Jakob Rosanes
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Jakob Rosanes was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jakob Rosanes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2973820 — 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: Jakob Rosanes Context triple: [University of Breslau, hadNotableFaculty, Jakob Rosanes]
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Zerach Warhaftig
Zerach Warhaftig was an Israeli religious Zionist politician, jurist, and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served for many years as a Knesset member and government minister.
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B.
Judah Leib Gordon
Judah Leib Gordon was a leading 19th-century Hebrew poet and intellectual who became one of the most prominent literary voices of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) movement.
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C.
Herzl Rosenblum
Herzl Rosenblum was an Israeli journalist, editor of the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, and a signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
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D.
Leo Friedlander
Leo Friedlander was an American sculptor known for his large-scale public monuments and architectural sculpture, particularly in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Peretz Rosenbaum
Peretz Rosenbaum, better known as Paul Rand, was a pioneering American graphic designer renowned for his influential corporate logo designs for companies such as IBM, ABC, and UPS.
- 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: Jakob Rosanes Target entity description: Jakob Rosanes was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory.
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A.
Zerach Warhaftig
Zerach Warhaftig was an Israeli religious Zionist politician, jurist, and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served for many years as a Knesset member and government minister.
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B.
Judah Leib Gordon
Judah Leib Gordon was a leading 19th-century Hebrew poet and intellectual who became one of the most prominent literary voices of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) movement.
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C.
Herzl Rosenblum
Herzl Rosenblum was an Israeli journalist, editor of the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, and a signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
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D.
Leo Friedlander
Leo Friedlander was an American sculptor known for his large-scale public monuments and architectural sculpture, particularly in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Peretz Rosenbaum
Peretz Rosenbaum, better known as Paul Rand, was a pioneering American graphic designer renowned for his influential corporate logo designs for companies such as IBM, ABC, and UPS.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| familyName | Rosanes ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebraic geometry
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invariant theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Jakob ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to algebraic geometry
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contributions to invariant theory ⓘ |
| occupation | mathematician ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jakob Rosanes Description of subject: Jakob Rosanes was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.