Michael Kohlhaas
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Michael Kohlhaas is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist that tells the story of a horse dealer’s obsessive quest for justice, exploring themes of law, morality, and revenge in 16th-century Germany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Kohlhaas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8371032 — 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: Michael Kohlhaas Context triple: [Heinrich von Kleist, notableWork, Michael Kohlhaas]
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A.
Sindorf
Sindorf is a district of the town of Kerpen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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B.
Reynard
Reynard is a traditional European folkloric fox character, especially prominent in medieval tales as a clever trickster figure.
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C.
Hugh the Drover
Hugh the Drover is an early 20th-century English opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams that blends folk-song elements with a romantic tale set in rural England.
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D.
Winrich von Kniprode
Winrich von Kniprode was a 14th-century Grand Master of the Teutonic Order whose long rule marked the height of the order’s political power and cultural influence in Prussia.
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E.
Joachim von Kortzfleisch
Joachim von Kortzfleisch was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, known for his role in the suppression of the 20 July 1944 plot against Adolf Hitler.
- 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: Michael Kohlhaas Target entity description: Michael Kohlhaas is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist that tells the story of a horse dealer’s obsessive quest for justice, exploring themes of law, morality, and revenge in 16th-century Germany.
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A.
Sindorf
Sindorf is a district of the town of Kerpen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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B.
Reynard
Reynard is a traditional European folkloric fox character, especially prominent in medieval tales as a clever trickster figure.
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C.
Hugh the Drover
Hugh the Drover is an early 20th-century English opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams that blends folk-song elements with a romantic tale set in rural England.
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D.
Winrich von Kniprode
Winrich von Kniprode was a 14th-century Grand Master of the Teutonic Order whose long rule marked the height of the order’s political power and cultural influence in Prussia.
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E.
Joachim von Kortzfleisch
Joachim von Kortzfleisch was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, known for his role in the suppression of the 20 July 1944 plot against Adolf Hitler.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novella ⓘ |
| author | Heinrich von Kleist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Hans Kohlhase ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
clash between personal justice and state authority
ⓘ
dispute over confiscated horses ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Elector of Saxony
ⓘ
Martin Luther NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | considered one of Kleist’s major works ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
legitimacy of violence
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limits of civil disobedience ⓘ rule of law ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial publication ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | German ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Phöbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
legal fiction ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013 film)
NERFINISHED
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Michael Kohlhaas (1969 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jack Bull (1999 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | tragic hero ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Michael Kohlhaas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Franz Kafka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
legal and philosophical debates on justice in literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Weimar Classicism-adjacent ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | German Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Michael Kohlhaas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
fire and destruction
ⓘ
horses ⓘ legal documents ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | chronological with embedded legal and moral reflections ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | serious and tragic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | horse dealer ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Electorate of Saxony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 16th century ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power
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fanaticism ⓘ individual versus state ⓘ justice ⓘ law ⓘ morality ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Heinrich von Kleist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Michael Kohlhaas Description of subject: Michael Kohlhaas is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist that tells the story of a horse dealer’s obsessive quest for justice, exploring themes of law, morality, and revenge in 16th-century Germany.
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
Heinrich von Kleist