Corrie ten Boom
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Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch Christian watchmaker and Holocaust rescuer who helped hide Jews from the Nazis during World War II and later became known worldwide for her writings and speaking on faith and forgiveness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Corrie ten Boom canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5331046 — 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: Corrie ten Boom Context triple: [Dutch resistance, notableMember, Corrie ten Boom]
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A.
Miep Gies
Miep Gies was an Austrian-born Dutch woman who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during World War II and preserved Anne’s diary after their arrest.
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B.
Edith Frank
Edith Frank was the mother of diarist Anne Frank and a German-born Jewish woman who went into hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam before dying in the Holocaust.
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C.
Otto Frank
Otto Frank was a German-born Jewish businessman and the father of diarist Anne Frank, who was the only immediate family member to survive the Holocaust and later helped publish her famous diary.
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D.
Truida Pohl
Truida Pohl was the wife of prominent Afrikaans poet and intellectual N. P. van Wyk Louw.
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E.
Margot Frank
Margot Frank was the elder sister of diarist Anne Frank and one of the Jewish victims who went into hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam before perishing in 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: Corrie ten Boom Target entity description: Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch Christian watchmaker and Holocaust rescuer who helped hide Jews from the Nazis during World War II and later became known worldwide for her writings and speaking on faith and forgiveness.
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A.
Miep Gies
Miep Gies was an Austrian-born Dutch woman who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during World War II and preserved Anne’s diary after their arrest.
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B.
Edith Frank
Edith Frank was the mother of diarist Anne Frank and a German-born Jewish woman who went into hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam before dying in the Holocaust.
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C.
Otto Frank
Otto Frank was a German-born Jewish businessman and the father of diarist Anne Frank, who was the only immediate family member to survive the Holocaust and later helped publish her famous diary.
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D.
Truida Pohl
Truida Pohl was the wife of prominent Afrikaans poet and intellectual N. P. van Wyk Louw.
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E.
Margot Frank
Margot Frank was the elder sister of diarist Anne Frank and one of the Jewish victims who went into hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam before perishing in the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian missionary
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Dutch writer ⓘ Holocaust rescuer ⓘ evangelist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Righteous Among the Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause | rescue of Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfArrest | 1944-02-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1892-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-04-15 ⓘ |
| denomination | Dutch Reformed Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Ten Boom watch shop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | ten Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Cornelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honouredBy | Yad Vashem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| movement | Dutch resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Corrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Christian forgiveness
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reconciliation after the Holocaust ⓘ |
| notableWork |
In My Father’s House
NERFINISHED
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The Hiding Place NERFINISHED ⓘ Tramp for the Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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public speaker ⓘ watchmaker ⓘ |
| parent |
Casper ten Boom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornelia Johanna Arnolda Luitingh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | rescue of Jews in the Netherlands during World War II ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Haarlem, Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Placentia, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention |
Herzogenbusch concentration camp
NERFINISHED
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Ravensbrück concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Scheveningen prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Haarlem, Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Betsie ten Boom
NERFINISHED
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Nollie ten Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ Willem ten Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
The Hiding Place (1971 book)
NERFINISHED
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The Hiding Place (1975 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| travelledTo |
Germany
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ many countries as an itinerant speaker ⓘ |
| usedBuilding | The Hiding Place (Ten Boom house in Haarlem) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasArrestedBy | Gestapo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Corrie ten Boom Description of subject: Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch Christian watchmaker and Holocaust rescuer who helped hide Jews from the Nazis during World War II and later became known worldwide for her writings and speaking on faith and forgiveness.
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