Federal Ministry of Finance
E103953
The Federal Ministry of Finance is the German federal government department responsible for national fiscal policy, budgeting, taxation, and financial market regulation.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T874678 — 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: Federal Ministry of Finance Context triple: [Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, cooperatesWith, Federal Ministry of Finance]
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A.
Federal Department of Finance
The Federal Department of Finance is the Swiss federal ministry responsible for national financial policy, budgeting, taxation, and the management of federal assets and revenue.
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B.
Reich Ministry of Finance
The Reich Ministry of Finance was the central financial authority of Nazi Germany, responsible for managing the regime’s budget, taxation, and funding of its war and genocidal policies.
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C.
Directorate-General for Budget
The Directorate-General for Budget is the European Commission department responsible for planning, managing, and overseeing the European Union’s budget.
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D.
Federal Minister of Finance of Germany
The Federal Minister of Finance of Germany is the cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s federal budget, taxation, and overall fiscal and economic policy.
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E.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is a German federal government ministry responsible for shaping national economic policy while driving the country’s energy transition and climate protection strategy.
- 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: Federal Ministry of Finance Target entity description: The Federal Ministry of Finance is the German federal government department responsible for national fiscal policy, budgeting, taxation, and financial market regulation.
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A.
Federal Department of Finance
The Federal Department of Finance is the Swiss federal ministry responsible for national financial policy, budgeting, taxation, and the management of federal assets and revenue.
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B.
Reich Ministry of Finance
The Reich Ministry of Finance was the central financial authority of Nazi Germany, responsible for managing the regime’s budget, taxation, and funding of its war and genocidal policies.
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C.
Directorate-General for Budget
The Directorate-General for Budget is the European Commission department responsible for planning, managing, and overseeing the European Union’s budget.
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D.
Federal Minister of Finance of Germany
The Federal Minister of Finance of Germany is the cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing the country’s federal budget, taxation, and overall fiscal and economic policy.
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E.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is a German federal government ministry responsible for shaping national economic policy while driving the country’s energy transition and climate protection strategy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal ministry of Germany
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government ministry ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Germany ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Deutsche Bundesbank
ⓘ
Eurogroup ⓘ European Commission ⓘ International Monetary Fund ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | BMF ⓘ |
| hasCabinetLevelPosition |
Federal Minister of Finance of Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Minister of Finance
|
| hasOrganizationalStructure |
directorates-general
ⓘ
parliamentary state secretaries ⓘ state secretaries ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Berlin
ⓘ
Wilhelmstraße 97, Berlin ⓘ |
| inception | 1949 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Berlin
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
Federal Ministry of Finance
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
|
| officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment |
Federal Minister of Finance of Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Minister of Finance
|
| oversees |
German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
ⓘ
surface form:
BaFin
Federal Central Tax Office ⓘ Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ⓘ Financial Intelligence Unit (Germany) ⓘ German customs authorities ⓘ
surface form:
German Customs Administration
|
| parentOrganization | Federal Government of Germany ⓘ |
| partOf |
German Federal Cabinet
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabinet of Germany
federal administration of Germany ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Federal Minister of Finance of Germany ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
European Union fiscal policy coordination for Germany
ⓘ
anti-money laundering policy in Germany ⓘ customs policy in Germany ⓘ federal budget of Germany ⓘ federal debt management in Germany ⓘ federal financial equalization (Länderfinanzausgleich) ⓘ federal real estate and asset management policy ⓘ federal taxation policy in Germany ⓘ financial market regulation in Germany ⓘ international financial relations of Germany ⓘ national fiscal policy of Germany ⓘ tax administration framework in Germany ⓘ |
| seat | Berlin ⓘ |
| shortName | BMF ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Customs Criminological Office
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Federal Central Tax Office ⓘ Federal Court of Finance (historical) ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Fiscal Court (oversight in fiscal matters)
Financial Market Stabilisation Agency (SoFFin) ⓘ German customs authorities ⓘ
surface form:
German Customs Administration
|
| website | https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de ⓘ |
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: Federal Ministry of Finance Description of subject: The Federal Ministry of Finance is the German federal government department responsible for national fiscal policy, budgeting, taxation, and financial market regulation.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
→
cooperatesWith
→
Federal Ministry of Finance
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen)
German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
→
parentOrganization
→
Federal Ministry of Finance
ⓘ
subject surface form:
German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany
this entity surface form:
German Federal Ministry of Finance
this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany
this entity surface form:
German Treasury
this entity surface form:
German Finance Ministry headquarters
this entity surface form:
German Federal Ministry of Finance seat
this entity surface form:
German Federal Ministry of Finance
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)
subject surface form:
Mitte
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
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worksWith
→
Federal Ministry of Finance
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Finance of Germany
Federal Republic of Germany (indirectly via Deutsche Bahn AG)
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holdsSharesThrough
→
Federal Ministry of Finance
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany