Henri Weil
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Henri Weil was a 19th-century French philologist and classical scholar known for his influential work on Greek language and literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henri Weil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10388751 — 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: Henri Weil Context triple: [Weil, hasNotableBearer, Henri Weil]
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A.
Emile Weil
Emile Weil was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century theaters and commercial buildings, particularly in the Gulf Coast and New Orleans regions.
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B.
Pierre Hohenberg
Pierre Hohenberg was a theoretical physicist best known for co-formulating the Hohenberg–Kohn theorems, which laid the mathematical foundation of modern density functional theory in quantum mechanics.
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C.
Bernard Weber
Bernard Weber is a Swiss-born filmmaker and entrepreneur best known for founding the New7Wonders campaigns that organized global votes to select new world wonders.
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D.
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer was a French Symbolist painter, pastellist, and ceramist known for his atmospheric, dreamlike works and evocative portraits.
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E.
Henri Zuber
Henri Zuber was a 19th-century French painter and watercolorist known for his landscapes and Orientalist scenes.
- 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: Henri Weil Target entity description: Henri Weil was a 19th-century French philologist and classical scholar known for his influential work on Greek language and literature.
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A.
Emile Weil
Emile Weil was an American architect known for designing prominent early 20th-century theaters and commercial buildings, particularly in the Gulf Coast and New Orleans regions.
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B.
Pierre Hohenberg
Pierre Hohenberg was a theoretical physicist best known for co-formulating the Hohenberg–Kohn theorems, which laid the mathematical foundation of modern density functional theory in quantum mechanics.
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C.
Bernard Weber
Bernard Weber is a Swiss-born filmmaker and entrepreneur best known for founding the New7Wonders campaigns that organized global votes to select new world wonders.
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D.
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer was a French Symbolist painter, pastellist, and ceramist known for his atmospheric, dreamlike works and evocative portraits.
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E.
Henri Zuber
Henri Zuber was a 19th-century French painter and watercolorist known for his landscapes and Orientalist scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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philologist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
classical studies
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| employer |
Collège de France
NERFINISHED
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École normale supérieure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Greek language
ⓘ
Greek literature ⓘ classical philology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
comparative linguistics
ⓘ
study of Greek syntax ⓘ |
| knownFor |
studies of Greek accentuation
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studies of Greek word order ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| laterLanguage | French ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De l’ordre des mots dans les langues anciennes comparées aux langues modernes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Théorie générale de l’accentuation grecque NERFINISHED ⓘ Études sur le drame ancien NERFINISHED ⓘ Études sur le drame grec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
classical philologist
ⓘ
philologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of Greek literature ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henri Weil Description of subject: Henri Weil was a 19th-century French philologist and classical scholar known for his influential work on Greek language and literature.
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