Konrad Lorenz
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Konrad Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist and ethologist renowned as a founder of modern ethology and a Nobel Prize laureate for his pioneering work on animal behavior and imprinting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Konrad Lorenz canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1036433 — 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: Konrad Lorenz Context triple: [University of Vienna, notableAlumni, Konrad Lorenz]
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A.
Jakob von Uexkull
Jakob von Uexkull is a Swedish-German writer and activist best known for creating and promoting the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
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B.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
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C.
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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D.
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
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E.
Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr was a pioneering 20th-century evolutionary biologist and systematist whose work on species concepts and population thinking helped shape modern evolutionary theory.
- 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: Konrad Lorenz Target entity description: Konrad Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist and ethologist renowned as a founder of modern ethology and a Nobel Prize laureate for his pioneering work on animal behavior and imprinting.
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A.
Jakob von Uexkull
Jakob von Uexkull is a Swedish-German writer and activist best known for creating and promoting the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
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B.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
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C.
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Dobzhansky was a pioneering 20th-century geneticist and evolutionary biologist whose work integrating genetics with natural selection helped lay the foundations of the modern evolutionary synthesis.
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D.
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering American biologist and naturalist renowned for his work on biodiversity, sociobiology, and the study of ants.
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E.
Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr was a pioneering 20th-century evolutionary biologist and systematist whose work on species concepts and population thinking helped shape modern evolutionary theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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ethologist ⓘ human ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Vienna ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| birthCountry |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
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| birthDate | 1903-11-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Vienna ⓘ |
| citizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Austria ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1989-02-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Altenberg ⓘ |
| employer |
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
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surface form:
Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology
University of Vienna ⓘ |
| familyName | Lorenz ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative psychology
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ethology ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| givenName | Konrad ⓘ |
| influenced |
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
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Karl von Frisch ⓘ Niko Tinbergen ⓘ
surface form:
Nikolaas Tinbergen
modern behavioral biology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concept of fixed action patterns
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founding modern ethology ⓘ popular science writing on animal behavior ⓘ research on imprinting ⓘ studies of animal behavior ⓘ work on greylag geese ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Austrian Academy of Sciences
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German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina ⓘ
surface form:
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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| name | Konrad Lorenz self-link ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeFor | discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
King Solomon's ring
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surface form:
King Solomon’s Ring
Man Meets Dog ⓘ On Aggression ⓘ |
| occupation |
university professor
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writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Altenberg ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic (lapsed) ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Karl von Frisch
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Niko Tinbergen ⓘ
surface form:
Nikolaas Tinbergen
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| spouse | Margarete Gebhardt ⓘ |
| theory |
aggression in animals has an innate, species-specific component
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imprinting in birds occurs during a critical period shortly after hatching ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Altenberg
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Seewiesen ⓘ |
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Subject: Konrad Lorenz Description of subject: Konrad Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist and ethologist renowned as a founder of modern ethology and a Nobel Prize laureate for his pioneering work on animal behavior and imprinting.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nikolaas Tinbergen