Ferdinand Jodl
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Ferdinand Jodl was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who was tried for war crimes after the conflict.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ferdinand Jodl canonical | 1 |
| Jodl | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7874613 — 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: Ferdinand Jodl Context triple: [Hostages Trial, defendantsIncluded, Ferdinand Jodl]
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A.
Alfred Jodl
Alfred Jodl was a German general and Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht who became one of Nazi Germany’s highest-ranking military leaders and was later convicted and executed for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials.
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B.
Wilhelm Keitel
Wilhelm Keitel was a German field marshal who served as head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht under Adolf Hitler and was executed after being convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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C.
Franz Halder
Franz Halder was a German general who served as Chief of the Army General Staff during the early years of World War II and played a central role in planning major Wehrmacht operations.
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D.
Hans Fritzsche
Hans Fritzsche was a senior Nazi official and radio commentator who headed the news division of the German Propaganda Ministry and was tried at the Nuremberg Trials for his role in disseminating Nazi propaganda.
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E.
Günther von Kluge
Günther von Kluge was a senior German field marshal of World War II who held high command on the Eastern Front and later in Western Europe, becoming involved in the 20 July plot against Hitler.
- 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: Ferdinand Jodl Target entity description: Ferdinand Jodl was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who was tried for war crimes after the conflict.
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A.
Alfred Jodl
Alfred Jodl was a German general and Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht who became one of Nazi Germany’s highest-ranking military leaders and was later convicted and executed for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials.
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B.
Wilhelm Keitel
Wilhelm Keitel was a German field marshal who served as head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht under Adolf Hitler and was executed after being convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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C.
Franz Halder
Franz Halder was a German general who served as Chief of the Army General Staff during the early years of World War II and played a central role in planning major Wehrmacht operations.
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D.
Hans Fritzsche
Hans Fritzsche was a senior Nazi official and radio commentator who headed the news division of the German Propaganda Ministry and was tried at the Nuremberg Trials for his role in disseminating Nazi propaganda.
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E.
Günther von Kluge
Günther von Kluge was a senior German field marshal of World War II who held high command on the Eastern Front and later in Western Europe, becoming involved in the 20 July plot against Hitler.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German general
ⓘ
human ⓘ person convicted of war crimes ⓘ |
| allegiance | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| event | post–World War II war crimes proceedings ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jodl
ⓘ
linked to:
Ferdinand Jodl
|
| givenName | Ferdinand ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasRole | general in the German Army ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
German Army (Wehrmacht)
ⓘ
linked to:
Wehrmacht
|
| militaryBranch |
Heer
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being tried for war crimes after World War II
ⓘ
service as a German general during World War II ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| partOf | German military leadership during World War II ⓘ |
| relative | Alfred Jodl ⓘ |
| sibling | Alfred Jodl ⓘ |
| subjectOf | war crimes trial after World War II ⓘ |
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: Ferdinand Jodl Description of subject: Ferdinand Jodl was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who was tried for war crimes after the conflict.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ferdinand Jodl