander Kohut Description of subject: Alexander Kohut was a 19th-century Hungarian-American rabbi and scholar renowned for his monumental Talmudic lexicon and leadership in modern Jewish scholarship.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kohut