Max Manus
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Max Manus was a prominent Norwegian resistance fighter and saboteur during World War II, renowned for his daring operations against the German occupation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Max Manus canonical | 2 |
| Max Manus in Max Manus: Man of War | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7225875 — 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: Max Manus Context triple: [Norwegian resistance movement, participant, Max Manus]
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A.
Warren Jabali
Warren Jabali was an American professional basketball guard/forward best known for his standout play and All-Star success in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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B.
Moses Maverick
Moses Maverick was a 17th-century colonial settler and civic leader in Massachusetts, known as one of the early prominent inhabitants of Marblehead.
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C.
Nick Mundy
Nick Mundy is a music producer and songwriter known for his work in pop and R&B, including producing the album "What Comes Naturally."
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D.
Virgil McCracken
Virgil McCracken was an early American figure after whom McCracken County in Kentucky was named, likely recognized for his regional or military significance.
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E.
Marshal Pentecost
Marshal Pentecost is the military rank and title held by Stacker Pentecost, the commanding officer of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps in the Pacific Rim universe.
- 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: Max Manus Target entity description: Max Manus was a prominent Norwegian resistance fighter and saboteur during World War II, renowned for his daring operations against the German occupation.
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A.
Warren Jabali
Warren Jabali was an American professional basketball guard/forward best known for his standout play and All-Star success in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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B.
Moses Maverick
Moses Maverick was a 17th-century colonial settler and civic leader in Massachusetts, known as one of the early prominent inhabitants of Marblehead.
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C.
Nick Mundy
Nick Mundy is a music producer and songwriter known for his work in pop and R&B, including producing the album "What Comes Naturally."
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D.
Virgil McCracken
Virgil McCracken was an early American figure after whom McCracken County in Kentucky was named, likely recognized for his regional or military significance.
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E.
Marshal Pentecost
Marshal Pentecost is the military rank and title held by Stacker Pentecost, the commanding officer of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps in the Pacific Rim universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norwegian resistance member
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human ⓘ resistance fighter ⓘ saboteur ⓘ |
| allegiance | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Service Order
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Military Cross ⓘ War Cross with sword (Norway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Vestre gravlund, Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide by firearm ⓘ |
| conflict | German occupation of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-12-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-09-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Oslo Commerce School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Norwegians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Manus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
memoir writing
ⓘ
military sabotage ⓘ |
| genre | war memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Max NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | office supply businessman ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Norwegian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Norwegian Independent Company 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant ⓘ |
| movement | Norwegian resistance movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Norwegian ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
escape from German custody in 1941
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sabotage of German troop ship Donau in 1945 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
resistance activities against German occupation of Norway
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sabotage operations against German ships in Oslofjord ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Det blir alvor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Det vil helst gå godt ⓘ |
| occupation |
resistance fighter
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Norwegian resistance movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bergen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Tikken Manus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film "Max Manus: Man of War" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
Det blir alvor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Det vil helst gå godt ⓘ |
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: Max Manus Description of subject: Max Manus was a prominent Norwegian resistance fighter and saboteur during World War II, renowned for his daring operations against the German occupation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Max Manus in Max Manus: Man of War