Ida Noddack
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Ida Noddack was a German chemist best known for co-discovering the element rhenium and for early insights that anticipated the concept of nuclear fission.
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| Ida Noddack canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ida Noddack Context triple: [Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry, employed, Ida Noddack]
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A.
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who made pioneering contributions to nuclear fission and is often regarded as one of the most significant women in the history of physics.
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B.
Hilda Geiringer
Hilda Geiringer was an Austrian-American mathematician and pioneering applied probabilist, notable as one of the first women to hold a professorship in mathematics and for her contributions to applied mathematics and mechanics.
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C.
Elfriede Geiringer
Elfriede Geiringer was the second wife of Otto Frank and a Holocaust survivor whose family, like the Franks, went into hiding in Amsterdam during World War II.
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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.
Albertina Rasch
Albertina Rasch was an influential early 20th-century choreographer and dance director known for her work on Broadway and in Hollywood films.
- 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: Ida Noddack Target entity description: Ida Noddack was a German chemist best known for co-discovering the element rhenium and for early insights that anticipated the concept of nuclear fission.
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A.
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who made pioneering contributions to nuclear fission and is often regarded as one of the most significant women in the history of physics.
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B.
Hilda Geiringer
Hilda Geiringer was an Austrian-American mathematician and pioneering applied probabilist, notable as one of the first women to hold a professorship in mathematics and for her contributions to applied mathematics and mechanics.
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C.
Elfriede Geiringer
Elfriede Geiringer was the second wife of Otto Frank and a Holocaust survivor whose family, like the Franks, went into hiding in Amsterdam during World War II.
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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.
Albertina Rasch
Albertina Rasch was an influential early 20th-century choreographer and dance director known for her work on Broadway and in Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German chemist
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in chemistry ⓘ |
| co-discovered | rhenium ⓘ |
| co-discoveredWith |
Otto Berg
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Walter Noddack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1896-02-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-09-24 ⓘ |
| discoveryYearOfRhenium | 1925 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Technical University of Berlin ⓘ |
| employer | Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt ⓘ |
| familyName | Noddack ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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inorganic chemistry ⓘ radiochemistry ⓘ |
| givenName | Ida ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
researcher
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scientist ⓘ |
| hasResearchSubject |
radioactive elements
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rare earth elements ⓘ transition metals ⓘ |
| influenced | development of nuclear fission theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-discovering the element rhenium
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criticizing early claims of element 93 discovery ⓘ suggesting uranium nuclei could break into several large fragments ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | German Chemical Society ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ |
| notableWork |
co-discovery of rhenium
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early proposal of nuclear fission-like process ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
German Empire
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Lackhausen ⓘ Wesel ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
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Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ West Germany ⓘ |
| proposedIdea | heavy nuclei may split into several large fragments when bombarded with neutrons ⓘ |
| publication | Kernzertrümmerung durch Neutronen? ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Walter Noddack ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
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Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ Strasbourg ⓘ |
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