Ulrich de Maizière
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Ulrich de Maizière was a German general who served as Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and was a prominent military leader in West Germany during the Cold War.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ulrich de Maizière canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8638365 — 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: Ulrich de Maizière Context triple: [Lothar de Maizière, relative, Ulrich de Maizière]
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A.
Joschka Fischer
Joschka Fischer is a German politician and former Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, best known as a leading figure of the Green Party and a key architect of Germany’s foreign policy in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Guido Westerwelle
Guido Westerwelle was a German politician who served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor and was a leading figure of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
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C.
Wolfgang Schäuble
Wolfgang Schäuble is a prominent German politician of the Christian Democratic Union who served in several key federal roles, including Minister of Finance and Minister of the Interior, and was one of the longest-serving members of the Bundestag.
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D.
Lothar de Maizière
Lothar de Maizière was the last and only democratically elected prime minister of East Germany, overseeing the country’s transition toward reunification with West Germany in 1990.
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E.
Kurt Schröder
Kurt Schröder was a German film composer known for scoring early 20th-century European films, including notable British historical dramas.
- 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: Ulrich de Maizière Target entity description: Ulrich de Maizière was a German general who served as Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and was a prominent military leader in West Germany during the Cold War.
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A.
Joschka Fischer
Joschka Fischer is a German politician and former Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor, best known as a leading figure of the Green Party and a key architect of Germany’s foreign policy in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Guido Westerwelle
Guido Westerwelle was a German politician who served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor and was a leading figure of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
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C.
Wolfgang Schäuble
Wolfgang Schäuble is a prominent German politician of the Christian Democratic Union who served in several key federal roles, including Minister of Finance and Minister of the Interior, and was one of the longest-serving members of the Bundestag.
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D.
Lothar de Maizière
Lothar de Maizière was the last and only democratically elected prime minister of East Germany, overseeing the country’s transition toward reunification with West Germany in 1990.
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E.
Kurt Schröder
Kurt Schröder was a German film composer known for scoring early 20th-century European films, including notable British historical dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German general
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Nazi Germany
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West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
ⓘ
West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-02-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-03-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Reichswehr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Bundeswehr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West German government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime (Inspector General of the Bundeswehr) | 1972 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Huguenot descent ⓘ |
| familyName | de Maizière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Thomas de Maizière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWriting | military memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Bundeswehr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heer (Bundeswehr) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General ⓘ |
| name | Ulrich de Maizière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading role in development of the Bundeswehr
ⓘ
prominent military leadership in West Germany during the Cold War ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Thomas de Maizière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | memoirs on the Bundeswehr and German military ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
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World War II ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Offenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr
NERFINISHED
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Inspector General of the Bundeswehr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| startTime (Inspector General of the Bundeswehr) | 1966 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ulrich de Maizière Description of subject: Ulrich de Maizière was a German general who served as Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and was a prominent military leader in West Germany during the Cold War.
Referenced by (1)
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