German Criminal Code
E484088
The German Criminal Code is the central body of criminal law in Germany, defining criminal offenses and corresponding penalties nationwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German Criminal Code canonical | 1 |
| German Criminal Code (StGB) | 1 |
| German Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4981107 — 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: German Criminal Code Context triple: [Bavarian prison system, legalBasis, German Criminal Code]
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A.
German Code of Criminal Procedure
The German Code of Criminal Procedure is the central legal framework that regulates how criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and appeals are conducted in Germany’s courts.
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B.
German Civil Code
The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
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C.
German Commercial Code
The German Commercial Code is a central piece of German business law that regulates commercial transactions, traders, and corporate accounting alongside the German Civil Code.
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D.
German Social Code
The German Social Code is the comprehensive body of German federal law that regulates the country’s social security system, including health, pension, unemployment, and long-term care insurance.
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E.
German Code of Civil Procedure
The German Code of Civil Procedure is the primary legal framework governing civil court proceedings in Germany, detailing rules for jurisdiction, procedure, evidence, and appeals.
- 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: German Criminal Code Target entity description: The German Criminal Code is the central body of criminal law in Germany, defining criminal offenses and corresponding penalties nationwide.
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A.
German Code of Criminal Procedure
The German Code of Criminal Procedure is the central legal framework that regulates how criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and appeals are conducted in Germany’s courts.
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B.
German Civil Code
The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
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C.
German Commercial Code
The German Commercial Code is a central piece of German business law that regulates commercial transactions, traders, and corporate accounting alongside the German Civil Code.
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D.
German Social Code
The German Social Code is the comprehensive body of German federal law that regulates the country’s social security system, including health, pension, unemployment, and long-term care insurance.
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E.
German Code of Civil Procedure
The German Code of Civil Procedure is the primary legal framework governing civil court proceedings in Germany, detailing rules for jurisdiction, procedure, evidence, and appeals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal code
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primary legislation ⓘ statute ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | principle of legality in criminal law ⓘ |
| contains |
environmental offenses
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fraud offenses ⓘ offenses against life ⓘ offenses against personal freedom ⓘ offenses against physical integrity ⓘ offenses against public order ⓘ offenses against the state ⓘ property offenses ⓘ sexual offenses ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defines |
attempt
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culpability ⓘ excuse grounds ⓘ felonies ⓘ intent ⓘ justification grounds ⓘ misdemeanors ⓘ negligence ⓘ participation ⓘ perpetration ⓘ unlawfulness ⓘ |
| hasPart |
General Part
NERFINISHED
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Special Part ⓘ provisions on fines ⓘ provisions on imprisonment ⓘ provisions on secondary sanctions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| legalDomain | criminal law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law system ⓘ |
| nativeName | Strafgesetzbuch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
attempt of offenses
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confiscation of assets ⓘ criminal offenses ⓘ insanity defense ⓘ measures of rehabilitation and security ⓘ necessity ⓘ participation in offenses ⓘ penalties ⓘ self-defense ⓘ statute of limitations ⓘ |
| shortName | StGB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | German criminal jurisprudence ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German courts
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criminal defense lawyers in Germany ⓘ public prosecutors in Germany ⓘ |
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: German Criminal Code Description of subject: The German Criminal Code is the central body of criminal law in Germany, defining criminal offenses and corresponding penalties nationwide.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
German Criminal Code (StGB)
state prosecution offices of North Rhine-Westphalia (administration)
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appliesLaw
→
German Criminal Code
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this entity surface form:
German Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB)