Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964 film)
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Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964 film) is a gentle, elderly street vendor who feeds pigeons on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral and inspires the film’s iconic song "Feed the Birds."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2728207 — 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: Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964 film) Context triple: [Jane Darwell, roleInWork, Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964 film)]
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A.
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is a magical, whimsical English nanny from P. L. Travers’ children’s books and the classic Disney film, known for her strict yet kind demeanor and fantastical adventures.
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B.
Katie Nanna in Mary Poppins
Katie Nanna in *Mary Poppins* is the strict, no-nonsense nanny who abruptly quits caring for the Banks children at the beginning of the film, prompting the arrival of Mary Poppins.
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C.
Mrs. Brown in National Velvet
Mrs. Brown in *National Velvet* is the wise, quietly determined mother who supports her daughter Velvet’s dream of training and racing a horse in the Grand National.
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D.
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns is a 2018 musical fantasy film and sequel to the 1964 classic, featuring Emily Blunt as the magical nanny who returns to help the next generation of the Banks family in Depression-era London.
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E.
Mavis
Mavis is a character in Enid Blyton’s "Malory Towers" series, known as a talented but vain singer whose ambition often leads her into trouble.
- 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: Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964 film) Target entity description: Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964 film) is a gentle, elderly street vendor who feeds pigeons on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral and inspires the film’s iconic song "Feed the Birds."
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A.
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is a magical, whimsical English nanny from P. L. Travers’ children’s books and the classic Disney film, known for her strict yet kind demeanor and fantastical adventures.
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B.
Katie Nanna in Mary Poppins
Katie Nanna in *Mary Poppins* is the strict, no-nonsense nanny who abruptly quits caring for the Banks children at the beginning of the film, prompting the arrival of Mary Poppins.
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C.
Mrs. Brown in National Velvet
Mrs. Brown in *National Velvet* is the wise, quietly determined mother who supports her daughter Velvet’s dream of training and racing a horse in the Grand National.
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D.
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns is a 2018 musical fantasy film and sequel to the 1964 classic, featuring Emily Blunt as the magical nanny who returns to help the next generation of the Banks family in Depression-era London.
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E.
Mavis
Mavis is a central character in the animated Hotel Transylvania film series, known as Dracula’s spirited and independent vampire daughter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| activity | feeding pigeons ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Mary Poppins
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surface form:
Mary Poppins (1964 film)
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| associatedSongwriters |
Richard M. Sherman
ⓘ
Robert B. Sherman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
St Paul's Cathedral
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surface form:
St Paul’s Cathedral
pigeons ⓘ |
| basedOn | the Bird Woman character in P. L. Travers’ Mary Poppins books ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
kind
ⓘ
poor ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| currencyMentioned | tuppence ⓘ |
| describedAs |
elderly
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gentle ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext | musical fantasy ⓘ |
| filmProductionCompany | Walt Disney Productions ⓘ |
| firstFilmAppearanceYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| inspiredSong | Feed the Birds ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| location | steps of St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
catalyst for George Banks’s change of heart
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symbol of charity ⓘ |
| occupation | street vendor ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jane Darwell ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Mary Poppins
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surface form:
Mary Poppins (book series)
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| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingPeriod | Edwardian era ⓘ |
| songPerformanceContext |
Feed the Birds
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surface form:
Feed the Birds is sung over scenes of her feeding pigeons
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| species | human ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964 film) Description of subject: Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964 film) is a gentle, elderly street vendor who feeds pigeons on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral and inspires the film’s iconic song "Feed the Birds."
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