Matilda Shapiro
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Matilda Shapiro was the wife of Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright Sholem Asch, a prominent figure in Yiddish literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matilda Shapiro canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3004944 — 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: Matilda Shapiro Context triple: [Sholem Asch, spouse, Matilda Shapiro]
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A.
Mildred Spiewak
Mildred Spiewak was the birth name of Mildred Dresselhaus, a pioneering American physicist renowned for her groundbreaking work in carbon science and nanotechnology.
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B.
Hedwig Pinkus
Hedwig Pinkus was the wife of pioneering German physician and Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich, known primarily through her association with his life and work.
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C.
Beatrice Silverman
Beatrice Silverman was the first wife of American novelist and journalist Norman Mailer, whom he married while a student at Harvard.
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D.
Vivian Shapiro
Vivian Shapiro is an American psychologist and academic known for her work in developmental and clinical psychology, and as the wife of former Princeton University president Harold T. Shapiro.
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E.
Eloise Mumford
Eloise Mumford is an American actress known for her supporting role as Kate Kavanagh in the Fifty Shades film series and for her work in both television and independent 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: Matilda Shapiro Target entity description: Matilda Shapiro was the wife of Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright Sholem Asch, a prominent figure in Yiddish literature.
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A.
Mildred Spiewak
Mildred Spiewak was the birth name of Mildred Dresselhaus, a pioneering American physicist renowned for her groundbreaking work in carbon science and nanotechnology.
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B.
Hedwig Pinkus
Hedwig Pinkus was the wife of pioneering German physician and Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich, known primarily through her association with his life and work.
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C.
Beatrice Silverman
Beatrice Silverman was the first wife of American novelist and journalist Norman Mailer, whom he married while a student at Harvard.
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D.
Vivian Shapiro
Vivian Shapiro is an American psychologist and academic known for her work in developmental and clinical psychology, and as the wife of former Princeton University president Harold T. Shapiro.
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E.
Eloise Mumford
Eloise Mumford is an American actress known for her supporting role as Kate Kavanagh in the Fifty Shades film series and for her work in both television and independent films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Poland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish people
ⓘ
linked to:
Jews
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | Yiddish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Yiddish literature
ⓘ
being the wife of Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright Sholem Asch ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ |
| spouse |
Matilda Shapiro
ⓘ
Sholem Asch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Matilda Shapiro Description of subject: Matilda Shapiro was the wife of Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright Sholem Asch, a prominent figure in Yiddish literature.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Matilda Shapiro