Edwin Myers Shawn
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Edwin Myers Shawn, better known as Ted Shawn, was a pioneering American modern dance choreographer, teacher, and co-founder of the influential dance center Jacob’s Pillow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edwin Myers Shawn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1062113 — 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: Edwin Myers Shawn Context triple: [Ted Shawn, birthName, Edwin Myers Shawn]
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A.
Eugene Miller
Eugene Miller was a screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films such as "The Mark of Zorro."
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B.
John McShain
John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
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C.
Allen Thorndike Rice
Allen Thorndike Rice was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and publisher best known for revitalizing and expanding the influence of the North American Review.
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D.
Harold Shannon
Harold Shannon was a Canadian sports executive known for being one of the owners involved with the Toronto Huskies professional basketball team in the 1940s.
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E.
Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman is an American entrepreneur and technologist best known as a co-founder of DoubleClick and later MongoDB.
- 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: Edwin Myers Shawn Target entity description: Edwin Myers Shawn, better known as Ted Shawn, was a pioneering American modern dance choreographer, teacher, and co-founder of the influential dance center Jacob’s Pillow.
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A.
Eugene Miller
Eugene Miller was a screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films such as "The Mark of Zorro."
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B.
John McShain
John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
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C.
Allen Thorndike Rice
Allen Thorndike Rice was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and publisher best known for revitalizing and expanding the influence of the North American Review.
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D.
Harold Shannon
Harold Shannon was a Canadian sports executive known for being one of the owners involved with the Toronto Huskies professional basketball team in the 1940s.
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E.
Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman is an American entrepreneur and technologist best known as a co-founder of DoubleClick and later MongoDB.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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choreographer ⓘ dance teacher ⓘ human ⓘ modern dancer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ted Shawn ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Denishawn
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surface form:
Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts
Jacob's Pillow ⓘ
surface form:
Jacob’s Pillow
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Denver ⓘ |
| familyName | Shawn ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
choreography
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dance ⓘ dance education ⓘ |
| founded | Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers ⓘ |
| genre |
modern dance
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theatrical dance ⓘ |
| givenName | Edwin ⓘ |
| hasRole |
co-founder of Denishawn School
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co-founder of Jacob’s Pillow ⓘ leader of Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers ⓘ |
| influenced |
American modern dance
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male concert dance in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Myers ⓘ |
| movement | modern dance ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing Jacob’s Pillow into an influential dance center
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pioneering work in American modern dance ⓘ promoting male dancing in the United States ⓘ |
| notableStudent | members of Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers ⓘ |
| notableWork | founding of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival ⓘ |
| occupation |
artistic director
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choreographer ⓘ dance teacher ⓘ dancer ⓘ |
| partnerInBusinessWith | Ruth St. Denis ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
co-founding of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
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creation of an all-male dance company in the 1930s ⓘ |
| spouse | Ruth St. Denis ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Jacob's Pillow
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surface form:
Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, Massachusetts
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edwin Myers Shawn Description of subject: Edwin Myers Shawn, better known as Ted Shawn, was a pioneering American modern dance choreographer, teacher, and co-founder of the influential dance center Jacob’s Pillow.
Referenced by (1)
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