Pauline de Ahna
E441193
Pauline de Ahna was a German operatic soprano best known as the wife and muse of composer Richard Strauss, for whom she inspired several major works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pauline de Ahna canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4471078 — 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: Pauline de Ahna Context triple: [Richard Strauss, spouse, Pauline de Ahna]
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A.
Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer was a Canadian-born American actress best known for her role as the protagonist’s mother in the landmark early sound film "The Jazz Singer" (1927).
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B.
Marceline Van Furth
Marceline Van Furth is a Dutch physician and professor of pediatric infectious diseases, known for her academic work and for being married to Mpho Andrea Tutu, the daughter of Desmond Tutu.
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C.
Helene Tutein
Helene Tutein was the wife of German painter, sculptor, and Bauhaus teacher Oskar Schlemmer.
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D.
Anne Louvet
Anne Louvet is the young, emotionally scarred waitress whose love affair with a married man drives the tragic romantic and political drama of Sebastian Faulks’s novel "The Girl at the Lion d'Or."
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E.
Cornelia Postuma
Cornelia Postuma was the posthumous daughter of the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla, belonging to the powerful patrician Cornelii family in the late Roman Republic.
- 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: Pauline de Ahna Target entity description: Pauline de Ahna was a German operatic soprano best known as the wife and muse of composer Richard Strauss, for whom she inspired several major works.
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A.
Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer was a Canadian-born American actress best known for her role as the protagonist’s mother in the landmark early sound film "The Jazz Singer" (1927).
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B.
Marceline Van Furth
Marceline Van Furth is a Dutch physician and professor of pediatric infectious diseases, known for her academic work and for being married to Mpho Andrea Tutu, the daughter of Desmond Tutu.
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C.
Helene Tutein
Helene Tutein was the wife of German painter, sculptor, and Bauhaus teacher Oskar Schlemmer.
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D.
Anne Louvet
Anne Louvet is the young, emotionally scarred waitress whose love affair with a married man drives the tragic romantic and political drama of Sebastian Faulks’s novel "The Girl at the Lion d'Or."
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E.
Cornelia Postuma
Cornelia Postuma was the posthumous daughter of the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla, belonging to the powerful patrician Cornelii family in the late Roman Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German singer
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human ⓘ operatic soprano ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | early 1900s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1880s ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Richard Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Pauline Maria de Ahna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Garmisch-Partenkirchen cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1863-02-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1950-05-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Germans ⓘ |
| father | General Adolf de Ahna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | opera ⓘ |
| inspiredCharacter | Christine in Intermezzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
Domestic Symphony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ein Heldenleben NERFINISHED ⓘ Four Last Songs NERFINISHED ⓘ Intermezzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | German ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 1894-09-10 ⓘ |
| marriagePlace | Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Munich Court Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Pauline de Ahna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | strong and outspoken personality ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the muse of Richard Strauss
ⓘ
being the wife of Richard Strauss ⓘ |
| occupation |
opera singer
ⓘ
soprano ⓘ |
| performedAt | Weimar Court Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedRole |
Freihild in Guntram
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pamina in Die Zauberflöte ⓘ |
| performedWorkBy |
Richard Strauss
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ingolstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Garmisch-Partenkirchen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Intermezzo by Richard Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Munich ⓘ |
| spouse | Richard Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf | Julius Hey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceType | soprano ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pauline de Ahna Description of subject: Pauline de Ahna was a German operatic soprano best known as the wife and muse of composer Richard Strauss, for whom she inspired several major works.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.