Rio Grande (1950 film)
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Rio Grande (1950 film) is a 1950 Western directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, following a U.S. Cavalry officer dealing with Apaches and family tensions on the Texas frontier.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rio Grande (1950 film) canonical | 2 |
| Rio Grande (film universe) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18026516 — 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)
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Target entity: Rio Grande (1950 film) Context triple: [James Warner Bellah, workAdaptedAs, Rio Grande (1950 film)]
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A.
Rancho Grande (1940 film)
Rancho Grande (1940 film) is a 1940 American Western musical film featuring Gene Autry as a singing cowboy working to save a ranch from financial ruin.
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B.
Cimarron (1960 film)
Cimarron (1960 film) is a 1960 Western drama and remake of the 1931 Oscar-winning film, depicting frontier life and the Oklahoma land rush.
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C.
Rio Bravo (1959 film)
Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne as a small-town sheriff defending his jail against a powerful rancher’s hired guns.
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D.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
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E.
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo is a 1970 Western film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, following a Union officer’s post–Civil War quest for justice in a Texas border town.
- 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: Rio Grande (1950 film) Target entity description: Rio Grande (1950 film) is a 1950 Western directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, following a U.S. Cavalry officer dealing with Apaches and family tensions on the Texas frontier.
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A.
Rancho Grande (1940 film)
Rancho Grande (1940 film) is a 1940 American Western musical film featuring Gene Autry as a singing cowboy working to save a ranch from financial ruin.
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B.
Cimarron (1960 film)
Cimarron (1960 film) is a 1960 Western drama and remake of the 1931 Oscar-winning film, depicting frontier life and the Oklahoma land rush.
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C.
Rio Bravo (1959 film)
Rio Bravo is a 1959 American Western film directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne as a small-town sheriff defending his jail against a powerful rancher’s hired guns.
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D.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
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E.
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo is a 1970 Western film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, following a Union officer’s post–Civil War quest for justice in a Texas border town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rio Grande (1950 film)