Walter Emden
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Walter Emden was a British architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for designing numerous London theatres.
All labels observed (1)
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| Walter Emden canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13171718 — 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: Walter Emden Context triple: [Garrick Theatre, architect, Walter Emden]
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A.
Otto Deßloch
Otto Deßloch was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II who held several high-level air command positions on the Western Front.
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B.
Georg von Derfflinger
Georg von Derfflinger was a 17th-century Brandenburg-Prussian field marshal renowned for his role in the Thirty Years' War and his contributions to the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia as a military power.
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C.
Henning von Holtzendorff
Henning von Holtzendorff was a German naval officer who served as a Grand Admiral and played a key strategic role in the Imperial German Navy during World War I.
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D.
Freiherr von Reuter
Freiherr von Reuter is the baronial title granted to Paul Julius Reuter, the German-born founder of the Reuters news agency who became a British peer.
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E.
Otto Weddigen
Otto Weddigen was a German U-boat commander in World War I, renowned for his submarine SM U-9’s dramatic sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
- 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: Walter Emden Target entity description: Walter Emden was a British architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for designing numerous London theatres.
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A.
Otto Deßloch
Otto Deßloch was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II who held several high-level air command positions on the Western Front.
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B.
Georg von Derfflinger
Georg von Derfflinger was a 17th-century Brandenburg-Prussian field marshal renowned for his role in the Thirty Years' War and his contributions to the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia as a military power.
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C.
Henning von Holtzendorff
Henning von Holtzendorff was a German naval officer who served as a Grand Admiral and played a key strategic role in the Imperial German Navy during World War I.
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D.
Freiherr von Reuter
Freiherr von Reuter is the baronial title granted to Paul Julius Reuter, the German-born founder of the Reuters news agency who became a British peer.
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E.
Otto Weddigen
Otto Weddigen was a German U-boat commander in World War I, renowned for his submarine SM U-9’s dramatic sinking of three British cruisers in a single engagement in 1914.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (103)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British architect
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| activeYears |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1847-07-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1913-01-02 ⓘ |
| designed |
Comedy Theatre
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Criterion Theatre (interior) NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of York's Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Garrick Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Blackpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Cardiff NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Clapham NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Croydon NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Ealing NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Fulham NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Hanley NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Islington NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Southampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Swansea NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyric Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropole Theatre, Camberwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Court Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Royalty Theatre (rebuilt) NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry's Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Trafalgar Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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theatre architecture ⓘ |
| genre | theatre design ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location |
Blackpool
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Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ Cardiff NERFINISHED ⓘ Croydon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ealing NERFINISHED ⓘ Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanley NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingston upon Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ Leeds NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Southampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Swansea NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolverhampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Walter Emden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | designing London theatres ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| partOf | Criterion Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| workLocation |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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