David Edgar
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David Edgar is a British playwright and screenwriter known for his politically engaged stage works and adaptations for film and television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Edgar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22853137 — 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: David Edgar Context triple: [Lady Jane (1986 film), screenwriter, David Edgar]
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A.
Ian Gilroy
Ian Gilroy is a musician best known as a former member of the New Zealand rock band The Swingers.
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B.
Peter Shepherd
Peter Shepherd is a young boy who becomes one of the central players trapped in the dangerous magical board game in the 1995 fantasy adventure film "Jumanji."
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C.
Phil Woolpert
Phil Woolpert was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of San Francisco to multiple national championships in the 1950s.
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D.
Keith Harwood
Keith Harwood was a British recording engineer known for his work with major rock acts in the 1970s, including Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones.
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E.
Gil Shepherd
Gil Shepherd is a fictional 1930s movie star character in Woody Allen’s film "The Purple Rose of Cairo," whose on-screen persona steps into the real world, blurring the line between cinema and reality.
- 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: David Edgar Target entity description: David Edgar is a British playwright and screenwriter known for his politically engaged stage works and adaptations for film and television.
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A.
Ian Gilroy
Ian Gilroy is a musician best known as a former member of the New Zealand rock band The Swingers.
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B.
Peter Shepherd
Peter Shepherd is a young boy who becomes one of the central players trapped in the dangerous magical board game in the 1995 fantasy adventure film "Jumanji."
-
C.
Phil Woolpert
Phil Woolpert was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of San Francisco to multiple national championships in the 1950s.
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D.
Keith Harwood
Keith Harwood was a British recording engineer known for his work with major rock acts in the 1970s, including Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones.
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E.
Gil Shepherd
Gil Shepherd is a fictional 1930s movie star character in Woody Allen’s film "The Purple Rose of Cairo," whose on-screen persona steps into the real world, blurring the line between cinema and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.