Erwin Planck
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Erwin Planck was a German politician and civil servant, known both as the son of physicist Max Planck and for his involvement in resistance activities against the Nazi regime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Erwin Planck canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6859147 — 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: Erwin Planck Context triple: [Max Planck, child, Erwin Planck]
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Karl Planck
Karl Planck was one of the children of the renowned German theoretical physicist Max Planck.
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Max Planck
Max Planck was a German theoretical physicist regarded as the founder of quantum theory and a key figure in modern physics.
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Wilhelm Wien
Wilhelm Wien was a German physicist best known for formulating Wien's displacement law, which describes the shift of blackbody radiation spectra with temperature and contributed significantly to the development of quantum theory.
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D.
Walther Nernst
Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for formulating the Nernst equation and contributing fundamentally to thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
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E.
Friedrich Hasenöhrl
Friedrich Hasenöhrl was an Austrian physicist known for his early work on the relationship between radiation and mass, which anticipated aspects of Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence.
- 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: Erwin Planck Target entity description: Erwin Planck was a German politician and civil servant, known both as the son of physicist Max Planck and for his involvement in resistance activities against the Nazi regime.
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A.
Karl Planck
Karl Planck was one of the children of the renowned German theoretical physicist Max Planck.
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B.
Max Planck
Max Planck was a German theoretical physicist regarded as the founder of quantum theory and a key figure in modern physics.
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C.
Wilhelm Wien
Wilhelm Wien was a German physicist best known for formulating Wien's displacement law, which describes the shift of blackbody radiation spectra with temperature and contributed significantly to the development of quantum theory.
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D.
Walther Nernst
Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for formulating the Nernst equation and contributing fundamentally to thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
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E.
Friedrich Hasenöhrl
Friedrich Hasenöhrl was an Austrian physicist known for his early work on the relationship between radiation and mass, which anticipated aspects of Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German politician
ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| convictedOf | high treason ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-03-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1945-01-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Kiel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
German Army
NERFINISHED
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Reich Chancellery NERFINISHED ⓘ Reich Ministry of Transport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Planck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Max Planck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Erwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
German National People's Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German resistance to Nazism ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Prussian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| mother | Marie Merck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the son of physicist Max Planck
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opposition to the Nazi regime ⓘ |
| notableWork | involvement in conservative resistance circles against the Nazi regime ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Adolf Hitler
NERFINISHED
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Nazi regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn |
20 July plot aftermath
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World War I ⓘ civilian resistance planning against Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kiel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin-Plötzensee Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Plötzensee Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservative ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
official in the Reich Chancellery
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official in the Reich Ministry of Transport ⓘ state secretary ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| residence | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentencedBy | People's Court of Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Emma Planck
NERFINISHED
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Grete Planck NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Planck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Erwin Planck Description of subject: Erwin Planck was a German politician and civil servant, known both as the son of physicist Max Planck and for his involvement in resistance activities against the Nazi regime.
Referenced by (1)
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