Mark Medoff
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Mark Medoff was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for his Tony Award–winning play "Children of a Lesser God" and its acclaimed film adaptation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mark Medoff canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11680360 — 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: Mark Medoff Context triple: [Children of a Lesser God, screenwriter, Mark Medoff]
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A.
Alan Kushner
Alan Kushner is an individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished from others sharing the surname Kushner, though widely recognized public details about him are limited.
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B.
Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn is an Australian man known primarily as the brother of acclaimed actor Ben Mendelsohn.
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C.
Nathan Mendelsohn
Nathan Mendelsohn was a real estate developer and visionary planner best known for conceiving and developing the master-planned community of California City in the Mojave Desert.
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D.
Alan Zweibel
Alan Zweibel is an American comedy writer and producer best known as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and a longtime collaborator of Gilda Radner and Billy Crystal.
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E.
Jonathan Hadary
Jonathan Hadary is an American stage and screen actor known for his work in Broadway productions and various film and television roles.
- 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: Mark Medoff Target entity description: Mark Medoff was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for his Tony Award–winning play "Children of a Lesser God" and its acclaimed film adaptation.
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A.
Alan Kushner
Alan Kushner is an individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished from others sharing the surname Kushner, though widely recognized public details about him are limited.
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B.
Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn is an Australian man known primarily as the brother of acclaimed actor Ben Mendelsohn.
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C.
Nathan Mendelsohn
Nathan Mendelsohn was a real estate developer and visionary planner best known for conceiving and developing the master-planned community of California City in the Mojave Desert.
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D.
Alan Zweibel
Alan Zweibel is an American comedy writer and producer best known as one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and a longtime collaborator of Gilda Radner and Billy Crystal.
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E.
Jonathan Hadary
Jonathan Hadary is an American stage and screen actor known for his work in Broadway productions and various film and television roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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person ⓘ playwright ⓘ professor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
NERFINISHED
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Drama Desk Award ⓘ Obie Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivier Award for Best New Play NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ Writers Guild of America Award nomination ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-03-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-04-23 ⓘ |
| directedFilm |
Children on Their Birthdays
NERFINISHED
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Clara's Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
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University of Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | New Mexico State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Medoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Mark Medoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Tony Award–winning play "Children of a Lesser God"
NERFINISHED
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film adaptation of "Children of a Lesser God" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Children of a Lesser God
NERFINISHED
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Prymate NERFINISHED ⓘ The Homage That Follows NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wager NERFINISHED ⓘ When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| wrotePlay |
Children of a Lesser God
NERFINISHED
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Prymate NERFINISHED ⓘ The Homage That Follows NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wager NERFINISHED ⓘ When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplay |
Children of a Lesser God (film)
NERFINISHED
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City of Joy NERFINISHED ⓘ Clara's Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mark Medoff Description of subject: Mark Medoff was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director best known for his Tony Award–winning play "Children of a Lesser God" and its acclaimed film adaptation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.