Max Planck Society
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The Max Planck Society is a leading German research organization renowned for its network of institutes that conduct cutting-edge basic research across the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Max Planck Society Context triple: [Max Planck Society institutes in Göttingen, partOf, Max Planck Society]
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German Council of Science and Humanities
The German Council of Science and Humanities is a key advisory body in Germany that provides expert recommendations on the development of science, research, and higher education policy to the federal and state governments.
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Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
The Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry is a leading German research institute in Göttingen that conducts interdisciplinary fundamental research at the interface of biology, chemistry, and physics.
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German Research Foundation
The German Research Foundation is Germany’s central self-governing research funding organization, supporting research projects and infrastructure across all disciplines at universities and research institutions.
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Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is a leading German research institute dedicated to studying the Sun and other bodies in the Solar System through both space missions and theoretical modeling.
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Prussian Academy of Sciences
The Prussian Academy of Sciences was a prestigious Berlin-based learned society and research institution that became one of Europe’s leading centers for scientific and philosophical scholarship in the 18th to early 20th centuries.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Planck Society Target entity description: The Max Planck Society is a leading German research organization renowned for its network of institutes that conduct cutting-edge basic research across the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities.
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German Council of Science and Humanities
The German Council of Science and Humanities is a key advisory body in Germany that provides expert recommendations on the development of science, research, and higher education policy to the federal and state governments.
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Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
The Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry is a leading German research institute in Göttingen that conducts interdisciplinary fundamental research at the interface of biology, chemistry, and physics.
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German Research Foundation
The German Research Foundation is Germany’s central self-governing research funding organization, supporting research projects and infrastructure across all disciplines at universities and research institutions.
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Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is a leading German research institute dedicated to studying the Sun and other bodies in the Solar System through both space missions and theoretical modeling.
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Prussian Academy of Sciences
The Prussian Academy of Sciences was a prestigious Berlin-based learned society and research institution that became one of Europe’s leading centers for scientific and philosophical scholarship in the 18th to early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: Max Planck Society Description of subject: The Max Planck Society is a leading German research organization renowned for its network of institutes that conduct cutting-edge basic research across the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities.
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this entity surface form:
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
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Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
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Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
Max Planck Institute for Psychiatrie (Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry)
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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Max Planck Institute for Psychiatrie (Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry)
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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Max Planck Institute for Psychiatrie (Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry)
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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
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Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
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Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Max Planck Society institutes in Munich
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Max Planck Society
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.
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Max Planck Society
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Max Planck Institutes
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Max Planck Institutes in the Berlin-Brandenburg region