Carl Wilhelm
E366782
Carl Wilhelm, later known as Guillermo Kahlo, was a German-born photographer who became notable in Mexico as the father of renowned painter Frida Kahlo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carl Wilhelm canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3539539 — 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: Carl Wilhelm Context triple: [Guillermo Kahlo, givenName, Carl Wilhelm]
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A.
Carl Ludwig
Carl Ludwig is a masculine given name of German origin, historically borne by various notable figures in science, philosophy, and the arts.
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B.
Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm
Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm was an 18th-century Swedish nobleman and scholar best known as one of the founders of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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C.
Johann Friedrich
Johann Friedrich is the given name of Johann Friedrich Städel, a German merchant and art patron who founded the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
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D.
Wilhelm Wolff
Wilhelm Wolff was a 19th-century German communist activist, writer, and close associate of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, known for his role in the early socialist movement.
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E.
Johann Peter Krafft
Johann Peter Krafft was a prominent 19th-century Austrian painter known for his historical and genre scenes, particularly those depicting key events in Austrian and Hungarian history.
- 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: Carl Wilhelm Target entity description: Carl Wilhelm, later known as Guillermo Kahlo, was a German-born photographer who became notable in Mexico as the father of renowned painter Frida Kahlo.
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A.
Carl Ludwig
Carl Ludwig is a masculine given name of German origin, historically borne by various notable figures in science, philosophy, and the arts.
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B.
Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm
Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm was an 18th-century Swedish nobleman and scholar best known as one of the founders of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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C.
Johann Friedrich
Johann Friedrich is the given name of Johann Friedrich Städel, a German merchant and art patron who founded the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
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D.
Wilhelm Wolff
Wilhelm Wolff was a 19th-century German communist activist, writer, and close associate of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, known for his role in the early socialist movement.
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E.
Johann Peter Krafft
Johann Peter Krafft was a prominent 19th-century Austrian painter known for his historical and genre scenes, particularly those depicting key events in Austrian and Hungarian history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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photographer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Carl Wilhelm
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Guillermo Kahlo ⓘ
surface form:
Guillermo Kahlo y Calderón
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| birthName |
Guillermo Kahlo
ⓘ
surface form:
Carl Wilhelm Kahlo
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| burialPlace | Mexico City ⓘ |
| child |
Adriana Kahlo
ⓘ
Adriana Kahlo ⓘ
surface form:
Cristina Kahlo
Frida Kahlo ⓘ Adriana Kahlo ⓘ
surface form:
Matilde Kahlo
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| countryOfBirth | German Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Mexico ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1871-10-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1941-04-14 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | biographies of Frida Kahlo ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
German
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Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName |
Guillermo Kahlo
ⓘ
surface form:
Kahlo
|
| fieldOfWork |
architectural photography
ⓘ
portrait photography ⓘ |
| givenName |
Carl Wilhelm
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Guillermo ⓘ |
| hasPartInHisLife | Mexican Revolution era ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
German
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| movedTo | Mexico ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of Frida Kahlo ⓘ |
| notableWork |
architectural photographs of churches in Mexico
ⓘ
photographic documentation of Mexico City’s urban development ⓘ photographic documentation of colonial buildings in Mexico ⓘ |
| occupation |
architectural photographer
ⓘ
photographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pforzheim ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Coyoacán ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Mexico City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
María Cardeña
ⓘ
Matilde Calderón y González ⓘ |
| workLocation | Mexico City ⓘ |
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: Carl Wilhelm Description of subject: Carl Wilhelm, later known as Guillermo Kahlo, was a German-born photographer who became notable in Mexico as the father of renowned painter Frida Kahlo.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Guillermo Kahlo
subject surface form:
Guillermo Kahlo