Emmet Lavery
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Emmet Lavery was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage and film work in the mid-20th century, including adaptations of notable historical and legal figures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emmet Lavery canonical | 3 |
| Emmett Lavery | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Emmet Lavery Context triple: [The Magnificent Yankee, screenwriter, Emmet Lavery]
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Conor O'Malley
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Brian Delaney
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John Madigan
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D.
Albie O'Connell
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Owen Grady
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- 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: Emmet Lavery Target entity description: Emmet Lavery was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage and film work in the mid-20th century, including adaptations of notable historical and legal figures.
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A.
Conor O'Malley
Conor O'Malley is the young boy protagonist of Patrick Ness's novel "A Monster Calls," who struggles with his mother's illness and his own complex emotions as he is visited by a mysterious monster.
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B.
Brian Delaney
Brian Delaney is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the influential proto-punk band the New York Dolls.
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C.
John Madigan
John Madigan is an American media executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of Tribune Company, one of the largest newspaper and broadcasting firms in the United States.
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D.
Albie O'Connell
Albie O'Connell is an American ice hockey coach and former player best known for serving as the head coach of the Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey program.
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E.
Owen Grady
Owen Grady is a skilled Velociraptor trainer and former Navy veteran who serves as a central protagonist in the Jurassic World film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Broadway
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Hollywood ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Magnificent Yankee (biographical work about Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Magnificent Yankee
The Song at the Scaffold (novel by Gertrud von Le Fort) ⓘ life of Billy Mitchell ⓘ novel The Late George Apley by John P. Marquand ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Orson Welles ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
20th Century Fox
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ RKO Pictures ⓘ
linked to:
RKO Radio Pictures
|
| era |
20th century American theatre
ⓘ
Golden Age of Hollywood ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood Golden Age
|
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ legal drama ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
screenplay ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Screen Writers Guild
ⓘ
linked to:
Writers Guild of America
|
| notableFor |
adaptations of legal figures
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adaptations of notable historical figures ⓘ legal drama adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations of historical figures ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
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The Late George Apley ⓘ The Magnificent Yankee ⓘ The Song at the Scaffold ⓘ The Stranger ⓘ screenplay for The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell ⓘ screenplay for The Late George Apley ⓘ screenplay for The Stranger (1946 film) ⓘ stage adaptation of The Song at the Scaffold ⓘ stage play The Magnificent Yankee ⓘ |
| occupation |
dramatist
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
officer of the Screen Writers Guild
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president of the Screen Writers Guild ⓘ |
| workPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Emmet Lavery Description of subject: Emmet Lavery was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage and film work in the mid-20th century, including adaptations of notable historical and legal figures.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Emmet Lavery
linked to: Emmet Lavery