Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe (grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
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Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe was a 19th-century German nobleman and the only surviving grandson of the famed writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe (grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) canonical | 1 |
| Wolfgang von Goethe (grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7627672 — 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: Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe (grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Context triple: [August von Goethe, child, Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe (grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)]
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August von Goethe
August von Goethe was the only surviving son of the famed German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, known primarily for his role as his father's companion and estate heir rather than for independent achievements.
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B.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a towering German writer, poet, and polymath of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for works like "Faust" and for shaping European Romanticism and modern literature.
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C.
Fritz Johan Schlegel
Fritz Johan Schlegel was a Danish architect known for his contributions to early modernist and functionalist architecture in Denmark.
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D.
Christoph Martin Wieland
Christoph Martin Wieland was an influential 18th-century German poet, novelist, and translator, regarded as a key figure of the Enlightenment and early Weimar Classicism.
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E.
Johann Friedrich
Johann Friedrich is the given name of Johann Friedrich Städel, a German merchant and art patron who founded the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
- 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: Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe (grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Target entity description: Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe was a 19th-century German nobleman and the only surviving grandson of the famed writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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A.
August von Goethe
August von Goethe was the only surviving son of the famed German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, known primarily for his role as his father's companion and estate heir rather than for independent achievements.
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B.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a towering German writer, poet, and polymath of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for works like "Faust" and for shaping European Romanticism and modern literature.
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C.
Fritz Johan Schlegel
Fritz Johan Schlegel was a Danish architect known for his contributions to early modernist and functionalist architecture in Denmark.
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D.
Christoph Martin Wieland
Christoph Martin Wieland was an influential 18th-century German poet, novelist, and translator, regarded as a key figure of the Enlightenment and early Weimar Classicism.
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E.
Johann Friedrich
Johann Friedrich is the given name of Johann Friedrich Städel, a German merchant and art patron who founded the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German nobleman
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human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Weimar ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Prussia
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linked to:
Prussia
|
| dateOfBirth | 1820-09-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1883-01-20 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Germans ⓘ |
| familyName | von Goethe ⓘ |
| father | August von Goethe ⓘ |
| givenName |
Maximilian
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Wolfgang ⓘ |
| grandfather | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
August von Goethe
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ Ottilie von Goethe ⓘ
linked to:
Ottilie von Pogwisch
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| languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Prussian nobility ⓘ |
| mother |
Ottilie von Goethe
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linked to:
Ottilie von Pogwisch
|
| notableFamily | Goethe family ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the only surviving grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ |
| onlySurvivingGrandchildOf | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Weimar ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Leipzig ⓘ |
| residence |
Leipzig
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Weimar ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe (grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Description of subject: Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe was a 19th-century German nobleman and the only surviving grandson of the famed writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
August von Goethe
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child
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Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe (grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
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linked to: Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe (grandson of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)