Der Heer
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Der Heer is a character in the science fiction novel "Contact" by Carl Sagan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Der Heer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7806473 — 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: Der Heer Context triple: [Contact (novel), hasCharacter, Der Heer]
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A.
Großer Generalstab
Großer Generalstab was the German Empire’s elite military command and planning body, renowned for its role in developing modern staff warfare and directing Germany’s operations in World War I.
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B.
Otto's Army
Otto's Army is the passionate student cheering section that supports the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team at their home games.
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C.
Honor and Fatherland
"Honor and Fatherland" is the traditional Romanian military motto expressing loyalty, patriotism, and dedication to the nation.
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D.
Vom Kriege
Vom Kriege is a seminal 19th-century treatise on military strategy and the nature of war, widely regarded as one of the most influential works in the field of military theory.
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E.
Kaiserschlacht
Kaiserschlacht was the major German spring offensive on the Western Front in 1918, intended as a decisive blow to end World War I before American forces could fully deploy.
- 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: Der Heer Target entity description: Der Heer is a character in the science fiction novel "Contact" by Carl Sagan.
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A.
Großer Generalstab
Großer Generalstab was the German Empire’s elite military command and planning body, renowned for its role in developing modern staff warfare and directing Germany’s operations in World War I.
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B.
Otto's Army
Otto's Army is the passionate student cheering section that supports the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team at their home games.
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C.
Honor and Fatherland
"Honor and Fatherland" is the traditional Romanian military motto expressing loyalty, patriotism, and dedication to the nation.
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D.
Vom Kriege
Vom Kriege is a seminal 19th-century treatise on military strategy and the nature of war, widely regarded as one of the most influential works in the field of military theory.
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E.
Kaiserschlacht
Kaiserschlacht was the major German spring offensive on the Western Front in 1918, intended as a decisive blow to end World War I before American forces could fully deploy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Contact ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Carl Sagan ⓘ |
| characterIn | Contact ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Carl Sagan ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverseCreator | Carl Sagan ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Contact (1985 novel)
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linked to:
Contact (novel)
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| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | science fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| name | Der Heer ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 1985 ⓘ |
| universe | Contact (novel) ⓘ |
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: Der Heer Description of subject: Der Heer is a character in the science fiction novel "Contact" by Carl Sagan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.