Harry Bailey
E434951
Harry Bailey is George Bailey’s younger brother in the classic film "It’s a Wonderful Life," known for his heroism as a decorated war veteran whose life is saved by George’s selfless actions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Bailey canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4374443 — 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: Harry Bailey Context triple: [It's a Wonderful Life, character, Harry Bailey]
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A.
Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure leading the Harvard Crimson men's basketball program.
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B.
Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical "Babes in Arms."
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C.
Max Drummey
Max Drummey is an American musician best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the indie pop band Chester French.
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D.
Ulysses Everett McGill
Ulysses Everett McGill is the fast-talking, self-styled intellectual escapee who leads a trio of convicts on a comedic odyssey through 1930s Mississippi in the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?".
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E.
Harry Warden
Harry Warden is the murderous, pickaxe-wielding miner who serves as the central slasher antagonist in the My Bloody Valentine horror franchise.
- 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: Harry Bailey Target entity description: Harry Bailey is George Bailey’s younger brother in the classic film "It’s a Wonderful Life," known for his heroism as a decorated war veteran whose life is saved by George’s selfless actions.
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A.
Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan is an American college basketball coach best known for his long tenure leading the Harvard Crimson men's basketball program.
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B.
Frank Sullivan
Frank Sullivan was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical "Babes in Arms."
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C.
Max Drummey
Max Drummey is an American musician best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the indie pop band Chester French.
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D.
Ulysses Everett McGill
Ulysses Everett McGill is the fast-talking, self-styled intellectual escapee who leads a trio of convicts on a comedic odyssey through 1930s Mississippi in the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?".
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E.
Harry Warden
Harry Warden is the murderous, pickaxe-wielding miner who serves as the central slasher antagonist in the My Bloody Valentine horror franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| alternativeScenario | dies as a child in the timeline where George Bailey was never born ⓘ |
| appearsIn | It’s a Wonderful Life ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
interconnected lives
ⓘ
self-sacrifice ⓘ the value of one person’s life ⓘ |
| causeOfSurvival | George Bailey’s selfless actions ⓘ |
| childOf |
Ma Bailey
ⓘ
Peter Bailey ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| consequenceOfNonExistenceOfGeorge | the soldiers Harry would have saved die in the alternate timeline ⓘ |
| createdBy | Frank Capra ⓘ |
| education | attended college on a scholarship originally intended for George Bailey ⓘ |
| event | is rescued from drowning by George Bailey as a child ⓘ |
| familyName | Bailey ⓘ |
| famousLine | “To my big brother George, the richest man in town.” ⓘ |
| filmGenre | Christmas fantasy drama ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| fullName | Harry Bailey ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Harry ⓘ |
| hasHomeTown | Bedford Falls ⓘ |
| hasInLaw | Ruth Dakin’s wealthy family ⓘ |
| hasResidence |
Bedford Falls (post-war)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bedford Falls
|
| hasSibling | George Bailey ⓘ |
| isDecoratedVeteran | true ⓘ |
| isWarVeteran | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
heroic military service in World War II
ⓘ
saving soldiers on a transport ship during the war ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Ruth Dakin ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | illustrates the far-reaching impact of George Bailey’s life ⓘ |
| notableScene | homecoming celebration where townspeople honor George Bailey ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
naval aviator ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Todd Karns ⓘ |
| receivesAward |
Medal of Honor (in-story)
ⓘ
linked to:
Medal of Honor
Presidential citation (in-story) ⓘ |
| relationshipToGeorgeBaileyArc | beneficiary of George’s sacrificed opportunities ⓘ |
| savedBy | George Bailey ⓘ |
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: Harry Bailey Description of subject: Harry Bailey is George Bailey’s younger brother in the classic film "It’s a Wonderful Life," known for his heroism as a decorated war veteran whose life is saved by George’s selfless actions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.