Johann Kaspar Wilcke
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Johann Kaspar Wilcke was an 18th-century German musician and trumpeter best known as the father of Anna Magdalena Bach, the second wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johann Kaspar Wilcke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2823114 — 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: Johann Kaspar Wilcke Context triple: [Anna Magdalena Bach, father, Johann Kaspar Wilcke]
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A.
Friedrich Nicolovius
Friedrich Nicolovius was a German publisher active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for issuing significant philosophical and theological works.
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B.
Johann Christoph Wigand
Johann Christoph Wigand was a 16th-century German Lutheran theologian and bishop known for his role in the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Johann Christoph Arnold
Johann Christoph Arnold was a German-born American pastor and author known for his leadership in the Bruderhof Christian community and his writings on forgiveness, peace, and Christian discipleship.
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D.
Johann Christian Keil
Johann Christian Keil was the father of Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, known for his role in the family background of this prominent cultural figure.
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E.
Johann Georg Eccarius
Johann Georg Eccarius was a German tailor, socialist activist, and close associate of Karl Marx who served as a leading figure and general secretary of the International Workingmen's Association.
- 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: Johann Kaspar Wilcke Target entity description: Johann Kaspar Wilcke was an 18th-century German musician and trumpeter best known as the father of Anna Magdalena Bach, the second wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
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A.
Friedrich Nicolovius
Friedrich Nicolovius was a German publisher active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for issuing significant philosophical and theological works.
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B.
Johann Christoph Wigand
Johann Christoph Wigand was a 16th-century German Lutheran theologian and bishop known for his role in the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Johann Christoph Arnold
Johann Christoph Arnold was a German-born American pastor and author known for his leadership in the Bruderhof Christian community and his writings on forgiveness, peace, and Christian discipleship.
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D.
Johann Christian Keil
Johann Christian Keil was the father of Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, known for his role in the family background of this prominent cultural figure.
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E.
Johann Georg Eccarius
Johann Georg Eccarius was a German tailor, socialist activist, and close associate of Karl Marx who served as a leading figure and general secretary of the International Workingmen's Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
musician ⓘ trumpeter ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| child | Anna Magdalena Bach ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Electorate of Saxony ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1680 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 18th century ⓘ |
| employer | court orchestra of Weissenfels ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | music ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
Wilke
ⓘ
surface form:
Wilcke
|
| hasGivenName |
Johann
ⓘ
Kaspar ⓘ |
| instrument | trumpet ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| nameInNativeLanguage | Johann Caspar Wilcke ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of Anna Magdalena Bach ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Weissenfels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Weissenfels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Anna Magdalena Bach
ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Weissenfels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Johann Kaspar Wilcke Description of subject: Johann Kaspar Wilcke was an 18th-century German musician and trumpeter best known as the father of Anna Magdalena Bach, the second wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.