Ida Straus
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Ida Straus was a German-American philanthropist best known for perishing aboard the Titanic after choosing to remain with her husband, Isidor Straus, rather than save herself.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ida Straus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5002993 — 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: Ida Straus Context triple: [Isidor Straus, spouse, Ida Straus]
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A.
Helene Bresslau
Helene Bresslau was a German-born nurse and social worker best known as the wife and close collaborator of theologian and humanitarian Albert Schweitzer, with whom she helped establish and run the hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon.
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B.
Mary Ethel Burns
Mary Ethel Burns was a British socialite from a prominent Anglo-American banking family who became the wife of Liberal politician Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt.
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C.
Edith Weiss
Edith Weiss is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Weiss, though specific widely known biographical or professional details about her are not well documented.
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D.
Lucie Mannheim
Lucie Mannheim was a German-born actress known for her work in early 20th-century cinema and theatre, particularly in British films after fleeing Nazi Germany.
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E.
Carol Marcus
Carol Marcus is best known as the former spouse of American writer and playwright William Saroyan.
- 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: Ida Straus Target entity description: Ida Straus was a German-American philanthropist best known for perishing aboard the Titanic after choosing to remain with her husband, Isidor Straus, rather than save herself.
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A.
Helene Bresslau
Helene Bresslau was a German-born nurse and social worker best known as the wife and close collaborator of theologian and humanitarian Albert Schweitzer, with whom she helped establish and run the hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon.
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B.
Mary Ethel Burns
Mary Ethel Burns was a British socialite from a prominent Anglo-American banking family who became the wife of Liberal politician Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt.
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C.
Edith Weiss
Edith Weiss is a notable individual recognized for bearing the surname Weiss, though specific widely known biographical or professional details about her are not well documented.
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D.
Lucie Mannheim
Lucie Mannheim was a German-born actress known for her work in early 20th-century cinema and theatre, particularly in British films after fleeing Nazi Germany.
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E.
Carol Marcus
Carol Marcus is best known as the former spouse of American writer and playwright William Saroyan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Titanic victim
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human ⓘ |
| birthName | Ida Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Body not recovered ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | sinking of the RMS Titanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Clarence Elias Straus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herbert Nathan Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilda Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse Isidor Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Selden Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ Vivian Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1849-02-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1912-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1871-10-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German Jew ⓘ |
| familyName | Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Ida Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | charitable work in New York ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | drowning ⓘ |
| memorial |
Straus Memorial, New York City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Straus Park, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
choosing to remain with her husband Isidor Straus during the Titanic sinking
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refusing a place in a lifeboat on the RMS Titanic ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation | philanthropist ⓘ |
| passengerClassOnTitanic | First class ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Titanic-related films and literature ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| shipPassenger | RMS Titanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Abraham Blun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amanda Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ Henriette Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermine Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacob Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ Mathilde Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ Regina Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosa Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ Therese Blun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Isidor Straus 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: Ida Straus Description of subject: Ida Straus was a German-American philanthropist best known for perishing aboard the Titanic after choosing to remain with her husband, Isidor Straus, rather than save herself.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.