Madeleine Talmage Astor
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Madeleine Talmage Astor was an American socialite best known as the young second wife and widow of millionaire John Jacob Astor IV, surviving the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madeleine Astor | 1 |
| Madeleine Talmage Astor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11736291 — 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: Madeleine Talmage Astor Context triple: [Madeleine Talmage Force, alsoKnownAs, Madeleine Talmage Astor]
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A.
Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor
Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor was a prominent 19th-century New York socialite who became the leading figure of the city’s Gilded Age high society and arbiter of its elite social circle known as “The Four Hundred.”
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B.
Ava Alice Muriel Astor
Ava Alice Muriel Astor was an American socialite and heiress of the prominent Astor family in the early 20th century.
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C.
Pauline Astor
Pauline Astor was a member of the prominent Anglo-American Astor family, known as the daughter of wealthy businessman William Waldorf Astor and sister of British politician Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor.
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D.
Brooke Astor
Brooke Astor was an American philanthropist and socialite renowned for her extensive charitable work and leadership in New York City's cultural and social institutions.
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E.
Sarah Cox Todd Astor
Sarah Cox Todd Astor was the wife of American businessman William Backhouse Astor Sr. and a member of the prominent Astor family in 19th-century New York society.
- 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: Madeleine Talmage Astor Target entity description: Madeleine Talmage Astor was an American socialite best known as the young second wife and widow of millionaire John Jacob Astor IV, surviving the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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A.
Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor
Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor was a prominent 19th-century New York socialite who became the leading figure of the city’s Gilded Age high society and arbiter of its elite social circle known as “The Four Hundred.”
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B.
Ava Alice Muriel Astor
Ava Alice Muriel Astor was an American socialite and heiress of the prominent Astor family in the early 20th century.
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C.
Pauline Astor
Pauline Astor was a member of the prominent Anglo-American Astor family, known as the daughter of wealthy businessman William Waldorf Astor and sister of British politician Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor.
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D.
Brooke Astor
Brooke Astor was an American philanthropist and socialite renowned for her extensive charitable work and leadership in New York City's cultural and social institutions.
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E.
Sarah Cox Todd Astor
Sarah Cox Todd Astor was the wife of American businessman William Backhouse Astor Sr. and a member of the prominent Astor family in 19th-century New York society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Titanic survivor
ⓘ
human ⓘ socialite ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Astor family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | widowhood following Titanic sinking ⓘ |
| birthName | Madeleine Talmage Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | marriage to John Jacob Astor IV and survival of the Titanic ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Astor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | William Hurlbut Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Madeleine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | wife of John Jacob Astor IV at time of Titanic voyage ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widow of John Jacob Astor IV ⓘ |
| marriageOrder | second wife of John Jacob Astor IV ⓘ |
| middleName | Talmage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | ocean liner ⓘ |
| mother | Katherine Talmage Eustis Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | sinking of the RMS Titanic ⓘ |
| notableEventRole | first-class passenger on RMS Titanic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the widow of John Jacob Astor IV after the Titanic disaster
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being the young second wife of John Jacob Astor IV ⓘ |
| notableRelative | John Jacob Astor IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | socialite ⓘ |
| passengerOn | RMS Titanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling | Katherine Emmons Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialCircle | New York high society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| spouse |
Enzo Fiermonte
NERFINISHED
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John Jacob Astor IV NERFINISHED ⓘ William Karl Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOfTitle | John Jacob Astor IV, millionaire businessman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survived | sinking of the RMS Titanic ⓘ |
| title | Mrs. John Jacob Astor IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| travelledOn | RMS Titanic 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: Madeleine Talmage Astor Description of subject: Madeleine Talmage Astor was an American socialite best known as the young second wife and widow of millionaire John Jacob Astor IV, surviving the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Madeleine Astor