Siegmund List
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Siegmund List was a German Field Marshal in the Wehrmacht during World War II, known for leading major campaigns in the Balkans and on the Eastern Front.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Siegmund List canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9850884 — 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: Siegmund List Context triple: [Greek Campaign, commander, Siegmund List]
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A.
Wilhelm Siegling
Wilhelm Siegling was a German linguist and philologist known for his pioneering work on the Tocharian languages and their classification within the Indo-European language family.
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B.
Jodok Salzmann
Jodok Salzmann is a notable individual who carries the Salzmann surname, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that family name.
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C.
Ludwig Fischer
Ludwig Fischer was a son of the German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel, about whom relatively little is historically documented compared to his famous father.
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D.
Leopold Eidlitz
Leopold Eidlitz was a 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in developing a distinctively American Gothic and Romanesque architectural style.
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E.
Ludwig Purtscheller
Ludwig Purtscheller was an Austrian mountaineer and pioneering alpinist known for his significant first ascents in the Alps and Africa.
- 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: Siegmund List Target entity description: Siegmund List was a German Field Marshal in the Wehrmacht during World War II, known for leading major campaigns in the Balkans and on the Eastern Front.
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A.
Wilhelm Siegling
Wilhelm Siegling was a German linguist and philologist known for his pioneering work on the Tocharian languages and their classification within the Indo-European language family.
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B.
Jodok Salzmann
Jodok Salzmann is a notable individual who carries the Salzmann surname, recognized as a distinguished bearer of that family name.
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C.
Ludwig Fischer
Ludwig Fischer was a son of the German philosopher G. W. F. Hegel, about whom relatively little is historically documented compared to his famous father.
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D.
Leopold Eidlitz
Leopold Eidlitz was a 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in developing a distinctively American Gothic and Romanesque architectural style.
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E.
Ludwig Purtscheller
Ludwig Purtscheller was an Austrian mountaineer and pioneering alpinist known for his significant first ascents in the Alps and Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German general
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
NERFINISHED
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Iron Cross (1914) NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves NERFINISHED ⓘ Pour le Mérite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
crimes against humanity
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war crimes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
NERFINISHED
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Germany ⓘ |
| familyName | List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Siegmund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| memberOf | German Army (Wehrmacht) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Generalfeldmarschall ⓘ |
| notableFor |
command responsibility for atrocities in the Balkans
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high-ranking Wehrmacht command in Southeast Europe ⓘ strategic leadership in early German victories in World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork |
German campaign in the Balkans
NERFINISHED
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German invasion of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ operations on the Eastern Front in World War II ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participantIn | Hostages Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Balkans Campaign
NERFINISHED
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Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ invasion of France ⓘ invasion of Poland ⓘ |
| partOf | Nazi military leadership ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Army Group commander on the Eastern Front
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commander in chief Southeast (Oberbefehlshaber Südost) NERFINISHED ⓘ commander of 12th Army ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Hostages Trial judgment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasTriedBy | United States military tribunal at Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Siegmund List Description of subject: Siegmund List was a German Field Marshal in the Wehrmacht during World War II, known for leading major campaigns in the Balkans and on the Eastern Front.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.