Pearl Lang
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Pearl Lang was an influential American modern dancer, choreographer, and longtime member of the Martha Graham Dance Company, known for her powerful performances and innovative choreography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pearl Lang canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8958931 — 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: Pearl Lang Context triple: [Joseph Wiseman, spouse, Pearl Lang]
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A.
Pearl Aday
Pearl Aday is an American rock singer and songwriter, best known as the daughter of rock musician Meat Loaf and for her work as a backing vocalist and solo artist.
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B.
Ernestine Weaver
Ernestine Weaver is a former American collegiate gymnastics coach best known for leading the University of Florida Gators women's gymnastics program to national prominence in the 1980s.
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C.
Marjorie Hearn
Marjorie Hearn was the longtime wife and partner of legendary Los Angeles Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn.
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D.
Ruth McCord
Ruth McCord is known primarily as the wife of James W. McCord Jr., a former CIA officer and key figure in the Watergate scandal.
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E.
Muriel McClure
Muriel McClure was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning geneticist George W. Beadle.
- 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: Pearl Lang Target entity description: Pearl Lang was an influential American modern dancer, choreographer, and longtime member of the Martha Graham Dance Company, known for her powerful performances and innovative choreography.
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A.
Pearl Aday
Pearl Aday is an American rock singer and songwriter, best known as the daughter of rock musician Meat Loaf and for her work as a backing vocalist and solo artist.
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B.
Ernestine Weaver
Ernestine Weaver is a former American collegiate gymnastics coach best known for leading the University of Florida Gators women's gymnastics program to national prominence in the 1980s.
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C.
Marjorie Hearn
Marjorie Hearn was the longtime wife and partner of legendary Los Angeles Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn.
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D.
Ruth McCord
Ruth McCord is known primarily as the wife of James W. McCord Jr., a former CIA officer and key figure in the Watergate scandal.
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E.
Muriel McClure
Muriel McClure was the wife of Nobel Prize–winning geneticist George W. Beadle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choreographer
ⓘ
dance teacher ⓘ modern dancer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| birthName | Pearl Lack ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-05-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-02-24 ⓘ |
| employer | Martha Graham Dance Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
choreography
ⓘ
dance performance ⓘ |
| founded | Pearl Lang Dance Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | modern dance ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Martha Graham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modernist theatrical traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Martha Graham Dance Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modern dance ⓘ |
| name | Pearl Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative choreography
ⓘ
powerful performances ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Carla Maxwell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pina Bausch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Shir Ha-Shirim (Song of Songs)
NERFINISHED
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Song of Deborah NERFINISHED ⓘ The Possessed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
choreographer
ⓘ
dance teacher ⓘ modern dancer ⓘ |
| performedWith |
Martha Graham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martha Graham Dance Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| spouse | Joseph Wiseman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | actor ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Martha Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | expressionistic modern dance ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Juilliard School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York University NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtDiscipline |
choreography
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modern dance ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–2000s ⓘ |
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Instruction
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