Doug Wright
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Doug Wright is an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his Tony Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning play "I Am My Own Wife" and his work adapting historical and literary material for stage and screen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doug Wright canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3066651 — 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: Doug Wright Context triple: [Quills, screenwriter, Doug Wright]
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A.
Philip Dunne
Philip Dunne was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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B.
Daniel Wallace
Daniel Wallace is an American novelist best known for his whimsical, magical-realist work "Big Fish," which was later adapted into a popular film and stage musical.
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C.
David Wingate
David Wingate is a former American professional basketball player who played in the NBA primarily as a defensive-minded guard and swingman during the late 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
Paul Vogel
Paul Vogel was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning "Battleground."
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E.
John Applegate
John Applegate was a 19th-century American pioneer and explorer associated with the development of overland emigrant routes in the western United States.
- 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: Doug Wright Target entity description: Doug Wright is an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his Tony Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning play "I Am My Own Wife" and his work adapting historical and literary material for stage and screen.
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A.
Philip Dunne
Philip Dunne was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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B.
Daniel Wallace
Daniel Wallace is an American novelist best known for his whimsical, magical-realist work "Big Fish," which was later adapted into a popular film and stage musical.
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C.
David Wingate
David Wingate is a former American professional basketball player who played in the NBA primarily as a defensive-minded guard and swingman during the late 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
Paul Vogel
Paul Vogel was an American cinematographer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the Oscar-winning "Battleground."
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E.
John Applegate
John Applegate was a 19th-century American pioneer and explorer associated with the development of overland emigrant routes in the western United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatist
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librettist ⓘ person ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom |
historical material
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literary works ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New York University
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | Yale University ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
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drama ⓘ historical drama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Pulitzer Prize–winning play I Am My Own Wife
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Tony Award–winning play I Am My Own Wife ⓘ adapting historical material for the stage ⓘ adapting literary material for the stage ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Grey Gardens
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linked to:
Grey Gardens (musical)
Hands on a Hardbody ⓘ I Am My Own Wife ⓘ Quills ⓘ The Little Mermaid (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to:
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
War Paint ⓘ |
| occupation |
librettist
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the Dramatists Guild of America ⓘ |
| wrote |
I Am My Own Wife
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Quills ⓘ book for Grey Gardens ⓘ book for The Little Mermaid (stage musical) ⓘ book for War Paint ⓘ screenplay for Quills ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Doug Wright Description of subject: Doug Wright is an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his Tony Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning play "I Am My Own Wife" and his work adapting historical and literary material for stage and screen.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.