The Haunted House
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The Haunted House is a 1921 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, known for its inventive physical gags and spooky mansion setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Haunted House canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13346896 — 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: The Haunted House Context triple: [Sybil Seely, notableWork, The Haunted House]
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A.
The Haunted House
"The Haunted House" is one of the interconnected tales in Washington Irving’s 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists*, blending light Gothic elements with his characteristic humor and social observation.
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B.
The Haunted Bedroom
The Haunted Bedroom is a 1919 silent mystery-comedy film starring Enid Bennett as a reporter who investigates a supposedly haunted house.
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C.
The Haunted
The Haunted is the final play in Eugene O’Neill’s trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra, dramatizing the psychological and moral aftermath of a family’s cycle of betrayal, murder, and guilt.
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D.
The Haunted
The Haunted is a Swedish metal band known for blending thrash and melodic death metal elements into an aggressive, modern sound.
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E.
The House of Fear
"The House of Fear" is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes mystery film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, involving a series of murders in a remote Scottish mansion.
- 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: The Haunted House Target entity description: The Haunted House is a 1921 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, known for its inventive physical gags and spooky mansion setting.
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A.
The Haunted House
"The Haunted House" is one of the interconnected tales in Washington Irving’s 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists*, blending light Gothic elements with his characteristic humor and social observation.
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B.
The Haunted Bedroom
The Haunted Bedroom is a 1919 silent mystery-comedy film starring Enid Bennett as a reporter who investigates a supposedly haunted house.
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C.
The Haunted
The Haunted is the final play in Eugene O’Neill’s trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra, dramatizing the psychological and moral aftermath of a family’s cycle of betrayal, murder, and guilt.
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D.
The Haunted
The Haunted is a Swedish metal band known for blending thrash and melodic death metal elements into an aggressive, modern sound.
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E.
The House of Fear
"The House of Fear" is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes mystery film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, involving a series of murders in a remote Scottish mansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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short film ⓘ silent comedy film ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| director |
Buster Keaton
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Edward F. Cline ⓘ |
| distributor | First National Pictures ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | bank clerk ⓘ |
| featuresSetting |
bank
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spooky mansion ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
crime and robbery
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mistaken identity ⓘ supernatural hoax ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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haunted house film ⓘ slapstick film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Edward F. Cline
ⓘ
Joe Roberts ⓘ Virginia Fox ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1921 comedy films
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1921 films ⓘ American black-and-white films ⓘ American silent short films ⓘ Films directed by Buster Keaton ⓘ Haunted house films ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | early American cinema ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableElement |
elaborate stunts
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haunted house pranks ⓘ inventive physical gags ⓘ trap doors ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhiteFilm | true ⓘ |
| leadActor | Buster Keaton ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex physical comedy routines
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use of trick sets and props ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Buster Keaton ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Buster Keaton Productions ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 21 ⓘ |
| silentFilm | true ⓘ |
| starring | Buster Keaton ⓘ |
| title | The Haunted House ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Haunted House Description of subject: The Haunted House is a 1921 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, known for its inventive physical gags and spooky mansion setting.
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