Babe
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Babe was the stylish socialite and fashion icon Babe Paley, renowned for her elegance and influence in mid-20th-century American high society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Babe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9154140 — 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: Babe Context triple: [Babe Paley, nickname, Babe]
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Babe
Babe is the famous nickname of George Herman "Babe" Ruth, the legendary American baseball player widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the sport's history.
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Babe
"Babe" is a 1990s pop song by the British boy band Take That, known as one of their early hit ballads.
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Babe
Babe is a civil parish located within the municipality of Bragança in northeastern Portugal.
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Babe
Babe is a critically acclaimed 1995 family film that blends live-action and animatronics to tell the story of a pig who aspires to be a sheepdog.
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Babe
"Babe" is a novel by American author Marianne Wiggins, known for its inventive narrative voice and exploration of complex personal relationships.
- 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: Babe Target entity description: Babe was the stylish socialite and fashion icon Babe Paley, renowned for her elegance and influence in mid-20th-century American high society.
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Babe
Babe is the nickname of Babe Phelps, an American Major League Baseball catcher active in the 1930s and early 1940s.
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Babe
Babe is the famous nickname of George Herman "Babe" Ruth, the legendary American baseball player widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the sport's history.
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Babe
Babe is the nickname of Thomas "Babe" Levy, the fictional graduate student and marathon runner portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the 1976 thriller film "Marathon Man."
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Babe
"Babe" is a novel by American author Marianne Wiggins, known for its inventive narrative voice and exploration of complex personal relationships.
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E.
Babe
"Babe" is a 1990s pop song by the British boy band Take That, known as one of their early hit ballads.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fashion icon
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human ⓘ style icon ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Babe Cushing
ⓘ
linked to:
Katharine Cushing
Barbara Cushing Paley ⓘ
linked to:
Barbara Cushing
|
| birthDate | 1915-07-05 ⓘ |
| birthName | Barbara Cushing ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| child |
Amanda Mortimer
ⓘ
Kate Cushing Paley ⓘ
linked to:
Kate Paley
Stanley Grafton Mortimer III ⓘ
linked to:
Stanley Grafton Mortimer Jr.
William Cushing Paley ⓘ
linked to:
William C. Paley
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1978-07-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| describedAs |
a symbol of mid-century American chic
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renowned for her elegance ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Westover School ⓘ |
| employer | Vogue ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Paley ⓘ |
| father | Harvey Cushing ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Barbara ⓘ |
| memberOf | Capote's Swans ⓘ |
| mother | Katharine Stone Crowell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearances on best-dressed lists
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being a fashion trendsetter ⓘ being a leading American socialite ⓘ being one of Truman Capote's "swans" ⓘ elegant personal style ⓘ influence on American fashion magazines ⓘ influence on mid-20th-century American high society ⓘ |
| notableFriend | Truman Capote ⓘ |
| occupation |
fashion editor
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socialite ⓘ style icon ⓘ |
| residence |
Long Island, New York, United States
ⓘ
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
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| sibling |
Betsey Cushing
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linked to:
Betsey Maria Cushing
Mary Benedict Cushing ⓘ |
| spouse |
Stanley Grafton Mortimer Jr.
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William S. Paley ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| workPosition | fashion editor at Vogue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Babe Description of subject: Babe was the stylish socialite and fashion icon Babe Paley, renowned for her elegance and influence in mid-20th-century American high society.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.