Karl Wilhelm von Heideck
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Karl Wilhelm von Heideck was a Bavarian military officer and prominent Philhellene who played a significant role in the Greek War of Independence and later served in the administration of the newly established Greek state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karl Wilhelm von Heideck canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4361680 — 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: Karl Wilhelm von Heideck Context triple: [Philhellenes, hasNotableMember, Karl Wilhelm von Heideck]
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A.
Burkhard Christoph von Münnich
Burkhard Christoph von Münnich was an 18th-century German-born Russian field marshal and military reformer who played a key role in modernizing the Russian army and leading successful campaigns under Empress Anna.
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B.
Ludwig von Falkenhausen
Ludwig von Falkenhausen was a German general of the Imperial German Army during World War I, known for commanding forces on the Western Front, including during major battles such as Vimy Ridge.
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C.
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach was a German general in World War II, best known for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad and later collaboration with Soviet-backed anti-Nazi efforts after his capture.
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D.
Walther von Lüttwitz
Walther von Lüttwitz was a German general and monarchist who played a key role in post-World War I right-wing military politics and helped lead the failed 1920 Kapp Putsch against the Weimar Republic.
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E.
Count Alfred von Oberndorff
Count Alfred von Oberndorff was a German diplomat and nobleman who served as one of Germany’s representatives in the negotiations that ended World War I.
- 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: Karl Wilhelm von Heideck Target entity description: Karl Wilhelm von Heideck was a Bavarian military officer and prominent Philhellene who played a significant role in the Greek War of Independence and later served in the administration of the newly established Greek state.
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A.
Burkhard Christoph von Münnich
Burkhard Christoph von Münnich was an 18th-century German-born Russian field marshal and military reformer who played a key role in modernizing the Russian army and leading successful campaigns under Empress Anna.
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B.
Ludwig von Falkenhausen
Ludwig von Falkenhausen was a German general of the Imperial German Army during World War I, known for commanding forces on the Western Front, including during major battles such as Vimy Ridge.
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C.
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach was a German general in World War II, best known for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad and later collaboration with Soviet-backed anti-Nazi efforts after his capture.
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D.
Walther von Lüttwitz
Walther von Lüttwitz was a German general and monarchist who played a key role in post-World War I right-wing military politics and helped lead the failed 1920 Kapp Putsch against the Weimar Republic.
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E.
Count Alfred von Oberndorff
Count Alfred von Oberndorff was a German diplomat and nobleman who served as one of Germany’s representatives in the negotiations that ended World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bavarian military officer
ⓘ
Greek War of Independence participant ⓘ Philhellene ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1788-12-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | role in early administration of the modern Greek state ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfService |
Kingdom of Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1861-02-21 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | von Heideck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Karl Wilhelm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement | Philhellenism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | supporting Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| notableWork |
participation in the Greek War of Independence
ⓘ
service in the administration of the Kingdom of Greece ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Greek War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bavarian general
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member of the Regency Council of Greece ⓘ |
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: Karl Wilhelm von Heideck Description of subject: Karl Wilhelm von Heideck was a Bavarian military officer and prominent Philhellene who played a significant role in the Greek War of Independence and later served in the administration of the newly established Greek state.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.