von Lewinski
E172511
von Lewinski is a German noble family name historically associated with several Prussian military officers, including Field Marshal Erich von Manstein.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| von Lewinski canonical | 3 |
| Lewinski | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1505139 — 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: von Lewinski Context triple: [Erich von Manstein, familyName, von Lewinski]
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A.
Wojcicki
Wojcicki is a Polish surname most prominently associated with Susan Wojcicki, the longtime former CEO of YouTube and an influential figure in the tech industry.
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B.
Michelle Marciniak
Michelle Marciniak is a former American point guard best known for starring under coach Pat Summitt at the University of Tennessee and later playing in the WNBA.
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C.
Jody Lee Lipes
Jody Lee Lipes is an American cinematographer and director known for his visually distinctive work on films such as "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," "Manchester by the Sea," and "Martha Marcy May Marlene."
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D.
Jody Powell
Jody Powell was an American political consultant and press secretary best known for serving as White House Press Secretary under President Jimmy Carter.
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E.
John Wolyniec
John Wolyniec is a former American professional soccer forward best known for his time with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.
- 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: von Lewinski Target entity description: von Lewinski is a German noble family name historically associated with several Prussian military officers, including Field Marshal Erich von Manstein.
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A.
Wojcicki
Wojcicki is a Polish surname most prominently associated with Susan Wojcicki, the longtime former CEO of YouTube and an influential figure in the tech industry.
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B.
Michelle Marciniak
Michelle Marciniak is a former American point guard best known for starring under coach Pat Summitt at the University of Tennessee and later playing in the WNBA.
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C.
Jody Lee Lipes
Jody Lee Lipes is an American cinematographer and director known for his visually distinctive work on films such as "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," "Manchester by the Sea," and "Martha Marcy May Marlene."
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D.
Jody Powell
Jody Powell was an American political consultant and press secretary best known for serving as White House Press Secretary under President Jimmy Carter.
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E.
John Wolyniec
John Wolyniec is a former American professional soccer forward best known for his time with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars and New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German field marshal
ⓘ
German noble family name ⓘ Prussian military officer ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Prussian nobility
ⓘ
Prussian officer corps ⓘ |
| birthName | Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski ⓘ |
| category |
German-language surnames
ⓘ
noble families of Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| etymologicalType | toponymic surname ⓘ |
| familyName | von Lewinski self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
von Lewinski
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lewinski
|
| historicallyAssociatedWith | Prussian military officers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| namingConvention | German nobiliary particle "von" ⓘ |
| nobilityStatus | noble family ⓘ |
| region | Prussia ⓘ |
| servedIn |
German Army
ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ |
| usedBy | Erich von Manstein ⓘ |
| usedIn |
German Empire
ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
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: von Lewinski Description of subject: von Lewinski is a German noble family name historically associated with several Prussian military officers, including Field Marshal Erich von Manstein.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lewinski
subject surface form:
Erich von Manstein
subject surface form:
Erich von Manstein