Kitty Oppenheimer
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Kitty Oppenheimer was an American biologist and the politically active wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, known for her involvement in left-wing causes and her presence during the Manhattan Project era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kitty Oppenheimer canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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biologist ⓘ human ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Communist Party circles
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Manhattan Project era scientific community ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
surface form:
University of California, Berkeley community
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| birthName | Katherine Puening ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | naturalized or American citizen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Puening ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biology
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botany ⓘ |
| givenName | Katherine ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Katherine Oppenheimer
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surface form:
Katherine Oppenheimer (Toni)
Peter Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| hasNotableRelative |
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Katherine Oppenheimer ⓘ
surface form:
Katherine “Toni” Oppenheimer
Peter Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| influenced | social life and culture at Los Alamos ⓘ |
| knownFor |
strong personality and outspoken political views
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supporting J. Robert Oppenheimer during security hearings ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
Cold War
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World War II ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| memberOf | left-wing political organizations in the United States ⓘ |
| name | Katherine Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| nickname | Kitty ⓘ |
| notableEvent | life at Los Alamos during World War II ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer
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political activism in left-wing causes ⓘ |
| occupation |
biologist
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laboratory technician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | socialist and communist-affiliated circles in the United States ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | left-wing politics ⓘ |
| religion | raised in a non-Jewish background ⓘ |
| residence |
Berkeley
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surface form:
Berkeley, California
Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton, New Jersey
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialRole | scientist’s spouse at a secret wartime laboratory ⓘ |
| spouse | J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ |
| spouseOfFamousFor |
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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surface form:
J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project
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| wasPresentAt | Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project ⓘ |
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: Kitty Oppenheimer Description of subject: Kitty Oppenheimer was an American biologist and the politically active wife of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, known for her involvement in left-wing causes and her presence during the Manhattan Project era.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Katherine Oppenheimer