Bayard Veiller
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Bayard Veiller was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director best known for his stage thrillers and their Hollywood adaptations in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bayard Veiller canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12613157 — 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: Bayard Veiller Context triple: [The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, screenwriter, Bayard Veiller]
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Nathaniel Folsom
Nathaniel Folsom was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New Hampshire who played a key role in organizing and commanding the colony’s militia forces.
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B.
Lafayette Reynolds
Lafayette Reynolds is a flamboyant, sharp-tongued short-order cook and medium on the HBO vampire drama series "True Blood."
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C.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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D.
William Cameron McCool
William Cameron McCool was a United States Navy commander and NASA astronaut who served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia on its ill-fated STS-107 mission.
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E.
Ward Horton
Ward Horton is an American actor best known for his role in the horror film "Annabelle" and appearances in various television series and movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bayard Veiller Target entity description: Bayard Veiller was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director best known for his stage thrillers and their Hollywood adaptations in the early 20th century.
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A.
Nathaniel Folsom
Nathaniel Folsom was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New Hampshire who played a key role in organizing and commanding the colony’s militia forces.
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B.
Lafayette Reynolds
Lafayette Reynolds is a flamboyant, sharp-tongued short-order cook and medium on the HBO vampire drama series "True Blood."
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C.
Boyd Tinsley
Boyd Tinsley is an American violinist and composer best known as a longtime member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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D.
William Cameron McCool
William Cameron McCool was a United States Navy commander and NASA astronaut who served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia on its ill-fated STS-107 mission.
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E.
Ward Horton
Ward Horton is an American actor best known for his role in the horror film "Annabelle" and appearances in various television series and movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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person ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| basedOnHisWork |
film adaptation of The Thirteenth Chair
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film adaptation of The Trial of Mary Dugan ⓘ film adaptation of Within the Law ⓘ |
| child | Anthony Veiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1869-01-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1943-01-16 ⓘ |
| directed | films ⓘ |
| familyName | Veiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | Bayard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
film
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Bayard Veiller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Hollywood film adaptations of his plays
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courtroom drama The Trial of Mary Dugan NERFINISHED ⓘ mystery play The Thirteenth Chair NERFINISHED ⓘ stage thrillers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Thirteenth Chair
NERFINISHED
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The Trial of Mary Dugan NERFINISHED ⓘ Within the Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brooklyn
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New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret Wycherly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfDeath | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| wrote |
The Thirteenth Chair
NERFINISHED
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The Trial of Mary Dugan NERFINISHED ⓘ Within the Law NERFINISHED ⓘ screenplays ⓘ stage plays ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bayard Veiller Description of subject: Bayard Veiller was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director best known for his stage thrillers and their Hollywood adaptations in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
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