Maina Gielgud
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Maina Gielgud is a British-born former ballerina and internationally respected ballet director and coach known for her influential leadership of major ballet companies and her work staging classical and contemporary repertoire worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maina Gielgud canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5568423 — 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: Maina Gielgud Context triple: [The Australian Ballet, formerArtisticDirector, Maina Gielgud]
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A.
John Gielgud
John Gielgud was a distinguished English actor and director renowned for his Shakespearean performances on stage and screen, and as one of the great theatrical knights of the 20th century.
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B.
Dennis Price
Dennis Price was a British actor known for his suave, often sardonic screen presence in mid-20th-century films and television.
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C.
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Roger Lloyd-Pack was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in British television, particularly as Trigger in "Only Fools and Horses."
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D.
Bernard Fox
Bernard Fox was a Welsh character actor best known for his comedic roles in classic television series like "Bewitched" and "Hogan's Heroes," as well as voice work in animated films.
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E.
Robert Morley
Robert Morley was a British character actor known for his portly figure, distinctive voice, and comic roles in mid-20th-century films and stage productions.
- 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: Maina Gielgud Target entity description: Maina Gielgud is a British-born former ballerina and internationally respected ballet director and coach known for her influential leadership of major ballet companies and her work staging classical and contemporary repertoire worldwide.
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A.
John Gielgud
John Gielgud was a distinguished English actor and director renowned for his Shakespearean performances on stage and screen, and as one of the great theatrical knights of the 20th century.
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B.
Dennis Price
Dennis Price was a British actor known for his suave, often sardonic screen presence in mid-20th-century films and television.
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C.
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Roger Lloyd-Pack was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in British television, particularly as Trigger in "Only Fools and Horses."
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D.
Bernard Fox
Bernard Fox was a Welsh character actor best known for his comedic roles in classic television series like "Bewitched" and "Hogan's Heroes," as well as voice work in animated films.
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E.
Robert Morley
Robert Morley was a British character actor known for his portly figure, distinctive voice, and comic roles in mid-20th-century films and stage productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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ballet coach ⓘ ballet director ⓘ former ballerina ⓘ living person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-09-07 ⓘ |
| endTime |
1996
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1999 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical ballet
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contemporary ballet ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
coaching professional dancers
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guest teaching ⓘ staging productions ⓘ |
| hasRelative | John Gielgud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | principal dancer in European ballet companies ⓘ |
| hasTaughtAt |
ballet schools and academies worldwide
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international ballet companies ⓘ |
| hasWorkedAt |
American Ballet Theatre
NERFINISHED
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English National Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Ballet of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ The Australian Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ The Royal Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ The Royal Danish Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coaching dramatic interpretation in ballet roles
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restaging works of Glen Tetley ⓘ restaging works of Jirí Kylián ⓘ restaging works of Kenneth MacMillan ⓘ restaging works of Marius Petipa ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coaching principal dancers in major ballet companies
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leadership of The Australian Ballet ⓘ staging classical ballet repertoire internationally ⓘ |
| notableWork |
productions of Giselle
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productions of Swan Lake ⓘ productions of The Sleeping Beauty ⓘ |
| occupation |
artistic director
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ballerina ⓘ ballet coach ⓘ ballet director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
artistic director of The Australian Ballet
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artistic director of The Royal Danish Ballet ⓘ |
| relativeType | cousin of John Gielgud ⓘ |
| residence |
Australia
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
1983
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1997 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maina Gielgud Description of subject: Maina Gielgud is a British-born former ballerina and internationally respected ballet director and coach known for her influential leadership of major ballet companies and her work staging classical and contemporary repertoire worldwide.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.