The Call of the East
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The Call of the East is a 1917 American silent drama film starring Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Call of the East canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13499401 — 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 Call of the East Context triple: [Sessue Hayakawa, notableWork, The Call of the East]
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A.
The Spirit of the East
The Spirit of the East is a 19th-century travel and political commentary by David Urquhart that examines the culture, society, and geopolitics of the Ottoman Empire and the broader Eastern Mediterranean.
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B.
Message of the East
Message of the East is a philosophical and poetic work by Muhammad Iqbal that responds to Goethe’s West–Eastern Divan by exploring spiritual, cultural, and intellectual themes from an Eastern Islamic perspective.
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C.
Daughter of the East
Daughter of the East is the autobiography of Pakistani politician and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, chronicling her life, political struggles, and family legacy.
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D.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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E.
Warden of the East
Warden of the East is a high-ranking military and administrative title in Westeros, granting its holder authority over the eastern regions of the Seven Kingdoms.
- 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 Call of the East Target entity description: The Call of the East is a 1917 American silent drama film starring Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa.
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A.
The Spirit of the East
The Spirit of the East is a 19th-century travel and political commentary by David Urquhart that examines the culture, society, and geopolitics of the Ottoman Empire and the broader Eastern Mediterranean.
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B.
Message of the East
Message of the East is a philosophical and poetic work by Muhammad Iqbal that responds to Goethe’s West–Eastern Divan by exploring spiritual, cultural, and intellectual themes from an Eastern Islamic perspective.
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C.
Daughter of the East
Daughter of the East is the autobiography of Pakistani politician and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, chronicling her life, political struggles, and family legacy.
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D.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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E.
Warden of the East
Warden of the East is a high-ranking military and administrative title in Westeros, granting its holder authority over the eastern regions of the Seven Kingdoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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drama film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story "The Call of the East" by Beulah Marie Dix ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Percy Hilburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | George Melford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| featuresPerformerOfEthnicity | Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa GENERATED ⓘ |
| filmEra | silent era ⓘ |
| filmRuntime | 50 minutes ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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silent film ⓘ |
| hasCinematographer | Percy Hilburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDirector | George Melford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistributor | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmActor |
Charles Ogle
NERFINISHED
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Ernest Joy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ James Cruze NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabel Van Buren NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Hatton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsuru Aoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProducer | Jesse L. Lasky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScreenwriter | Beulah Marie Dix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | starring Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| producer | Jesse L. Lasky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1917-08-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Beulah Marie Dix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Ogle
NERFINISHED
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Ernest Joy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ James Cruze NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabel Van Buren NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Hatton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsuru Aoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Call of the East Description of subject: The Call of the East is a 1917 American silent drama film starring Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.