Meyer Guggenheim
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Meyer Guggenheim was a Swiss-born American industrialist who founded the Guggenheim family's fortune through major investments in mining and smelting in the late 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meyer Guggenheim canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10410708 — 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.
Target entity: Meyer Guggenheim Context triple: [Guggenheim family, notableMember, Meyer Guggenheim]
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Henry Pincus
Henry Pincus is known primarily as the son of prominent American financier and private equity pioneer Lionel Pincus.
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Sidney Buchman
Sidney Buchman was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including notable collaborations with major studios and directors.
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C.
Edgar M. Kahn
Edgar M. Kahn was an American neurosurgeon and academic known for his contributions to the development of neurosurgical techniques and education in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Henry Gondorff
Henry Gondorff is a seasoned, charismatic con artist and grifter portrayed by Paul Newman in the classic 1973 film "The Sting."
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Sidney Verba
Sidney Verba was a prominent American political scientist renowned for his pioneering work on political participation, comparative politics, and civic culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Meyer Guggenheim Target entity description: Meyer Guggenheim was a Swiss-born American industrialist who founded the Guggenheim family's fortune through major investments in mining and smelting in the late 19th century.
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A.
Henry Pincus
Henry Pincus is known primarily as the son of prominent American financier and private equity pioneer Lionel Pincus.
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B.
Sidney Buchman
Sidney Buchman was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work in Hollywood during the 1930s–1950s, including notable collaborations with major studios and directors.
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C.
Edgar M. Kahn
Edgar M. Kahn was an American neurosurgeon and academic known for his contributions to the development of neurosurgical techniques and education in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Henry Gondorff
Henry Gondorff is a seasoned, charismatic con artist and grifter portrayed by Paul Newman in the classic 1973 film "The Sting."
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E.
Sidney Verba
Sidney Verba was a prominent American political scientist renowned for his pioneering work on political participation, comparative politics, and civic culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Smelting and Refining Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guggenheim mining interests NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1828-02-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lengnau, Aargau, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Salem Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessInterest |
copper mining
ⓘ
lead mines in Colorado ⓘ silver mines in Colorado ⓘ smelting operations in the United States ⓘ |
| child |
Benjamin Guggenheim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daniel Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Murry Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon R. Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ William Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Switzerland
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1905-03-15 ⓘ |
| earlyOccupation |
importer of Swiss embroidery
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peddler ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Swiss Jew ⓘ |
| familyName | Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mining industry
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smelting industry ⓘ |
| founded | Guggenheim family fortune ⓘ |
| givenName | Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| immigrationYear | 1847 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| name | Meyer Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Guggenheim family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
building the Guggenheim family fortune
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control of American Smelting and Refining Company ⓘ investments in mining and smelting ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 10 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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industrialist ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States of America
NERFINISHED
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Barbara Myers Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Meyer Guggenheim Description of subject: Meyer Guggenheim was a Swiss-born American industrialist who founded the Guggenheim family's fortune through major investments in mining and smelting in the late 19th century.
Referenced by (2)
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