The Iron Lady
E16696
The Iron Lady is the famous nickname of Margaret Thatcher, the resolute and conservative Prime Minister who led the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Iron Lady canonical | 18 |
| Iron Lady | 1 |
| The Iron Lady (2011 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T142022 — 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: The Iron Lady Context triple: [Margaret Thatcher, nickname, The Iron Lady]
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A.
The King’s Speech
The King’s Speech is a 2010 historical drama film that follows the future King George VI’s struggle to overcome a debilitating stammer with the help of an unorthodox speech therapist.
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B.
Madam President
"Madam President" is the formal style of address used for a female President of the United States.
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C.
Her Majesty
Her Majesty is the formal royal style used to address or refer to a reigning queen such as Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
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D.
The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen is a 2019 British crime comedy film directed by Guy Ritchie that follows an American marijuana kingpin in London whose attempt to sell his empire triggers schemes, blackmail, and underworld chaos.
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E.
Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Ron Howard that dramatizes the post-Watergate television interviews between British journalist David Frost and former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
- 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: The Iron Lady Target entity description: The Iron Lady is the famous nickname of Margaret Thatcher, the resolute and conservative Prime Minister who led the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990.
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A.
The King’s Speech
The King’s Speech is a 2010 historical drama film that follows the future King George VI’s struggle to overcome a debilitating stammer with the help of an unorthodox speech therapist.
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B.
Madam President
"Madam President" is the formal style of address used for a female President of the United States.
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C.
Her Majesty
Her Majesty is the formal royal style used to address or refer to a reigning queen such as Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
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D.
The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen is a 2019 British crime comedy film directed by Guy Ritchie that follows an American marijuana kingpin in London whose attempt to sell his empire triggers schemes, blackmail, and underworld chaos.
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E.
Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Ron Howard that dramatizes the post-Watergate television interviews between British journalist David Frost and former U.S. President Richard Nixon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nickname ⓘ |
| appliedTo | Margaret Thatcher ⓘ |
| associatedIdeology | conservatism ⓘ |
| associatedOffice |
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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| associatedPersonRole | leader of the Conservative Party ⓘ |
| associatedTimePeriod | 1979–1990 ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Union (as an adversary in the Cold War)
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Falklands War
ⓘ
miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
economic liberalization in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
privatization of state-owned industries in the United Kingdom ⓘ trade union reform in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
Western world ⓘ |
| countryAssociatedWith | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | female ⓘ |
| hasConnotation |
firmness
ⓘ
strength ⓘ uncompromising leadership ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpactOn |
global perception of strong female leaders
ⓘ
political discourse in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| inspiredTitleOf |
The Iron Lady
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Iron Lady (2011 film)
books and biographies about Margaret Thatcher ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with a resolute and conservative political style ⓘ |
| notableIn |
British politics
ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
surface form:
Cold War politics
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| refersTo | Margaret Thatcher ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Margaret Thatcher
ⓘ
surface form:
Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
|
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
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Input
Subject: The Iron Lady Description of subject: The Iron Lady is the famous nickname of Margaret Thatcher, the resolute and conservative Prime Minister who led the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Iron Lady (2011 film)
subject surface form:
Mary Louise Streep
subject surface form:
Meryl Streep
this entity surface form:
Iron Lady