Veil
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Veil is the surname of Simone Veil, the renowned French politician, Holocaust survivor, and champion of women's rights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Veil canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6470635 — 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: Veil Context triple: [Simone Veil, familyName, Veil]
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A.
The Veil
The Veil is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by Phil Joanou, centered on the dark legacy of a cult’s mass suicide and its lone survivor.
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B.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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C.
Eidolon
Eidolon is a genus of large African fruit bats known for their long-distance migrations and important role in seed dispersal.
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D.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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E.
The Wraith
The Wraith is a 1986 cult action-horror film blending supernatural revenge and car-racing elements, starring Charlie Sheen and Nick Cassavetes.
- 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: Veil Target entity description: Veil is the surname of Simone Veil, the renowned French politician, Holocaust survivor, and champion of women's rights.
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A.
The Veil
The Veil is a 2016 American supernatural horror film directed by Phil Joanou, centered on the dark legacy of a cult’s mass suicide and its lone survivor.
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B.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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C.
Eidolon
Eidolon is an online classics journal and magazine that presents accessible, socially engaged writing on the ancient world for a broad contemporary audience.
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D.
Eidolon
Eidolon is a genus of large African fruit bats known for their long-distance migrations and important role in seed dispersal.
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E.
The Wraith
The Wraith is a 1986 cult action-horror film blending supernatural revenge and car-racing elements, starring Charlie Sheen and Nick Cassavetes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Charlemagne Prize
ⓘ
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (France) ⓘ Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation ⓘ |
| buriedIn | Panthéon, Paris ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-07-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-06-30 ⓘ |
| describedAs | renowned French politician, Holocaust survivor, and champion of women's rights ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sciences Po
ⓘ
University of Paris ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish people
ⓘ
linked to:
Jews
|
| familyName | Veil ⓘ |
| givenName | Simone ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Panthéonised figure of the French Republic ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ |
| movement |
European integration
ⓘ
feminism ⓘ |
| notableEvent | deportation to Auschwitz during the Holocaust ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Holocaust survivor
ⓘ
women's rights activism ⓘ |
| notableWork | legalization of abortion in France ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
magistrate ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Nice, France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris, France
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
|
| politicalAlignment | centrist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of Health of France
ⓘ
President of the European Parliament ⓘ member of the Constitutional Council of France ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris, France
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sponsored | Veil Law (1975 French abortion law) ⓘ |
| spouse | Antoine Veil ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Veil Description of subject: Veil is the surname of Simone Veil, the renowned French politician, Holocaust survivor, and champion of women's rights.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.