Phyllis Nagy
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American film director
American playwright
American screenwriter
film director
human
playwright
screenwriter
theatre director
Phyllis Nagy is an American screenwriter, director, and playwright best known for her Academy Award–nominated adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel into the film "Carol."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phyllis Nagy canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12859692 — 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: Phyllis Nagy Context triple: [Carol, screenwriter, Phyllis Nagy]
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A.
Elizabeth Swados
Elizabeth Swados was an American composer, writer, and director known for her innovative, socially engaged musical theater works on and off Broadway.
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B.
Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Louise Dahl-Wolfe was a pioneering American fashion photographer renowned for her innovative use of natural light and location shooting, which helped redefine modern fashion imagery in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Liane Balaban
Liane Balaban is a Canadian actress known for her work in independent films and television dramas.
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D.
Audrey Bilger
Audrey Bilger is an American academic and administrator who serves as the president of Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
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E.
Judine Brooks
Judine Brooks is the wife of fantasy author Terry Brooks and is known for her long-term support of his writing career.
- 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: Phyllis Nagy Target entity description: Phyllis Nagy is an American screenwriter, director, and playwright best known for her Academy Award–nominated adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel into the film "Carol."
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A.
Elizabeth Swados
Elizabeth Swados was an American composer, writer, and director known for her innovative, socially engaged musical theater works on and off Broadway.
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B.
Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Louise Dahl-Wolfe was a pioneering American fashion photographer renowned for her innovative use of natural light and location shooting, which helped redefine modern fashion imagery in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Liane Balaban
Liane Balaban is a Canadian actress known for her work in independent films and television dramas.
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D.
Audrey Bilger
Audrey Bilger is an American academic and administrator who serves as the president of Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
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E.
Judine Brooks
Judine Brooks is the wife of fantasy author Terry Brooks and is known for her long-term support of his writing career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film director
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American playwright ⓘ American screenwriter ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom |
Carol (novel)
NERFINISHED
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The Price of Salt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedWorkOf | Patricia Highsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bornIn | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| directed | Mrs. Harris (television film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction adaptation
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drama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
LGBT-themed drama film Carol
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adaptations of Patricia Highsmith’s works ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Phyllis Nagy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Butterfly Kiss (play)
NERFINISHED
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Carol NERFINISHED ⓘ Disappeared (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Never Land (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Strip (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Talented Mr. Ripley (stage adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Weldon Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| positionHeld | writer-in-residence at the Royal Court Theatre ⓘ |
| workedAt | Royal Court Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
Butterfly Kiss (play)
NERFINISHED
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Carol (screenplay) NERFINISHED ⓘ Disappeared (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Harris (television film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Never Land (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Strip (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Talented Mr. Ripley (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ Weldon Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Phyllis Nagy Description of subject: Phyllis Nagy is an American screenwriter, director, and playwright best known for her Academy Award–nominated adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel into the film "Carol."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Therese Belivet