Marie Merck
E158979
Marie Merck was the wife of German theoretical physicist Max Planck, supporting him through the formative years of his scientific career and family life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marie Merck canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1374670 — 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: Marie Merck Context triple: [Max Planck, spouse, Marie Merck]
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A.
Ernst Schering
Ernst Schering was a German mathematician and physicist known for his work in geodesy and potential theory in the 19th century.
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B.
Marie Witschi-Courant
Marie Witschi-Courant was the wife of Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate Emil Theodor Kocher.
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C.
Eberhard Nestle
Eberhard Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
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D.
Karla von Mohl
Karla von Mohl was the wife of renowned German physician and physicist Hermann von Helmholtz and a member of the distinguished von Mohl family.
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E.
Otto Hofmann
Otto Hofmann was a high-ranking SS official and head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office who played a role in implementing Nazi racial policies during the Holocaust.
- 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: Marie Merck Target entity description: Marie Merck was the wife of German theoretical physicist Max Planck, supporting him through the formative years of his scientific career and family life.
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A.
Ernst Schering
Ernst Schering was a German mathematician and physicist known for his work in geodesy and potential theory in the 19th century.
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B.
Marie Witschi-Courant
Marie Witschi-Courant was the wife of Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate Emil Theodor Kocher.
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C.
Eberhard Nestle
Eberhard Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
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D.
Karla von Mohl
Karla von Mohl was the wife of renowned German physician and physicist Hermann von Helmholtz and a member of the distinguished von Mohl family.
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E.
Otto Hofmann
Otto Hofmann was a high-ranking SS official and head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office who played a role in implementing Nazi racial policies during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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human ⓘ spouse ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
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German Empire ⓘ |
| familyName |
Merck & Co.
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surface form:
Merck
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| givenName | Marie ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first wife of Max Planck
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supporting Max Planck during the early years of his scientific career ⓘ supporting Max Planck in family life ⓘ |
| spouse |
Marie Merck
self-linksurface differs
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Max Planck ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marie Merck Description of subject: Marie Merck was the wife of German theoretical physicist Max Planck, supporting him through the formative years of his scientific career and family life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Max Planck