Hofmann
E785653
Hofmann is a German-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, science, and the arts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hofmann canonical | 10 |
| Hofmann–Abraham 19 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9225570 — 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: Hofmann Context triple: [Josef Hofmann, familyName, Hofmann]
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A.
Hoffmann
Hoffmann is a common German surname borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as science, literature, music, and politics.
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B.
Hoffman
Hoffman is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as business, entertainment, science, and politics.
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C.
Hammann
Hammann is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as aviation, music, and academia.
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D.
Otto Hofmann
Otto Hofmann was a high-ranking SS official and head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office who played a role in implementing Nazi racial policies during the Holocaust.
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E.
Dom Hofmann
Dom Hofmann is an American entrepreneur and software developer best known as a co-founder of the short-form video platform Vine and later for creating the NFT project Loot.
- 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: Hofmann Target entity description: Hofmann is a German-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, science, and the arts.
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A.
Hoffmann
Hoffmann is a common German surname borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as science, literature, music, and politics.
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B.
Hoffman
Hoffman is a common German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as business, entertainment, science, and politics.
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C.
Hammann
Hammann is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as aviation, music, and academia.
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D.
Otto Hofmann
Otto Hofmann was a high-ranking SS official and head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office who played a role in implementing Nazi racial policies during the Holocaust.
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E.
Dom Hofmann
Dom Hofmann is an American entrepreneur and software developer best known as a co-founder of the short-form video platform Vine and later for creating the NFT project Loot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Poland ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-01-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-04-29 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Hofmann
ⓘ
Hofmann ⓘ Hofmann ⓘ Hofmann ⓘ Hofmann ⓘ |
| fieldOfNotableBearers |
arts
ⓘ
music ⓘ science ⓘ |
| givenName | Albert ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
German-language surnames
ⓘ
Occupational surnames ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Hoffmann
ⓘ
Hofman ⓘ |
| knownFor | first synthesis of LSD ⓘ |
| meaning | steward or manager of a manor or farm ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Albert Hofmann
ⓘ
August Wilhelm von Hofmann ⓘ Josef Hofmann ⓘ Leopold Hofmann ⓘ Ludwig Hofmann ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
ⓘ
chemist ⓘ composer ⓘ composer ⓘ opera singer ⓘ pianist ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Austria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| voiceType | bass ⓘ |
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: Hofmann Description of subject: Hofmann is a German-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, science, and the arts.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.