Melchior Lengyel
E456970
Melchior Lengyel was a Hungarian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist best known in cinema for providing the original story that inspired the classic film "Ninotchka."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Melchior Lengyel canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4623120 — 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: Melchior Lengyel Context triple: [Ninotchka, storyBy, Melchior Lengyel]
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A.
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn was a 16th–17th century Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Counter-Reformation leader known for his major role in expanding and reforming the University of Würzburg.
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B.
Vinzenz von Koczian
Vinzenz von Koczian was a German-language poet associated with the 18th-century Anacreontic movement, known for its light, lyrical verse celebrating love, wine, and conviviality.
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C.
Frigyes Schulek
Frigyes Schulek was a Hungarian architect best known for his neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque restorations and landmark designs in Budapest around the turn of the 20th century.
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D.
János Schulek
János Schulek was a Hungarian architect best known for his neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque restorations and designs in Budapest around the turn of the 20th century.
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E.
John of Görlitz
John of Görlitz was a 14th-century German prince of the House of Luxembourg who held the title of Duke of Görlitz and was a son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV.
- 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: Melchior Lengyel Target entity description: Melchior Lengyel was a Hungarian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist best known in cinema for providing the original story that inspired the classic film "Ninotchka."
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A.
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn was a 16th–17th century Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Counter-Reformation leader known for his major role in expanding and reforming the University of Würzburg.
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B.
Vinzenz von Koczian
Vinzenz von Koczian was a German-language poet associated with the 18th-century Anacreontic movement, known for its light, lyrical verse celebrating love, wine, and conviviality.
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C.
Frigyes Schulek
Frigyes Schulek was a Hungarian architect best known for his neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque restorations and landmark designs in Budapest around the turn of the 20th century.
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D.
János Schulek
János Schulek was a Hungarian architect best known for his neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque restorations and designs in Budapest around the turn of the 20th century.
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E.
John of Görlitz
John of Görlitz was a 14th-century German prince of the House of Luxembourg who held the title of Duke of Görlitz and was a son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1900 ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Ernst Lubitsch
ⓘ
Greta Garbo ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Hungary ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1880-01-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1974-10-14 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hungarian ⓘ |
| familyName | Lengyel ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Melchior ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Ninotchka ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Hungarian ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century Hungarian literature ⓘ |
| name | Melchior Lengyel ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Hungarian ⓘ |
| notability | provided original story for classic film Ninotchka ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Antonia
ⓘ
Ninotchka (original story) ⓘ
linked to:
Ninotchka
Typhoon ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Budapest ⓘ |
| workedOn | Ninotchka ⓘ |
| wroteForMedium |
film
ⓘ
prose fiction ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| wroteInLanguage |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Melchior Lengyel Description of subject: Melchior Lengyel was a Hungarian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist best known in cinema for providing the original story that inspired the classic film "Ninotchka."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.