Babe

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comedy-drama film family film fantasy film film

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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Label	Occurrences
Babe canonical	11
Babe: Pig in the City	4
Babe (1995 film)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4510844 — 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: [Andrew Lesnie, notableWork, Babe]

A. 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.
B. Benny and Babe
Benny and Babe is a young adult novel by Irish author Eoin Colfer that follows a teenage boy’s summer adventures and unlikely partnership with a tough local girl in rural Ireland.
C. The Kid
The Kid was the famous nickname of Ted Williams, the legendary Boston Red Sox slugger widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history.
D. The Kid
"The Kid" is the early-career nickname of NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, reflecting his youthful energy and precocious talent when he entered the league straight out of high school.
E. The Kid
The Kid is the nickname of Ken Griffey Jr., a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder renowned for his smooth left-handed swing and prolific home run hitting.
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 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.

A. 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.
B. Benny and Babe
Benny and Babe is a young adult novel by Irish author Eoin Colfer that follows a teenage boy’s summer adventures and unlikely partnership with a tough local girl in rural Ireland.
C. The Kid
The Kid was the famous nickname of Ted Williams, the legendary Boston Red Sox slugger widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history.
D. The Kid
"The Kid" is the early-career nickname of NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, reflecting his youthful energy and precocious talent when he entered the league straight out of high school.
E. The Kid
The Kid is the nickname of Ken Griffey Jr., a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder renowned for his smooth left-handed swing and prolific home run hitting.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy-drama film ⓘ family film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ film ⓘ
academyAward	Academy Award for Best Visual Effects NERFINISHED ⓘ
academyAwardNomination	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Art Direction NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	The Sheep-Pig NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Dick King-Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
boxOfficeWorldwideUSD	254000000 ⓘ
budgetUSD	30000000 ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Andrew Lesnie NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Australia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	critically acclaimed ⓘ
director	Chris Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy	Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Jay Friedkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus D’Arcy NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	comedy-drama ⓘ family ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Babe NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacterSpecies	pig ⓘ
MPAARating	G ⓘ
musicBy	Nigel Westlake NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrator	Roscoe Lee Browne NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotSummary	A pig aspires to be a sheepdog on a rural farm. ⓘ
producer	Bill Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Doug Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ George Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Kennedy Miller Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	1995-08-04 ⓘ
releaseYear	1995 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes	91 ⓘ
screenwriter	Chris Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ George Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
sequel	Babe: Pig in the City NERFINISHED ⓘ
sequelReleaseYear	1998 ⓘ
setting	rural farm ⓘ
starredActor	James Cromwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Magda Szubanski NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Babe NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses	animatronics ⓘ computer-generated imagery ⓘ live-action ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrew Lesnie → notableWork → Babe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babe: Pig in the City

George Miller → notableWork → Babe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babe: Pig in the City

James Cromwell → notableWork → Babe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babe: Pig in the City

Kennedy Miller Mitchell → notableWork → Babe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babe: Pig in the City

Everything Changes → previousSingle → Babe ⓘ

Doug Mitchell → notableWork → Babe ⓘ

Doug Mitchell → nominatedForWork → Babe ⓘ

Margaret Sixel → edited → Babe ⓘ

Miriam Margolyes → notableWork → Babe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babe (1995 film)

Roscoe Lee Browne → notableWork → Babe ⓘ

Rhythm & Hues Studios → notableWork → Babe ⓘ

Benny and Babe → mainCharacter → Babe ⓘ

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