Irène Joliot-Curie
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Irène Joliot-Curie canonical | 19 |
| Irène Curie | 2 |
| Hélène Langevin-Joliot | 1 |
| Irene Joliot-Curie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T624944 — 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: Irène Joliot-Curie Context triple: [Frédéric Joliot-Curie, spouse, Irène Joliot-Curie]
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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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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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Marie Curie
Marie Curie was a pioneering physicist and chemist renowned for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity and as the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
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D.
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who made pioneering contributions to nuclear fission and is often regarded as one of the most significant women in the history of physics.
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E.
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.
- 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: Irène Joliot-Curie Target entity description: 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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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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B.
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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C.
Marie Curie
Marie Curie was a pioneering physicist and chemist renowned for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity and as the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
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D.
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who made pioneering contributions to nuclear fission and is often regarded as one of the most significant women in the history of physics.
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E.
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science
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Matteucci Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ |
| birthName |
Irène Curie
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linked to:
Irène Joliot-Curie
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| burialPlace |
Panthéon, Paris (symbolic, with her parents)
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linked to:
Panthéon, Paris
|
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| child |
Hélène Langevin-Joliot
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linked to:
Irène Joliot-Curie
Pierre Joliot ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-09-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1956-03-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Radium Institute
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University of Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Panthéon-Sorbonne University
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| employer |
Faculty of Science, University of Paris
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linked to:
Sorbonne University
Radium Institute ⓘ |
| familyName |
Curie
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Joliot-Curie ⓘ
linked to:
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
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| father | Pierre Curie ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
nuclear physics
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radioactivity ⓘ radiochemistry ⓘ |
| fullName | Irène Joliot-Curie ⓘ |
| givenName |
Irène
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linked to:
Irene
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| memberOf |
Atomic Energy Commission of France
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linked to:
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique
French Academy of Medicine ⓘ
linked to:
Académie de Médecine
French Communist Party ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of France
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| mother | Marie Curie ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first demonstration of artificially induced radioactivity in stable elements ⓘ |
| notableWork | discovery of artificial radioactivity ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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| positionHeld |
director of the Radium Institute
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professor at the Faculty of Science, University of Paris ⓘ undersecretary of State for Scientific Research, France ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| researchContribution |
production of radioactive isotopes
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studies of nuclear reactions ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | Frédéric Joliot-Curie ⓘ |
| sibling | Ève Curie ⓘ |
| spouse | Frédéric Joliot-Curie ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Irène Joliot-Curie Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Irène Joliot-Curie
linked to: Irène Joliot-Curie
linked to: Irène Joliot-Curie
linked to: Irène Joliot-Curie