Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
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Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German historian and classical scholar, best known as the twin brother of resistance leader Claus von Stauffenberg.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10975831 — 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: Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Context triple: [Claus von Stauffenberg, sibling, Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg]
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A.
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German lawyer, naval officer, and resistance member involved in the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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B.
Claus von Stauffenberg
Claus von Stauffenberg was a German army officer best known for leading the failed 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime.
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C.
Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg
Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg was a 19th-century German liberal politician and nobleman who played a leading role in the country’s progressive political movement.
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D.
Henning von Tresckow
Henning von Tresckow was a high-ranking German army officer and one of the leading organizers of the military resistance against Adolf Hitler, playing a key role in several assassination plots including the 20 July 1944 attempt.
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E.
Georg Atzerodt
Georg Atzerodt was a German-born conspirator involved in the plot to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson.
- 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: Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Target entity description: Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German historian and classical scholar, best known as the twin brother of resistance leader Claus von Stauffenberg.
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A.
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German lawyer, naval officer, and resistance member involved in the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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B.
Claus von Stauffenberg
Claus von Stauffenberg was a German army officer best known for leading the failed 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime.
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C.
Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg
Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg was a 19th-century German liberal politician and nobleman who played a leading role in the country’s progressive political movement.
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D.
Henning von Tresckow
Henning von Tresckow was a high-ranking German army officer and one of the leading organizers of the military resistance against Adolf Hitler, playing a key role in several assassination plots including the 20 July 1944 attempt.
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E.
Georg Atzerodt
Georg Atzerodt was a German-born conspirator involved in the plot to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, assigned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German military officer
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classical scholar ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1905-11-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1964-01-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Kiel NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Stuttgart
NERFINISHED
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University of Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | von Stauffenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ancient history
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classical philology ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | doctorate in history ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Stauffenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Graf ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being twin brother of Claus von Stauffenberg
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contributions to classical scholarship in Germany ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
NERFINISHED
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Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
publications on ancient historiography
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research on the Roman Empire ⓘ studies on late antiquity ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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university teacher ⓘ |
| participantIn | World War II ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Stuttgart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Stuttgart
NERFINISHED
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Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
NERFINISHED
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Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Melitta von Stauffenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| twin | Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg Description of subject: Alexander Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German historian and classical scholar, best known as the twin brother of resistance leader Claus von Stauffenberg.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.