It’s a Wonderful Life: Ma Bailey
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"It’s a Wonderful Life: Ma Bailey" is the character of George Bailey’s loving and steadfast mother in the classic 1946 Frank Capra film "It’s a Wonderful Life."
All labels observed (1)
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| It’s a Wonderful Life: Ma Bailey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18441950 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: It’s a Wonderful Life: Ma Bailey Context triple: [Beulah Bondi, roleIn, It’s a Wonderful Life: Ma Bailey]
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Mother Maria in Lilies of the Field
Mother Maria in "Lilies of the Field" is the devout, strong-willed German nun who leads a group of refugee nuns in the Arizona desert and enlists a wandering handyman to help build their chapel.
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Mrs. Jones
"Mrs. Jones" is a song featured on the album *Pretty on the Inside* by the American rock band Hole.
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Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones is a minor character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story "Winter Dreams," appearing in the social circle surrounding the protagonist and the wealthy Jones family.
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Nickie in Sweet Charity
Nickie in *Sweet Charity* is one of Charity Hope Valentine’s tough, wisecracking fellow dance-hall hostesses, known for her street-smart humor and loyal friendship.
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Alma Brown in Hud
Alma Brown in "Hud" is the tough yet vulnerable housekeeper whose complex relationship with the title character highlights the film’s themes of morality, loneliness, and disillusionment in rural Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It’s a Wonderful Life: Ma Bailey Target entity description: "It’s a Wonderful Life: Ma Bailey" is the character of George Bailey’s loving and steadfast mother in the classic 1946 Frank Capra film "It’s a Wonderful Life."
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A.
Mother Maria in Lilies of the Field
Mother Maria in "Lilies of the Field" is the devout, strong-willed German nun who leads a group of refugee nuns in the Arizona desert and enlists a wandering handyman to help build their chapel.
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B.
Mrs. Jones
"Mrs. Jones" is a song featured on the album *Pretty on the Inside* by the American rock band Hole.
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C.
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones is a minor character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story "Winter Dreams," appearing in the social circle surrounding the protagonist and the wealthy Jones family.
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D.
Nickie in Sweet Charity
Nickie in *Sweet Charity* is one of Charity Hope Valentine’s tough, wisecracking fellow dance-hall hostesses, known for her street-smart humor and loyal friendship.
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E.
Alma Brown in Hud
Alma Brown in "Hud" is the tough yet vulnerable housekeeper whose complex relationship with the title character highlights the film’s themes of morality, loneliness, and disillusionment in rural Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.