Austerlitz
E45496
Austerlitz is the original family surname of legendary American dancer, singer, and actor Fred Astaire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Austerlitz canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341784 — 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: Austerlitz Context triple: [Fred Astaire, familyName, Austerlitz]
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A.
Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz was a decisive 1805 Napoleonic victory, often called the "Battle of the Three Emperors," that cemented Napoleon's dominance over Europe.
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B.
Battle of Wagram
The Battle of Wagram was a major 1809 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Austrian Empire, leading to French dominance in Central Europe.
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C.
Battle of Friedland
The Battle of Friedland was a decisive 1807 victory for Napoleon over the Russian army that led directly to the Treaties of Tilsit and the temporary high point of French dominance in Europe.
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D.
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
The Battle of Jena–Auerstedt was a decisive 1806 Napoleonic victory over Prussia that shattered the Prussian army and established French dominance in Central Europe.
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E.
Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was a decisive 1813 defeat of Napoleon’s forces by a coalition of European powers, marking a major turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
- 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: Austerlitz Target entity description: Austerlitz is the original family surname of legendary American dancer, singer, and actor Fred Astaire.
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A.
Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz was a decisive 1805 Napoleonic victory, often called the "Battle of the Three Emperors," that cemented Napoleon's dominance over Europe.
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B.
Battle of Wagram
The Battle of Wagram was a major 1809 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Austrian Empire, leading to French dominance in Central Europe.
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C.
Battle of Friedland
The Battle of Friedland was a decisive 1807 victory for Napoleon over the Russian army that led directly to the Treaties of Tilsit and the temporary high point of French dominance in Europe.
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D.
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
The Battle of Jena–Auerstedt was a decisive 1806 Napoleonic victory over Prussia that shattered the Prussian army and established French dominance in Central Europe.
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E.
Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was a decisive 1813 defeat of Napoleon’s forces by a coalition of European powers, marking a major turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| birthName | Frederick Austerlitz ⓘ |
| category |
German-language surnames
ⓘ
surnames of Jewish origin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from the place name Austerlitz (Slavkov u Brna) ⓘ |
| familyNameAtBirth | Austerlitz ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Astaire
ⓘ
linked to:
Fred Astaire
|
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Fred Astaire ⓘ |
| originalSurnameOf | Fred Astaire ⓘ |
| usedByFamily | Astaire family ⓘ |
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: Austerlitz Description of subject: Austerlitz is the original family surname of legendary American dancer, singer, and actor Fred Astaire.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.