Isidor Straus
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Isidor Straus was a German-born American businessman, co-owner of Macy’s department store, and U.S. Congressman who perished with his wife Ida in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isidor Straus canonical | 9 |
| Ida Straus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T948218 — 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: Isidor Straus Context triple: [Kensico Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Isidor Straus]
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A.
Marcus Loew
Marcus Loew was an American theater chain magnate and film producer who became a pioneering studio executive by building the Loew's cinema empire and creating Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
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B.
Otto H. Kahn
Otto H. Kahn was a prominent German-born American investment banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts active in the early 20th century.
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C.
Herman Bergdorf
Herman Bergdorf was a German-born American tailor and businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
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D.
Adolph Fischer
Adolph Fischer was a German-American labor activist and anarchist who became one of the executed Haymarket Martyrs following the 1886 labor protests in Chicago.
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E.
Zacharias Finkelstein
Zacharias Finkelstein was the father of American political scientist and Holocaust scholar Norman Finkelstein.
- 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: Isidor Straus Target entity description: Isidor Straus was a German-born American businessman, co-owner of Macy’s department store, and U.S. Congressman who perished with his wife Ida in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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A.
Marcus Loew
Marcus Loew was an American theater chain magnate and film producer who became a pioneering studio executive by building the Loew's cinema empire and creating Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
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B.
Otto H. Kahn
Otto H. Kahn was a prominent German-born American investment banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts active in the early 20th century.
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C.
Herman Bergdorf
Herman Bergdorf was a German-born American tailor and businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
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D.
Adolph Fischer
Adolph Fischer was a German-American labor activist and anarchist who became one of the executed Haymarket Martyrs following the 1886 labor protests in Chicago.
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E.
Zacharias Finkelstein
Zacharias Finkelstein was the father of American political scientist and Holocaust scholar Norman Finkelstein.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Titanic victim
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
ⓘ
linked to:
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
|
| causeOfDeath |
sinking of the RMS Titanic
ⓘ
linked to:
RMS Titanic
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1845-02-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1912-04-15 ⓘ |
| electedIn | United States House of Representatives elections in New York ⓘ |
| employer |
R. H. Macy & Co.
ⓘ
linked to:
R. H. Macy
|
| endTime | 1895-03-03 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Straus ⓘ |
| fullName | Isidor Straus ⓘ |
| givenName | Isidor ⓘ |
| hasPart | memorial to Isidor and Ida Straus in New York City ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death by drowning ⓘ |
| marriagePartner | Ida Straus ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
Straus family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-ownership of Macy's department store
ⓘ
death in the sinking of the RMS Titanic ⓘ service as a U.S. Congressman from New York ⓘ |
| occupation |
U.S. Representative
ⓘ
businessman ⓘ merchant ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
German Confederation
ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ Otterberg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Ocean
|
| positionHeld |
co-owner of Macy's department store
ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| representedDistrict | New York's 15th congressional district ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shipPassenger | RMS Titanic ⓘ |
| sibling |
Nathan Straus
ⓘ
Oscar Straus ⓘ |
| spouse | Ida Straus ⓘ |
| startTime | 1894-01-30 ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Isidor Straus Description of subject: Isidor Straus was a German-born American businessman, co-owner of Macy’s department store, and U.S. Congressman who perished with his wife Ida in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Isidor Straus