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I declare that I have authored this thesis independently, that I have not used other than the declared sources / resources and that I have explicitly marked all material which has been quoted either literally or by content from the used sources.

I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text.

I, Jan Pöppel Tristram, \newline

declare that this thesis and the work presented in it (including all figures) are my own and has been generated by me as the result of my own original research. \newline 

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\textbf{Title of thesis:} Vector-Similarity Based Entity Linking \newline

I confirm that:

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\item[1.]This work was done wholly or mainly while in candidature for a research degree at Bielefeld University;

\item[2.]Where any part of this thesis has previously been submitted for a degree or any other qualification at this University or any other institution, this has been clearly stated;

\item[3.]Where I have consulted the published work of others, this is always clearly attributed;

\item[4.]Where I have quoted from the work of others, the source is always given. With the exception of such quotations, this thesis is entirely my own work;

\item[5.]I have acknowledged all main sources of help;

\item[6.]Where the thesis is based on work done by myself jointly with others, I have made clear exactly what was done by others and what I have contributed myself;

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