Polly Bailey
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Polly Bailey is a fictional lobbyist for the alcohol industry in the satirical novel and film "Thank You for Smoking," known for her role in the so-called "Merchants of Death" trio.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polly Bailey canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8766449 — 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: Polly Bailey Context triple: [Thank You for Smoking, character, Polly Bailey]
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A.
Polly Milton
Polly Milton is the wholesome, principled young heroine of Louisa May Alcott’s novel *An Old-Fashioned Girl*, whose modesty and integrity contrast with the more fashionable society around her.
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B.
Polly Parrish
Polly Parrish is the main character in the 1939 romantic comedy film "Bachelor Mother," portrayed as a salesgirl who becomes entangled in comedic misunderstandings after being mistaken for an abandoned baby's mother.
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C.
Polly Edmonds
Polly Edmonds is a notable individual who shares the surname Edmonds and has achieved sufficient recognition to be specifically cited as a distinguished bearer of the name.
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D.
Polly Perkins
Polly Perkins is the intrepid newspaper reporter and leading heroine in the retro-futuristic adventure film "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow."
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E.
Polly Rowles
Polly Rowles was an American stage, film, and television actress best known for her character roles in mid-20th-century productions.
- 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: Polly Bailey Target entity description: Polly Bailey is a fictional lobbyist for the alcohol industry in the satirical novel and film "Thank You for Smoking," known for her role in the so-called "Merchants of Death" trio.
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A.
Polly Milton
Polly Milton is the wholesome, principled young heroine of Louisa May Alcott’s novel *An Old-Fashioned Girl*, whose modesty and integrity contrast with the more fashionable society around her.
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B.
Polly Parrish
Polly Parrish is the main character in the 1939 romantic comedy film "Bachelor Mother," portrayed as a salesgirl who becomes entangled in comedic misunderstandings after being mistaken for an abandoned baby's mother.
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C.
Polly Edmonds
Polly Edmonds is a notable individual who shares the surname Edmonds and has achieved sufficient recognition to be specifically cited as a distinguished bearer of the name.
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D.
Polly Perkins
Polly Perkins is the intrepid newspaper reporter and leading heroine in the retro-futuristic adventure film "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow."
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E.
Polly Rowles
Polly Rowles was an American stage, film, and television actress best known for her character roles in mid-20th-century productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
lobbyist ⓘ |
| alignment | pro-industry lobbying ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Thank You for Smoking (film)
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linked to:
Thank You for Smoking
Thank You for Smoking (novel) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bobby Jay Bliss
ⓘ
Nick Naylor ⓘ firearms industry ⓘ tobacco industry ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Thank You for Smoking (novel) ⓘ |
| characterType | satirical portrayal of a corporate lobbyist ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Thank You for Smoking universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Thank You for Smoking (novel)
|
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| industryRepresented | alcohol industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| memberOf | Merchants of Death trio ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a member of the Merchants of Death trio ⓘ |
| occupation | lobbyist ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
charming
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media-savvy ⓘ morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | illustrates tactics of industry lobbyists ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
corporate influence on public policy
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ethics of lobbying ⓘ public health vs. corporate interests ⓘ |
| worksFor | alcohol industry ⓘ |
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: Polly Bailey Description of subject: Polly Bailey is a fictional lobbyist for the alcohol industry in the satirical novel and film "Thank You for Smoking," known for her role in the so-called "Merchants of Death" trio.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.