Barbara Karinska
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Barbara Karinska was a renowned costume designer best known for her innovative and influential work for ballet companies such as the New York City Ballet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Barbara Karinska canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2031577 — 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: Barbara Karinska Context triple: [Karinska, fullName, Barbara Karinska]
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Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz was a Polish socialist activist and resistance figure best known for her role in organizing aid for Jews during World War II and her involvement in the Polish underground.
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B.
Irena Komorowska
Irena Komorowska was the wife of Polish resistance leader and Home Army commander Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.
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C.
Hanna Zdanowska
Hanna Zdanowska is a Polish politician best known for serving as the long-time mayor of the city of Łódź.
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D.
Ewelina Hańska
Ewelina Hańska was a Polish noblewoman best known as the longtime correspondent, muse, and eventually wife of French novelist Honoré de Balzac.
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E.
Anna Maria Komorowska
Anna Maria Komorowska is a Polish-born aristocrat best known as the mother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium.
- 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: Barbara Karinska Target entity description: Barbara Karinska was a renowned costume designer best known for her innovative and influential work for ballet companies such as the New York City Ballet.
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A.
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz was a Polish socialist activist and resistance figure best known for her role in organizing aid for Jews during World War II and her involvement in the Polish underground.
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B.
Irena Komorowska
Irena Komorowska was the wife of Polish resistance leader and Home Army commander Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.
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C.
Hanna Zdanowska
Hanna Zdanowska is a Polish politician best known for serving as the long-time mayor of the city of Łódź.
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D.
Ewelina Hańska
Ewelina Hańska was a Polish noblewoman best known as the longtime correspondent, muse, and eventually wife of French novelist Honoré de Balzac.
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E.
Anna Maria Komorowska
Anna Maria Komorowska is a Polish-born aristocrat best known as the mother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet costume designer
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costume designer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| collaboratedWith | George Balanchine ⓘ |
| creativeApproach |
emphasis on lightness and freedom of movement in costumes
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integrating costume design with choreography ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Broadway theater
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surface form:
Broadway productions
New York City Ballet ⓘ film productions ⓘ |
| employer | New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| familyName | Karinska ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ballet
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costume design ⓘ |
| genre |
dance costume design
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theatrical costume design ⓘ |
| givenName | Barbara ⓘ |
| influenced |
ballet costume design
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later generations of costume designers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical ballet traditions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating costumes that enhanced dancers’ movement
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innovative use of fabrics in ballet costumes ⓘ |
| movementStyleSupported | neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| name | Barbara Karinska self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Ukrainian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative ballet costume design
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work for New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| notableWorkContext |
New York City Ballet
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surface form:
New York City Ballet repertory
|
| occupation |
ballet costume designer
ⓘ
costume designer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
New York City
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| workedOn | ballet productions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Barbara Karinska Description of subject: Barbara Karinska was a renowned costume designer best known for her innovative and influential work for ballet companies such as the New York City Ballet.
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