Sarma Melngailis
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Sarma Melngailis is a former New York City restaurateur and co-founder of the vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine who became widely known after a high-profile fraud scandal and the Netflix documentary "Bad Vegan."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sarma Melngailis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13222161 — 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: Sarma Melngailis Context triple: [Sons of Tucson, starredActor, Sarma Melngailis]
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A.
Ruta Gedmintas
Ruta Gedmintas is a British actress known for her roles in television series such as His Dark Materials, The Strain, and Lip Service.
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B.
Linas Kleiza
Linas Kleiza is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player known for his scoring ability in the NBA and EuroLeague and for starring on the Lithuanian national team.
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C.
Valdas Benkunskas
Valdas Benkunskas is a Lithuanian politician who serves as the mayor of the capital city, Vilnius.
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D.
Lubartas Gediminaitis
Lubartas Gediminaitis, also known as Lubart, was a medieval Lithuanian prince from the Gediminid dynasty who ruled in Volhynia and was involved in regional power struggles in Eastern Europe.
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E.
Zigmas Angarietis
Zigmas Angarietis was a prominent Lithuanian communist revolutionary and political figure, known as one of the founders and leaders of the Lithuanian Communist Party.
- 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: Sarma Melngailis Target entity description: Sarma Melngailis is a former New York City restaurateur and co-founder of the vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine who became widely known after a high-profile fraud scandal and the Netflix documentary "Bad Vegan."
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A.
Ruta Gedmintas
Ruta Gedmintas is a British actress known for her roles in television series such as His Dark Materials, The Strain, and Lip Service.
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B.
Linas Kleiza
Linas Kleiza is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player known for his scoring ability in the NBA and EuroLeague and for starring on the Lithuanian national team.
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C.
Valdas Benkunskas
Valdas Benkunskas is a Lithuanian politician who serves as the mayor of the capital city, Vilnius.
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D.
Lubartas Gediminaitis
Lubartas Gediminaitis, also known as Lubart, was a medieval Lithuanian prince from the Gediminid dynasty who ruled in Volhynia and was involved in regional power struggles in Eastern Europe.
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E.
Zigmas Angarietis
Zigmas Angarietis was a prominent Lithuanian communist revolutionary and political figure, known as one of the founders and leaders of the Lithuanian Communist Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ restaurateur ⓘ television documentary subject ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| businessModel | high-end vegan fine dining ⓘ |
| businessStatus | former restaurateur ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
Matthew Kenney
ⓘ
Scott Jones ⓘ |
| coFounded |
One Lucky Duck
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Pure Food and Wine ⓘ |
| convictedOf | fraud-related charges in New York ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| educatedAt |
French Culinary Institute
ⓘ
The Wharton School ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| employer |
One Lucky Duck
ⓘ
Pure Food and Wine ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Latvian descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Melngailis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
raw food cuisine
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vegan cuisine ⓘ |
| genre | cookbook ⓘ |
| givenName | Sarma ⓘ |
| industry | restaurant industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
celebrity clientele at Pure Food and Wine
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promoting raw vegan lifestyle ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
fraud charges related to her restaurant business
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grand larceny charges ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| name | Sarma Melngailis ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the subject of the Netflix documentary series "Bad Vegan"
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co-founding the vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine ⓘ fraud scandal involving her restaurant business ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
chef ⓘ restaurateur ⓘ |
| parent | Ivars Melngailis ⓘ |
| platform | Netflix ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| socialMediaPresence |
Instagram
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Twitter ⓘ
linked to:
Twitter, Inc.
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| spouse | Anthony Strangis ⓘ |
| subjectOf | "Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives." ⓘ |
| wrote | "Raw Food/Real World" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sarma Melngailis Description of subject: Sarma Melngailis is a former New York City restaurateur and co-founder of the vegan restaurant Pure Food and Wine who became widely known after a high-profile fraud scandal and the Netflix documentary "Bad Vegan."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.