Daniel Kehlmann
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Daniel Kehlmann is a contemporary German-language novelist best known internationally for his bestselling historical novel "Measuring the World."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daniel Kehlmann canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9194355 — 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: Daniel Kehlmann Context triple: [S. Fischer Verlag, notableAuthorPublished, Daniel Kehlmann]
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A.
Johann Heermann
Johann Heermann was a notable early 17th-century German Lutheran hymn writer and poet whose texts were widely used in Protestant church music.
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B.
David Ebershoff
David Ebershoff is an American author and editor best known for his novel "The Danish Girl," which was adapted into an acclaimed feature film.
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C.
Bernhard Schlink
Bernhard Schlink is a German lawyer, legal scholar, and novelist best known internationally for his novel "The Reader," which explores memory, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust.
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D.
Joachim Fest
Joachim Fest was a prominent German historian, journalist, and author best known for his influential works on Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.
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E.
Uwe Johnson
Uwe Johnson was a prominent 20th-century German writer and novelist associated with the Gruppe 47 literary movement, best known for his experimental narratives exploring life in divided Germany.
- 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: Daniel Kehlmann Target entity description: Daniel Kehlmann is a contemporary German-language novelist best known internationally for his bestselling historical novel "Measuring the World."
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A.
Johann Heermann
Johann Heermann was a notable early 17th-century German Lutheran hymn writer and poet whose texts were widely used in Protestant church music.
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B.
David Ebershoff
David Ebershoff is an American author and editor best known for his novel "The Danish Girl," which was adapted into an acclaimed feature film.
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C.
Bernhard Schlink
Bernhard Schlink is a German lawyer, legal scholar, and novelist best known internationally for his novel "The Reader," which explores memory, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust.
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D.
Joachim Fest
Joachim Fest was a prominent German historian, journalist, and author best known for his influential works on Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.
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E.
Uwe Johnson
Uwe Johnson was a prominent 20th-century German writer and novelist associated with the Gruppe 47 literary movement, best known for his experimental narratives exploring life in divided Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Candide Prize
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kleist Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Per Olov Enquist Literary Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Mann Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Welt-Literaturpreis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Austria
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Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1975-01-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Vienna ⓘ |
| familyName | Kehlmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Michael Kehlmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
German literature
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Dagmar Mettler
NERFINISHED
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Michael Kehlmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mother | Dagmar Mettler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary German-language literature ⓘ |
| name | Daniel Kehlmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea | playful engagement with history and science in fiction ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beerholms Vorstellung
NERFINISHED
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Der Mesner NERFINISHED ⓘ Der fernste Ort NERFINISHED ⓘ Die Vermessung der Welt NERFINISHED ⓘ F ⓘ Ich und Kaminski NERFINISHED ⓘ Lichtspiele NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahlers Zeit NERFINISHED ⓘ Measuring the World NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruhm NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyll NERFINISHED ⓘ You Should Have Left NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workAdaptedAs | Measuring the World (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
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: Daniel Kehlmann Description of subject: Daniel Kehlmann is a contemporary German-language novelist best known internationally for his bestselling historical novel "Measuring the World."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.