Walter Scheel
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Walter Scheel was a German liberal politician who served as Foreign Minister and later President of West Germany, playing a key role in the country's Ostpolitik and détente with Eastern Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter Scheel canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2791594 — 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: Walter Scheel Context triple: [Treaty of Moscow (1970), negotiatedBy, Walter Scheel]
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A.
Hermann Köhl
Hermann Köhl was a German aviation pioneer best known for co-piloting the first successful east-to-west non-stop transatlantic flight in 1928.
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B.
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Hans-Dietrich Genscher was a prominent German liberal politician who served for many years as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, playing a key role in German reunification and European diplomacy.
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C.
Bernhard Scholz
Bernhard Scholz is a German computer scientist known for his work in programming languages, logic programming, and the development of the Soufflé Datalog engine.
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D.
Roman Herzog
Roman Herzog was a German jurist and politician who served as President of Germany from 1994 to 1999.
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E.
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a West German politician who served as Chancellor from 1966 to 1969, leading a grand coalition government during a pivotal period of postwar reconstruction and Cold War tensions.
- 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: Walter Scheel Target entity description: Walter Scheel was a German liberal politician who served as Foreign Minister and later President of West Germany, playing a key role in the country's Ostpolitik and détente with Eastern Europe.
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A.
Hermann Köhl
Hermann Köhl was a German aviation pioneer best known for co-piloting the first successful east-to-west non-stop transatlantic flight in 1928.
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B.
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Hans-Dietrich Genscher was a prominent German liberal politician who served for many years as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, playing a key role in German reunification and European diplomacy.
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C.
Bernhard Scholz
Bernhard Scholz is a German computer scientist known for his work in programming languages, logic programming, and the development of the Soufflé Datalog engine.
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D.
Roman Herzog
Roman Herzog was a German jurist and politician who served as President of Germany from 1994 to 1999.
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E.
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a West German politician who served as Chancellor from 1966 to 1969, leading a grand coalition government during a pivotal period of postwar reconstruction and Cold War tensions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Foreign Minister of Germany
ⓘ
German politician ⓘ President of Germany ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Charlemagne Prize
ⓘ
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
|
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-07-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-08-24 ⓘ |
| familyName | Scheel ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| memberOf | Free Democratic Party ⓘ |
| movement | German liberalism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableWork | support for Brandt’s Ostpolitik ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation of Germany:1966-12-01
ⓘ
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany:1974-05-16 ⓘ President of the Federal Republic of Germany:1979-06-30 ⓘ Vice Chancellor of Germany:1974-05-16 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation of Germany:1961-11-14
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Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany:1969-10-22 ⓘ President of the Federal Republic of Germany:1974-07-01 ⓘ Vice Chancellor of Germany:1969-10-22 ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Ostpolitik
ⓘ
détente between East and West ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Solingen ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bad Krozingen ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Free Democratic Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Free Democratic Party
ⓘ
Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation of Germany ⓘ Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany ⓘ Member of the Bundestag ⓘ President of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Vice Chancellor of Germany ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
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| residence | Bonn ⓘ |
| servedIn |
German Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Luftwaffe
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Emilie Dorothea "Loki" Schmidt (divorced)?
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Eva Charlotte Kronenberg ⓘ Mildred Scheel ⓘ |
| workedOn |
West German foreign policy realignment
ⓘ
normalization of relations with Eastern Europe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walter Scheel Description of subject: Walter Scheel was a German liberal politician who served as Foreign Minister and later President of West Germany, playing a key role in the country's Ostpolitik and détente with Eastern Europe.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.