Frederick Lonsdale
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Frederick Lonsdale was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for his sophisticated comedies of manners and popular stage successes in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frederick Lonsdale canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12613153 — 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: Frederick Lonsdale Context triple: [The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, basedOnWorkBy, Frederick Lonsdale]
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A.
Peter Lonsdale
Peter Lonsdale is a film editor known for his work on the animated feature "Shark Tale."
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B.
Harry Lonsdale
Harry Lonsdale was an early 20th-century actor known for his roles in silent films.
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C.
John Bowes Morrell
John Bowes Morrell was a prominent English historian, author, and civic leader from York who played a key role in the founding and development of the University of York.
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D.
Reginald Aldworth Daly
Reginald Aldworth Daly was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian-American geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, continental margins, and the theory of magmatic stoping.
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E.
William Walmsley
William Walmsley was a British entrepreneur and co-founder of the company that evolved into the Jaguar car marque.
- 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: Frederick Lonsdale Target entity description: Frederick Lonsdale was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for his sophisticated comedies of manners and popular stage successes in the early 20th century.
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A.
Peter Lonsdale
Peter Lonsdale is a film editor known for his work on the animated feature "Shark Tale."
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B.
Harry Lonsdale
Harry Lonsdale was an early 20th-century actor known for his roles in silent films.
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C.
John Bowes Morrell
John Bowes Morrell was a prominent English historian, author, and civic leader from York who played a key role in the founding and development of the University of York.
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D.
Reginald Aldworth Daly
Reginald Aldworth Daly was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian-American geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, continental margins, and the theory of magmatic stoping.
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E.
William Walmsley
William Walmsley was a British entrepreneur and co-founder of the company that evolved into the Jaguar car marque.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatist
ⓘ
person ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
On Approval (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
On Approval
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
|
| birthName | Lionel Frederick Leonard ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1881-02-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1954-04-04 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
screenwriting
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theatre ⓘ |
| genre | comedy of manners ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Lonsdale ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Frederick ⓘ |
| knownFor |
popular stage successes in the early 20th century
ⓘ
sophisticated comedies of manners ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
West End theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
West End theatre district
|
| name | Frederick Lonsdale ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | light, sophisticated drawing-room comedies ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aren’t We All?
ⓘ
On Approval ⓘ Spring Cleaning ⓘ The High Road ⓘ The Last of Mrs. Cheyney ⓘ The Maid of the Mountains ⓘ |
| occupation |
playwright
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Jersey
ⓘ
St Helier ⓘ
linked to:
St Helier, Jersey
|
| placeOfDeath |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style |
social satire
ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| wroteFor |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Frederick Lonsdale Description of subject: Frederick Lonsdale was a British playwright and screenwriter best known for his sophisticated comedies of manners and popular stage successes in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (9)
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