The Black Stallion
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The Black Stallion is a classic 1979 family adventure film about a boy’s deep bond with a wild Arabian horse after a shipwreck, widely praised for its visual storytelling and emotional impact.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T201008 — 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: The Black Stallion Context triple: [Mickey Rooney, notableWork, The Black Stallion]
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Los Leones
Los Leones is the popular nickname of the Cuban baseball team Industriales, one of the most successful and beloved clubs in the Cuban National Series.
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Come to the Stable
Come to the Stable is a 1949 American comedy-drama film about two French nuns trying to build a children's hospital in New England.
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The Sheik
The Sheik is a 1921 silent romantic drama film that became one of Rudolph Valentino’s most iconic roles and a defining work of early Hollywood stardom.
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Willow
Willow is a 1988 fantasy adventure film directed by Ron Howard that follows an aspiring sorcerer who must protect a prophesied child from an evil queen.
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E.
K-9 and Company
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- 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 Black Stallion Target entity description: The Black Stallion is a classic 1979 family adventure film about a boy’s deep bond with a wild Arabian horse after a shipwreck, widely praised for its visual storytelling and emotional impact.
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A.
Los Leones
Los Leones is the popular nickname of the Cuban baseball team Industriales, one of the most successful and beloved clubs in the Cuban National Series.
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B.
Come to the Stable
Come to the Stable is a 1949 American comedy-drama film about two French nuns trying to build a children's hospital in New England.
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C.
The Sheik
The Sheik is a 1921 silent romantic drama film that became one of Rudolph Valentino’s most iconic roles and a defining work of early Hollywood stardom.
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D.
Willow
Willow is a 1988 fantasy adventure film directed by Ron Howard that follows an aspiring sorcerer who must protect a prophesied child from an evil queen.
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E.
K-9 and Company
K-9 and Company is a British science-fiction television series set in the Doctor Who universe, featuring the Doctor’s robotic dog K-9 and former companion Sarah Jane Smith in their own adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
adventure film ⓘ family film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| animalProtagonist | Arabian stallion ⓘ |
| award |
Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing
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Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| awardRecipient |
Mickey Rooney
ⓘ
Robert Dalva ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Black Stallion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Black Stallion (novel)
|
| basedOnAuthor | Walter Farley ⓘ |
| castMember |
Clarence Muse
ⓘ
Kelly Reno ⓘ Mickey Rooney ⓘ Teri Garr ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Caleb Deschanel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely praised by critics for its cinematography and emotional impact ⓘ |
| director | Carroll Ballard ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert Dalva ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
ⓘ
drama ⓘ family ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Black Stallion Returns ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alec Ramsey
ⓘ
Henry Dailey ⓘ The Black ⓘ |
| musicBy | Carmine Coppola ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional portrayal of the bond between a boy and a horse
ⓘ
minimal dialogue and visual storytelling in its first half ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A boy forms a deep bond with a wild Arabian stallion after surviving a shipwreck and later trains the horse for racing. ⓘ |
| portrays |
Kelly Reno as Alec Ramsey
ⓘ
Mickey Rooney ⓘ
surface form:
Mickey Rooney as Henry Dailey
|
| producer |
Francis Ford Coppola
ⓘ
Fred Roos ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Omni Zoetrope ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource | 1941 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979-10-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jeanne Rosenberg
ⓘ
Melissa Mathison ⓘ William D. Wittliff ⓘ |
| sequelReleaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| setting |
Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
desert island ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Black Stallion Description of subject: The Black Stallion is a classic 1979 family adventure film about a boy’s deep bond with a wild Arabian horse after a shipwreck, widely praised for its visual storytelling and emotional impact.
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