Lanford Wilson
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Lanford Wilson was an influential American playwright associated with the Off-Off-Broadway movement, known for works such as "Talley's Folly" and "Burn This."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lanford Wilson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11934808 — 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: Lanford Wilson Context triple: [Playwrights Workshop, hasNotableAlumni, Lanford Wilson]
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A.
David Rabe
David Rabe is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his intense, often war-themed dramas and his influential contributions to contemporary theater and film.
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B.
Edward Albee
Edward Albee was an influential American playwright best known for his sharp, psychologically intense dramas such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
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C.
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, often haunting depictions of the American West and family dysfunction in works like "Buried Child" and "True West."
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D.
John Pielmeier
John Pielmeier is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor best known for his stage and screen work on psychological and religious dramas.
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E.
William Inge
William Inge was an American playwright and screenwriter known for his emotionally nuanced depictions of small-town life, earning acclaim on both Broadway and in Hollywood.
- 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: Lanford Wilson Target entity description: Lanford Wilson was an influential American playwright associated with the Off-Off-Broadway movement, known for works such as "Talley's Folly" and "Burn This."
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A.
David Rabe
David Rabe is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his intense, often war-themed dramas and his influential contributions to contemporary theater and film.
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B.
Edward Albee
Edward Albee was an influential American playwright best known for his sharp, psychologically intense dramas such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
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C.
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, often haunting depictions of the American West and family dysfunction in works like "Buried Child" and "True West."
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D.
John Pielmeier
John Pielmeier is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor best known for his stage and screen work on psychological and religious dramas.
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E.
William Inge
William Inge was an American playwright and screenwriter known for his emotionally nuanced depictions of small-town life, earning acclaim on both Broadway and in Hollywood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.