Simone Veil
E142339
French politician
Holocaust survivor
Member of the European Parliament
President of the European Parliament
feminist
government minister
human
magistrate
Simone Veil was a prominent French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and stateswoman best known for championing the legalization of abortion in France and serving as the first female President of the European Parliament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simone Veil canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1241862 — 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: Simone Veil Context triple: [Sciences Po, hasNotableAlumni, Simone Veil]
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A.
Mazarine Pingeot
Mazarine Pingeot is a French writer, academic, and television commentator who became publicly known in the 1990s as the once-secret daughter of former French president François Mitterrand.
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B.
Édith Cresson
Édith Cresson is a French politician who served as France’s first female prime minister in the early 1990s.
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C.
Estelle Rosenbaum Blanc
Estelle Rosenbaum Blanc was the longtime wife of famed voice actor Mel Blanc and the mother of their son, producer Noel Blanc.
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D.
Eliette Mouret
Eliette Mouret is a French former fashion model and artist best known as the wife of renowned Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan.
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E.
Marie Souvestre
Marie Souvestre was a progressive 19th-century French educator best known for mentoring Eleanor Roosevelt and promoting independent thinking and internationalism among young women.
- 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: Simone Veil Target entity description: Simone Veil was a prominent French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and stateswoman best known for championing the legalization of abortion in France and serving as the first female President of the European Parliament.
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A.
Mazarine Pingeot
Mazarine Pingeot is a French writer, academic, and television commentator who became publicly known in the 1990s as the once-secret daughter of former French president François Mitterrand.
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B.
Édith Cresson
Édith Cresson is a French politician who served as France’s first female prime minister in the early 1990s.
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C.
Estelle Rosenbaum Blanc
Estelle Rosenbaum Blanc was the longtime wife of famed voice actor Mel Blanc and the mother of their son, producer Noel Blanc.
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D.
Eliette Mouret
Eliette Mouret is a French former fashion model and artist best known as the wife of renowned Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan.
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E.
Marie Souvestre
Marie Souvestre was a progressive 19th-century French educator best known for mentoring Eleanor Roosevelt and promoting independent thinking and internationalism among young women.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French politician
ⓘ
Holocaust survivor ⓘ Member of the European Parliament ⓘ President of the European Parliament ⓘ feminist ⓘ government minister ⓘ human ⓘ magistrate ⓘ |
| 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) ⓘ
linked to:
Ordre national du Mérite
Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation ⓘ
linked to:
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
|
| burialPlace | Panthéon, Paris ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-07-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-06-30 ⓘ |
| deportedTo |
Auschwitz concentration camp
ⓘ
linked to:
AuschwitzBirkenau
|
| educatedAt |
Sciences Po
ⓘ
University of Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Sorbonne University
|
| ethnicGroup | French Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Veil ⓘ |
| givenName | Simone ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Claude-Nicolas Veil
ⓘ
Jean Veil ⓘ Pierre-François Veil ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a Holocaust survivor
ⓘ
being first female President of the European Parliament ⓘ legalization of abortion in France ⓘ |
| legalActChampioned | Law 75-17 of 17 January 1975 on voluntary termination of pregnancy ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
ⓘ
Constitutional Council of France ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Union for French Democracy
ⓘ
Union for a Popular Movement ⓘ |
| notableWork | Veil Law ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
magistrate ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Liberal and Democratic Group in the European Parliament ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
French Resistance (as deportee context of WWII)
ⓘ
linked to:
French Resistance
|
| placeOfBirth |
Alpes-Maritimes
ⓘ
France ⓘ Nice ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the Académie française
ⓘ
Member of the Constitutional Council of France ⓘ Member of the European Parliament ⓘ Minister of Health of France ⓘ President of the European Parliament ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Antoine Veil ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Panthéon interment ceremony
ⓘ
linked to:
Panthéon, Paris
|
| survived |
Auschwitz concentration camp
ⓘ
linked to:
AuschwitzBirkenau
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ⓘ
linked to:
BergenBelsen
|
| workLocation |
Brussels
ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
Paris ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Simone Veil Description of subject: Simone Veil was a prominent French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and stateswoman best known for championing the legalization of abortion in France and serving as the first female President of the European Parliament.
Referenced by (19)
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