Jakob von Uexkull
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Jakob von Uexkull is a Swedish-German writer and activist best known for creating and promoting the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jakob von Uexkull canonical | 3 |
| Jakob Johann von Uexküll | 1 |
| von Uexkull | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T153414 — 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: Jakob von Uexkull Context triple: [Right Livelihood Award, founder, Jakob von Uexkull]
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A.
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel was a German biologist, naturalist, and philosopher known for his influential work in evolutionary theory, detailed biological illustrations, and the popularization of Darwin’s ideas in continental Europe.
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B.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
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C.
Alfred Gause
Alfred Gause was a German Wehrmacht general who served as a senior staff officer and field commander during World War II, including in the Mediterranean theater.
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D.
Paul Körner
Paul Körner was a high-ranking Nazi official and close associate of Hermann Göring who played a key role in the economic and industrial mobilization of the Third Reich.
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E.
Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of scientific knowledge.
- 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: Jakob von Uexkull Target entity description: Jakob von Uexkull is a Swedish-German writer and activist best known for creating and promoting the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
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A.
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel was a German biologist, naturalist, and philosopher known for his influential work in evolutionary theory, detailed biological illustrations, and the popularization of Darwin’s ideas in continental Europe.
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B.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
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C.
Alfred Gause
Alfred Gause was a German Wehrmacht general who served as a senior staff officer and field commander during World War II, including in the Mediterranean theater.
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D.
Paul Körner
Paul Körner was a high-ranking Nazi official and close associate of Hermann Göring who played a key role in the economic and industrial mobilization of the Third Reich.
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E.
Hans Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach was a prominent 20th-century philosopher of science known for his influential work on the philosophy of physics, probability, and the foundations of scientific knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
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award ⓘ environmentalist ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Alternative Nobel Prize ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Right Livelihood Award
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surface form:
Honorary Right Livelihood Award
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| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Sweden ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Swedish-German writer and activist
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creator of the Alternative Nobel Prize ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jakob von Uexkull
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
von Uexkull
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| fieldOfWork |
environmental protection
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human rights ⓘ peace activism ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| founded |
Right Livelihood Award
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Right Livelihood Award ⓘ
surface form:
Right Livelihood Award Foundation
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| foundedBy | Jakob von Uexkull self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| givenName |
Jakub
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surface form:
Jakob
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| inception | 1980 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Right Livelihood Award
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promoting the Right Livelihood Award ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ Swedish ⓘ |
| memberOf | European Parliament ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Alternative Nobel Prize ⓘ |
| notableWork | Right Livelihood Award ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ politician ⓘ publisher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Member of the European Parliament ⓘ |
| relative |
Jakob von Uexkull
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jakob Johann von Uexküll
Kurt Goldstein ⓘ
surface form:
Thure von Uexküll
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| residence |
Germany
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Sweden ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jakob von Uexkull Description of subject: Jakob von Uexkull is a Swedish-German writer and activist best known for creating and promoting the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
von Uexkull
this entity surface form:
Jakob Johann von Uexküll
subject surface form:
Right Livelihood Award