Valentina Olszewska
E175044
Valentina Olszewska was the wife of mathematician Georg Cantor, the founder of set theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Valentina Olszewska canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1396027 — 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: Valentina Olszewska Context triple: [Georg Cantor, spouse, Valentina Olszewska]
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A.
Vera Kistiakowsky
Vera Kistiakowsky was an American experimental nuclear physicist and MIT professor known for her research in particle physics and her advocacy for women in science.
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B.
Emma Kistiakowsky
Emma Kistiakowsky was an American physicist and educator known for her work in nuclear physics and for advocating for women in science.
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C.
Olga Naumova
Olga Naumova was the wife of renowned Russian-born conductor and double-bassist Serge Koussevitzky, accompanying him through the early part of his musical career.
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D.
Helena Zubczewska
Helena Zubczewska was the wife of Polish military and political leader Władysław Sikorski, who served as Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile during World War II.
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E.
Zinaida Volkova
Zinaida Volkova was the eldest daughter of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, known for her involvement in the early Soviet intellectual milieu and her tragic death in exile.
- 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: Valentina Olszewska Target entity description: Valentina Olszewska was the wife of mathematician Georg Cantor, the founder of set theory.
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A.
Vera Kistiakowsky
Vera Kistiakowsky was an American experimental nuclear physicist and MIT professor known for her research in particle physics and her advocacy for women in science.
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B.
Emma Kistiakowsky
Emma Kistiakowsky was an American physicist and educator known for her work in nuclear physics and for advocating for women in science.
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C.
Olga Naumova
Olga Naumova was the wife of renowned Russian-born conductor and double-bassist Serge Koussevitzky, accompanying him through the early part of his musical career.
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D.
Helena Zubczewska
Helena Zubczewska was the wife of Polish military and political leader Władysław Sikorski, who served as Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile during World War II.
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E.
Zinaida Volkova
Zinaida Volkova was the eldest daughter of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, known for her involvement in the early Soviet intellectual milieu and her tragic death in exile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (9)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ spouse ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | set theory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the wife of mathematician Georg Cantor
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founding set theory ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
Georg Cantor
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Valentina Olszewska ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Valentina Olszewska Description of subject: Valentina Olszewska was the wife of mathematician Georg Cantor, the founder of set theory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Valentina Olszewska