Eleanor Witcombe
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Eleanor Witcombe was an Australian screenwriter and playwright known for her influential adaptations and contributions to Australian film, television, and radio drama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eleanor Witcombe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T976940 — 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: Eleanor Witcombe Context triple: [My Brilliant Career, screenwriter, Eleanor Witcombe]
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A.
Eleanor Black
Eleanor Black is a fictional character from the television series "The Vampire Diaries," known as a witch and member of the powerful Black family.
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B.
Elizabeth Erving
Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political family.
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C.
Mabel FitzRobert
Mabel FitzRobert was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman noblewoman of the powerful de Clare–FitzRobert family, connected to the earldom of Gloucester.
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D.
Elizabeth Eldridge
Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
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E.
Margaret Jasper
Margaret Jasper was the wife of English naval officer Sir William Penn and the mother of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
- 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: Eleanor Witcombe Target entity description: Eleanor Witcombe was an Australian screenwriter and playwright known for her influential adaptations and contributions to Australian film, television, and radio drama.
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A.
Eleanor Black
Eleanor Black is a fictional character from the television series "The Vampire Diaries," known as a witch and member of the powerful Black family.
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B.
Elizabeth Erving
Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political family.
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C.
Mabel FitzRobert
Mabel FitzRobert was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman noblewoman of the powerful de Clare–FitzRobert family, connected to the earldom of Gloucester.
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D.
Elizabeth Eldridge
Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
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E.
Margaret Jasper
Margaret Jasper was the wife of English naval officer Sir William Penn and the mother of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ radio dramatist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Australian Writers’ Guild Award
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surface form:
Australian Writers’ Guild Lifetime Achievement Award
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
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radio drama ⓘ television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
adaptation
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drama ⓘ |
| influenced |
Australian radio drama writing
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Australian screenwriting ⓘ Australian television writing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
adaptations of Australian literary works
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contributions to Australian film ⓘ contributions to Australian radio drama ⓘ contributions to Australian television ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
My Brilliant Career
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surface form:
My Brilliant Career (screenplay adaptation)
Seven Little Australians (television adaptation) ⓘ Smiley (screenplay) ⓘ Smiley (screenplay) ⓘ
surface form:
Smiley Gets a Gun (screenplay)
The Getting of Wisdom (screenplay adaptation) ⓘ radio plays for the Australian Broadcasting Commission ⓘ television scripts for Australian series ⓘ |
| occupation |
playwright
ⓘ
radio writer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| workLocation | Australia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eleanor Witcombe Description of subject: Eleanor Witcombe was an Australian screenwriter and playwright known for her influential adaptations and contributions to Australian film, television, and radio drama.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.