Jacques Curie
E133286
Jacques Curie was a French physicist best known for his work on piezoelectricity, conducted in collaboration with his more famous brother Pierre Curie.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques Curie canonical | 1 |
| Jacques Curie (French) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1079548 — 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: Jacques Curie Context triple: [Pierre Curie, sibling, Jacques Curie]
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Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a pioneering French physicist best known for his work on radioactivity, crystallography, and magnetism, and as the husband and research partner of Marie Curie.
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B.
Ève Curie
Ève Curie was a French-American writer and pianist best known for her acclaimed biography of her mother, the scientist Marie Curie.
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C.
Irène Joliot-Curie
Irène Joliot-Curie was a French physicist, daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, who shared the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
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D.
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and pioneer of artificial radioactivity who played a key role in early nuclear research and was active in peace and anti-nuclear movements.
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Henri Becquerel
Henri Becquerel was a French physicist who discovered natural radioactivity, a breakthrough for which he shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 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: Jacques Curie Target entity description: Jacques Curie was a French physicist best known for his work on piezoelectricity, conducted in collaboration with his more famous brother Pierre Curie.
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A.
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie was a pioneering French physicist best known for his work on radioactivity, crystallography, and magnetism, and as the husband and research partner of Marie Curie.
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B.
Ève Curie
Ève Curie was a French-American writer and pianist best known for her acclaimed biography of her mother, the scientist Marie Curie.
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C.
Irène Joliot-Curie
Irène Joliot-Curie was a French physicist, daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, who shared the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
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D.
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and pioneer of artificial radioactivity who played a key role in early nuclear research and was active in peace and anti-nuclear movements.
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E.
Henri Becquerel
Henri Becquerel was a French physicist who discovered natural radioactivity, a breakthrough for which he shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French physicist
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
materials science
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solid-state physics ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Pierre Curie ⓘ |
| contributedTo | understanding of crystal properties ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Curie ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
physics
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piezoelectricity ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Jacques Curie (French)
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linked to:
Jacques Curie
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| hasRelative | Pierre Curie ⓘ |
| influenced | development of piezoelectric devices ⓘ |
| knownFor | co-discovery of piezoelectricity ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notability | less famous than his brother Pierre Curie but important in piezoelectricity research ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | formulation of the piezoelectric effect with Pierre Curie ⓘ |
| notableWork | research on piezoelectricity ⓘ |
| occupation | physicist ⓘ |
| sibling | Pierre Curie ⓘ |
| studied |
crystals
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electric polarization in crystals ⓘ |
| workLocation | France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacques Curie Description of subject: Jacques Curie was a French physicist best known for his work on piezoelectricity, conducted in collaboration with his more famous brother Pierre Curie.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jacques Curie