Otto Grotewohl
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Otto Grotewohl was an East German politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic and was a leading figure in its ruling Socialist Unity Party.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Otto Grotewohl canonical | 8 |
| Grotewohl | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T474091 — 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: Otto Grotewohl Context triple: [Socialist Unity Party of Germany, notableLeader, Otto Grotewohl]
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A.
Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht was a German communist politician who served as the de facto leader of East Germany during its formative decades, overseeing the establishment of a socialist state and the construction of the Berlin Wall.
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B.
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt was a prominent German Social Democratic politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974 and pursued a groundbreaking policy of reconciliation with Eastern Europe known as Ostpolitik.
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C.
Wilhelm Pieck
Wilhelm Pieck was a German communist politician who became the first (and only) president of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) after World War II.
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D.
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer was a German statesman who led the postwar reconstruction and Western integration of Germany, serving as a key architect of modern German democracy and European unity.
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E.
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a West German politician who served as Chancellor from 1966 to 1969, leading a grand coalition government during a pivotal period of postwar reconstruction and Cold War tensions.
- 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: Otto Grotewohl Target entity description: Otto Grotewohl was an East German politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic and was a leading figure in its ruling Socialist Unity Party.
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A.
Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht was a German communist politician who served as the de facto leader of East Germany during its formative decades, overseeing the establishment of a socialist state and the construction of the Berlin Wall.
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B.
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt was a prominent German Social Democratic politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974 and pursued a groundbreaking policy of reconciliation with Eastern Europe known as Ostpolitik.
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C.
Wilhelm Pieck
Wilhelm Pieck was a German communist politician who became the first (and only) president of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) after World War II.
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D.
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer was a German statesman who led the postwar reconstruction and Western integration of Germany, serving as a key architect of modern German democracy and European unity.
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E.
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a West German politician who served as Chancellor from 1966 to 1969, leading a grand coalition government during a pivotal period of postwar reconstruction and Cold War tensions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
East German politician
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
East Germany
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surface form:
German Democratic Republic
Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1894-03-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1964-09-21 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1964-09-21 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Otto Grotewohl
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Grotewohl
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| givenName | Otto ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf |
East Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
German Democratic Republic
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| honorificName | Held der Arbeit (GDR title) ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Social Democratic Party of Germany
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Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ USPD ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Participation in the merger of SPD and KPD into SED
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Role in the founding of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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printer ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Founding of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
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German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Braunschweig
ⓘ
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form:
Duchy of Brunswick
|
| placeOfDeath |
East Berlin
ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
surface form:
German Democratic Republic
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| politicalAlignment |
Marxism–Leninism
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socialism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Co-chairman of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
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Member of the Landtag of the Free State of Brunswick ⓘ Member of the Volkskammer ⓘ Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Ministerpräsident der DDR
Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ |
| residence |
East Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin
East Berlin ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Johanna Grotewohl
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Marie Martha Louise Ohst ⓘ |
| startTime | 1949-10-12 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
East Berlin
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surface form:
Berlin
East Berlin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Otto Grotewohl Description of subject: Otto Grotewohl was an East German politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic and was a leading figure in its ruling Socialist Unity Party.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Grotewohl