Florence Ryerson
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Florence Ryerson was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for the classic 1939 film adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Florence Ryerson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T379802 — 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: Florence Ryerson Context triple: [The Wizard of Oz, screenwriter, Florence Ryerson]
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A.
Florence Crauford Grove
Florence Crauford Grove was a 19th-century British mountaineer and author, noted as a pioneering figure in the early history of Alpine and Caucasus climbing.
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B.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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C.
Eunice Scott
Eunice Scott was a member of the Scott family and the sister of American civil rights leader Coretta Scott King.
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D.
Lucile Rosson
Lucile Rosson was the wife of American film director Victor Fleming, known for his work during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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E.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
- 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: Florence Ryerson Target entity description: Florence Ryerson was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for the classic 1939 film adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz."
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A.
Florence Crauford Grove
Florence Crauford Grove was a 19th-century British mountaineer and author, noted as a pioneering figure in the early history of Alpine and Caucasus climbing.
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B.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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C.
Eunice Scott
Eunice Scott was a member of the Scott family and the sister of American civil rights leader Coretta Scott King.
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D.
Lucile Rosson
Lucile Rosson was the wife of American film director Victor Fleming, known for his work during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
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E.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American screenwriter
ⓘ
person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel)
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coWroteWith |
Edgar Allan Woolf
ⓘ
Noel Langley ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Hollywood film industry
ⓘ
cinema ⓘ |
| genre | film screenplay ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| influenced | screenwriting for fantasy films ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableActivity | adaptation of literary works for film ⓘ |
| notableFor | co-writing the screenplay for the 1939 film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
|
| occupation |
screenwriter
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| partOf | American cinema history ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Florence Ryerson self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| wrote | screenplay for The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Florence Ryerson Description of subject: Florence Ryerson was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the screenplay for the classic 1939 film adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)