Kurt Back
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Kurt Back was a social psychologist known for his collaborative research in social behavior and group dynamics, including work with Leon Festinger.
All labels observed (1)
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| Kurt Back canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6752866 — 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: Kurt Back Context triple: [Leon Festinger, coAuthor, Kurt Back]
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A.
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder is an American film critic, author, and longtime MTV News journalist best known for his influential coverage of music and pop culture.
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B.
Kurt Diemberger
Kurt Diemberger is an Austrian mountaineer and filmmaker renowned as one of the few climbers to have made first ascents on two 8,000-meter peaks.
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C.
Erwin Kurtz
Erwin Kurtz is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Kurtz.
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D.
Kurt Sauer
Kurt Sauer is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Phoenix Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche.
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E.
Erich Rothacker
Erich Rothacker was a German philosopher and cultural theorist known for his work in philosophical anthropology and the humanities, and for supervising Jürgen Habermas’s doctoral studies.
- 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: Kurt Back Target entity description: Kurt Back was a social psychologist known for his collaborative research in social behavior and group dynamics, including work with Leon Festinger.
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A.
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder is an American film critic, author, and longtime MTV News journalist best known for his influential coverage of music and pop culture.
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B.
Kurt Diemberger
Kurt Diemberger is an Austrian mountaineer and filmmaker renowned as one of the few climbers to have made first ascents on two 8,000-meter peaks.
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C.
Erwin Kurtz
Erwin Kurtz is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Kurtz.
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D.
Kurt Sauer
Kurt Sauer is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Phoenix Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche.
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E.
Erich Rothacker
Erich Rothacker was a German philosopher and cultural theorist known for his work in philosophical anthropology and the humanities, and for supervising Jürgen Habermas’s doctoral studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
psychologist
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social psychologist ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Leon Festinger ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
empirical methods in group dynamics research
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theory of social behavior in groups ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
group dynamics
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social behavior ⓘ social psychology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
experimental social psychology
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group processes ⓘ social networks in groups ⓘ |
| influenced | later research in group dynamics ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Leon Festinger ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration with Leon Festinger
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collaborative research in social psychology ⓘ research on group dynamics ⓘ research on social behavior ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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researcher ⓘ |
| studied |
interpersonal relations in small groups
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social influence in groups ⓘ social interaction patterns ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kurt Back Description of subject: Kurt Back was a social psychologist known for his collaborative research in social behavior and group dynamics, including work with Leon Festinger.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.