Erich Schiffmann
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Erich Schiffmann is an American yoga master and author known for his influential teachings on intuitive, meditative yoga practice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Erich Schiffmann canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4126662 — 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: Erich Schiffmann Context triple: [Leslie Bogart, spouse, Erich Schiffmann]
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A.
Erich Landauer
Erich Landauer, better known as Erich Leinsdorf, was an Austrian-born American conductor renowned for his leadership of major orchestras and opera companies in the 20th century.
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B.
Erich Mueller
Erich Mueller was one of the industrial executives prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the post–World War II Krupp Trial at Nuremberg.
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C.
Hermann Spies
Hermann Spies was a notable individual bearing the surname Spies, recognized enough to be specifically cited among people with that name.
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D.
Ernst Raffelsberger
Ernst Raffelsberger is a choral conductor best known for serving as chorus master at the renowned Opernhaus Zürich.
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E.
Hans Schmidt
Hans Schmidt is a common German personal name shared by numerous individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
- 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: Erich Schiffmann Target entity description: Erich Schiffmann is an American yoga master and author known for his influential teachings on intuitive, meditative yoga practice.
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A.
Erich Landauer
Erich Landauer, better known as Erich Leinsdorf, was an Austrian-born American conductor renowned for his leadership of major orchestras and opera companies in the 20th century.
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B.
Erich Mueller
Erich Mueller was one of the industrial executives prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the post–World War II Krupp Trial at Nuremberg.
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C.
Hermann Spies
Hermann Spies was a notable individual bearing the surname Spies, recognized enough to be specifically cited among people with that name.
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D.
Ernst Raffelsberger
Ernst Raffelsberger is a choral conductor best known for serving as chorus master at the renowned Opernhaus Zürich.
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E.
Hans Schmidt
Hans Schmidt is a common German personal name shared by numerous individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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yoga teacher ⓘ |
| approach | emphasis on listening inward during yoga practice ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
meditation
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yoga ⓘ |
| genre |
meditation instruction
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spirituality ⓘ yoga literature ⓘ |
| hasRole |
spiritual teacher
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yoga instructor ⓘ yoga master ⓘ |
| influence | integration of meditation into asana practice ⓘ |
| influencedDomain | contemporary American yoga ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasis on inner guidance in yoga
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intuitive yoga practice ⓘ meditative yoga practice ⓘ teaching yoga as a form of meditation ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | Moving into Stillness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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yoga teacher ⓘ |
| philosophy | yoga as a practice of stillness and inner listening ⓘ |
| teaches |
breath awareness
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meditation in movement ⓘ yoga postures ⓘ |
| teachingStyle |
intuitive
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meditative ⓘ |
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: Erich Schiffmann Description of subject: Erich Schiffmann is an American yoga master and author known for his influential teachings on intuitive, meditative yoga practice.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.