Philip Ridley
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feature film
filmmaker
novelist
person
playwright
screenwriter
stage play
theatre director
visual artist
Philip Ridley is a British playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his dark, surreal works in theatre and cinema, including the cult film "The Reflecting Skin."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip Ridley canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4696117 — 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: Philip Ridley Context triple: [The Krays, screenwriter, Philip Ridley]
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A.
David Hare
David Hare is a prominent British playwright and screenwriter known for his politically charged stage works and acclaimed film adaptations such as "The Hours."
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B.
Desmond Boal
Desmond Boal was a Northern Irish barrister and politician who co-founded the Democratic Unionist Party alongside Ian Paisley and played a key role in shaping its early unionist and hardline policies.
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C.
Ronald Harwood
Ronald Harwood was a British playwright and screenwriter renowned for works such as "The Dresser," often exploring themes of theatre, memory, and moral responsibility.
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D.
Jez Butterworth
Jez Butterworth is a British playwright and screenwriter known for acclaimed works such as the play "Jerusalem" and screenplays including "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Ford v Ferrari."
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E.
John Pielmeier
John Pielmeier is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor best known for his stage and screen work on psychological and religious dramas.
- 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: Philip Ridley Target entity description: Philip Ridley is a British playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his dark, surreal works in theatre and cinema, including the cult film "The Reflecting Skin."
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A.
David Hare
David Hare is a prominent British playwright and screenwriter known for his politically charged stage works and acclaimed film adaptations such as "The Hours."
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B.
Desmond Boal
Desmond Boal was a Northern Irish barrister and politician who co-founded the Democratic Unionist Party alongside Ian Paisley and played a key role in shaping its early unionist and hardline policies.
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C.
Ronald Harwood
Ronald Harwood was a British playwright and screenwriter renowned for works such as "The Dresser," often exploring themes of theatre, memory, and moral responsibility.
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D.
Jez Butterworth
Jez Butterworth is a British playwright and screenwriter known for acclaimed works such as the play "Jerusalem" and screenplays including "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Ford v Ferrari."
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E.
John Pielmeier
John Pielmeier is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor best known for his stage and screen work on psychological and religious dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
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feature film ⓘ feature film ⓘ filmmaker ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stage play ⓘ stage play ⓘ theatre director ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| author | Philip Ridley ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Philip Ridley ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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drama ⓘ horror ⓘ psychological horror film ⓘ surrealism ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Philip Ridley ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Feathers in the Snow
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Flamingoes in Orbit ⓘ Ghost from a Perfect Place ⓘ In the Eyes of Mr Fury ⓘ Krindlekrax ⓘ Leaves of Glass ⓘ Mercury Fur ⓘ Mighty Fizz Chilla ⓘ Moonfleece ⓘ Radiant Vermin ⓘ Scribbleboy ⓘ Shivered ⓘ Shooting Angels ⓘ Tender Napalm ⓘ The Fastest Clock in the Universe ⓘ The Krays ⓘ The Passion of Darkly Noon ⓘ The Pitchfork Disney ⓘ The Reflecting Skin ⓘ Vincent River ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Philip Ridley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Philip Ridley Description of subject: Philip Ridley is a British playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his dark, surreal works in theatre and cinema, including the cult film "The Reflecting Skin."
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.