Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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chivalric rank grade of order of chivalry

Officer of the Order of the British Empire is a British chivalric rank within the Order of the British Empire, awarded to individuals for distinguished contributions to the arts, sciences, charity, public service, or other fields.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Officer of the Order of the British Empire canonical	89
OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)	2
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1964278 — 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: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Context triple: [CBE, relatedHonour, Officer of the Order of the British Empire]

A. Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British honor awarded for prominent national or regional contributions in the arts, sciences, charity, public service, or other fields.
B. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British chivalric honour within the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded to men for significant contributions to national life and entitling recipients to use the title "Sir."
C. Order of the British Empire
The Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry that recognizes contributions to the arts, sciences, charity, and public service, comprising several ranks including both civil and military divisions.
D. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
The Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire is the highest and most prestigious grade of the British order of chivalry known as the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded for exceptionally distinguished service to the nation.
E. Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British honor bestowed on distinguished non-British nationals in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the arts, sciences, charity, or public service.
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: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Target entity description: Officer of the Order of the British Empire is a British chivalric rank within the Order of the British Empire, awarded to individuals for distinguished contributions to the arts, sciences, charity, public service, or other fields.

A. Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British honor awarded for prominent national or regional contributions in the arts, sciences, charity, public service, or other fields.
B. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British chivalric honour within the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded to men for significant contributions to national life and entitling recipients to use the title "Sir."
C. Order of the British Empire
The Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry that recognizes contributions to the arts, sciences, charity, and public service, comprising several ranks including both civil and military divisions.
D. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
The Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire is the highest and most prestigious grade of the British order of chivalry known as the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded for exceptionally distinguished service to the nation.
E. Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British honor bestowed on distinguished non-British nationals in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the arts, sciences, charity, or public service.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chivalric rank ⓘ grade of order of chivalry ⓘ
associatedWithHonoursList	Birthday Honours ⓘ New Year Honours ⓘ
awardFor	distinguished public service ⓘ distinguished service in other fields ⓘ distinguished service to charity ⓘ distinguished service to the arts ⓘ distinguished service to the sciences ⓘ
awardingBody	Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
belongsToHonoursSystem	British honours system ⓘ
ceremonialHead	Sovereign of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
conferredBy	letters patent under the Great Seal ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
division	Civil Division ⓘ Military Division ⓘ
eligibility	British nationals ⓘ Commonwealth citizens ⓘ foreign nationals in honorary capacity ⓘ
establishedBy	George V ⓘ
establishedIn	1917 ⓘ
governingOfficial	Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
gradeOf	Order of the British Empire ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	O.B.E. ⓘ
hasFemaleFormOfTitle	same style and post-nominals for women as for men ⓘ
hasInsignia	badge of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
hasPostNominalUsage	used after recipient’s name ⓘ
higherRank	Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
honourCategory	Order of Merit ⓘ surface form: order of merit and chivalry
insigniaMaterial	metal badge with enamel ⓘ
insigniaShape	cross patonce ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
lowerRank	Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
monarchAsSovereign	British monarch ⓘ
namedAfter	British Empire ⓘ
orderFoundedFor	recognition of wartime and civilian service in World War I ⓘ
orderMottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
partOf	Order of the British Empire ⓘ
postNominalLetters	OBE ⓘ
rankWithinOrder	fourth class in precedence ⓘ
religionAssociated	Church of England ⓘ
ribbonColour	rose-pink with pearl-grey edges ⓘ
shortName	OBE ⓘ
status	currently constituted ⓘ
typeOfAward	honour ⓘ state order ⓘ
wearingStyle	badge on bow for women in some cases ⓘ neck decoration for men in some cases ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (93)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CBE → relatedHonour → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Stella McCartney → honorificTitle → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Chiwetel Ejiofor → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Pierce Brosnan → honorificTitle → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Wilfrid Kent Hughes → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

OBE → fullForm → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

MBE → higherRank → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Bob Paisley → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Sir Ranulph Fiennes → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Hugh Laurie → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Martin Clunes → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Olivia Newton-John → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Don Revie → wonAward → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Sir Quentin Blake → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Quentin Blake

this entity surface form: OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)

Patrick Stewart → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Colin Dexter → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Van Morrison → honorificTitle → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Jeff Lynne → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Tom Fleming (actor) → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Bobby Moore → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

John Williams (guitarist) → honour → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Gillian Wearing → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Piers Sellers → honor → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Joey Dunlop → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Bernardine Evaristo → honour → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

P. L. Travers → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Pat Evison → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Jane Seymour → honor → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Brian Clough → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Dusty Springfield → honor → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

J. Tuzo Wilson → hasHonorificTitle → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Ben Stokes → honour → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Tom Jones → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)

Tim Pigott-Smith → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Sir Steve Redgrave → receivedHonor → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Steve Redgrave

Sir AP McCoy → honour → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Evelyn Glennie → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Jonny Wilkinson → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Michael Crawford → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Murray Walker → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire → precedenceOver → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Sanjeev Bhaskar → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Michael Morpurgo → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Alfie Boe → honor → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

David Adjaye → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Stanley Holloway → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Civil Division → includesGrade → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Naomie Harris → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

George Shearing → awardReceived → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

Charlotte Rampling → honor → Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ

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Referenced by (93)

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