Berninger
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Berninger is a German-origin surname most notably associated with Matt Berninger, the lead singer of the indie rock band The National.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Berninger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10007953 — 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: Berninger Context triple: [Matt Berninger, familyName, Berninger]
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A.
Brackenheim
Brackenheim is a small town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, best known as the birthplace of Theodor Heuss, the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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B.
Burgberg
Burgberg is a district of the town Giengen an der Brenz in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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C.
Beyenburg
Beyenburg is a historic district in the eastern part of Wuppertal, Germany, known for its medieval monastery, reservoir, and well-preserved village character.
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D.
Hohberg
Hohberg is a municipality in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.
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E.
Biesenthal
Biesenthal is a small town in the Barnim district of Brandenburg, Germany, known for its surrounding lakes, forests, and location within the Barnim Nature Park.
- 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: Berninger Target entity description: Berninger is a German-origin surname most notably associated with Matt Berninger, the lead singer of the indie rock band The National.
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A.
Brackenheim
Brackenheim is a small town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, best known as the birthplace of Theodor Heuss, the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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B.
Burgberg
Burgberg is a district of the town Giengen an der Brenz in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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C.
Beyenburg
Beyenburg is a historic district in the eastern part of Wuppertal, Germany, known for its medieval monastery, reservoir, and well-preserved village character.
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D.
Hohberg
Hohberg is a municipality in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.
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E.
Biesenthal
Biesenthal is a small town in the Barnim district of Brandenburg, Germany, known for its surrounding lakes, forests, and location within the Barnim Nature Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Berninger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Matt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| hasLeadVocalist | Matt Berninger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Matt Berninger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableFieldOfAssociation |
indie rock
ⓘ
music ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| isBestKnownFor | being the lead singer of The National ⓘ |
| isLeadVocalistOf | The National NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMemberOf | The National NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUsedInCountry |
Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
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: Berninger Description of subject: Berninger is a German-origin surname most notably associated with Matt Berninger, the lead singer of the indie rock band The National.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.