Martin Sherman
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Martin Sherman is an American-born playwright and screenwriter best known for his play "Bent" and his work on various stage and film projects in the UK and internationally.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Martin Sherman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7554494 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin Sherman Context triple: [Mrs Henderson Presents, screenwriter, Martin Sherman]
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Armin Shimerman
Armin Shimerman is an American actor and voice actor best known for playing Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and voicing characters in numerous animated series and video games.
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B.
Stanley Saitowitz
Stanley Saitowitz is a South African-born American architect known for his minimalist, modernist designs and influential work in contemporary urban architecture.
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Sidney J. Furie
Sidney J. Furie is a Canadian film director known for his work in action and genre cinema, including influential titles like "The Ipcress File" and various 1980s action films.
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D.
Milton Shulman
Milton Shulman was a Canadian-born British theatre, film, and television critic best known for his long tenure at the London Evening Standard and his influential writings on popular culture.
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Sherman Weissman
Sherman Weissman is an American geneticist known for his pioneering work in molecular genetics and his long-standing research and teaching career at Yale School of Medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martin Sherman Target entity description: Martin Sherman is an American-born playwright and screenwriter best known for his play "Bent" and his work on various stage and film projects in the UK and internationally.
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A.
Armin Shimerman
Armin Shimerman is an American actor and voice actor best known for playing Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and voicing characters in numerous animated series and video games.
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B.
Stanley Saitowitz
Stanley Saitowitz is a South African-born American architect known for his minimalist, modernist designs and influential work in contemporary urban architecture.
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C.
Sidney J. Furie
Sidney J. Furie is a Canadian film director known for his work in action and genre cinema, including influential titles like "The Ipcress File" and various 1980s action films.
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D.
Milton Shulman
Milton Shulman was a Canadian-born British theatre, film, and television critic best known for his long tenure at the London Evening Standard and his influential writings on popular culture.
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E.
Sherman Weissman
Sherman Weissman is an American geneticist known for his pioneering work in molecular genetics and his long-standing research and teaching career at Yale School of Medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatist
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person ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Olivier Award nomination for "Bent"
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award nomination for Best Play for "Bent" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfBirth | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-12-22 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related drama
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drama ⓘ |
| influencedByEvent | Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedByMovement | gay liberation movement ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movedTo | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting persecution of homosexuals under Nazism in "Bent" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Madhouse in Goa
NERFINISHED
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Bent NERFINISHED ⓘ Gently Down the Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ Messiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Passing By NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Some Sunny Day NERFINISHED ⓘ When She Danced NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| subjectOf | interviews about LGBT representation in theatre ⓘ |
| wrotePlay |
A Madhouse in Goa
NERFINISHED
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Bent NERFINISHED ⓘ Gently Down the Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ Messiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Passing By NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Some Sunny Day NERFINISHED ⓘ When She Danced NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplay |
Bent (1997 film)
NERFINISHED
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Callas Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs Henderson Presents NERFINISHED ⓘ The Boy from Oz (television adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Martin Sherman Description of subject: Martin Sherman is an American-born playwright and screenwriter best known for his play "Bent" and his work on various stage and film projects in the UK and internationally.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.