Ehrich Weiss
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Ehrich Weiss, better known as Harry Houdini, was a legendary magician and escape artist renowned for his daring stunts and influence on modern illusion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ehrich Weiss canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10964321 — 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: Ehrich Weiss Context triple: [Harry Houdini, alsoKnownAs, Ehrich Weiss]
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A.
Leonard Weiss
Leonard Weiss is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Weiss.
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Rudolph Pariser
Rudolph Pariser is an American physical and polymer chemist best known for co-developing the Pariser–Parr–Pople (PPP) method in quantum chemistry.
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C.
Hyman Lachowsky
Hyman Lachowsky was one of the radical activists prosecuted alongside Jacob Abrams in the landmark 1919 U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Abrams v. United States.
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D.
Max Eitingon
Max Eitingon was a German-Jewish psychoanalyst and close associate of Sigmund Freud, known for helping institutionalize psychoanalytic training and practice in Europe and the Middle East.
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E.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
- 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: Ehrich Weiss Target entity description: Ehrich Weiss, better known as Harry Houdini, was a legendary magician and escape artist renowned for his daring stunts and influence on modern illusion.
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A.
Leonard Weiss
Leonard Weiss is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Weiss.
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B.
Rudolph Pariser
Rudolph Pariser is an American physical and polymer chemist best known for co-developing the Pariser–Parr–Pople (PPP) method in quantum chemistry.
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C.
Hyman Lachowsky
Hyman Lachowsky was one of the radical activists prosecuted alongside Jacob Abrams in the landmark 1919 U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Abrams v. United States.
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D.
Max Eitingon
Max Eitingon was a German-Jewish psychoanalyst and close associate of Sigmund Freud, known for helping institutionalize psychoanalytic training and practice in Europe and the Middle East.
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E.
Edmund Meisel
Edmund Meisel was a German composer best known for his pioneering, politically charged film scores for silent cinema, particularly his work on Soviet montage films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
escape artist
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human ⓘ illusionist ⓘ magician ⓘ stunt performer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1926 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1890 ⓘ |
| advocated | skepticism toward spiritualism ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ehrik Weisz
NERFINISHED
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Erik Weisz NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Houdini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Ehrich Weisz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Machpelah Cemetery, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | peritonitis ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1874-03-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1926-10-31 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
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| father | Mayer Samuel Weisz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | escapology ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary escape artists
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modern stage magic ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Society of American Magicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Cecilia Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | stage magic ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
buried alive stunts
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escape acts ⓘ exposing fraudulent spiritualists ⓘ handcuff escapes ⓘ straitjacket escapes ⓘ water torture cell escape ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chinese Water Torture Cell act
NERFINISHED
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Metamorphosis trunk escape NERFINISHED ⓘ Milk can escape ⓘ Vanishing elephant illusion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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author ⓘ aviator ⓘ escape artist ⓘ film producer ⓘ illusionist ⓘ magician ⓘ stunt performer ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the Society of American Magicians ⓘ |
| sibling | Theodore Hardeen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Bess Houdini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Harry Houdini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
A Magician Among the Spirits
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Handcuff Secrets NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ehrich Weiss Description of subject: Ehrich Weiss, better known as Harry Houdini, was a legendary magician and escape artist renowned for his daring stunts and influence on modern illusion.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Harry Houdini