unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana"
E434943
"The Gentleman from Montana" is an unpublished story that served as the narrative basis for the classic 1939 political drama film *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4374372 — 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Target entity: unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana" Context triple: [Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, basedOn, unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana"]
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A.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Outcasts of Poker Flat is an 1869 short story by American author Bret Harte that portrays a group of exiles in a California mining town facing moral judgment and harsh frontier conditions.
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B.
"A Lady Comes to Burkburnett"
"A Lady Comes to Burkburnett" is a story by James Edward Grant that inspired the 1940 Clark Gable–Spencer Tracy oil-boom film "Boom Town."
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C.
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill is a silent Western film centered on the legendary frontiersman Buffalo Bill, produced in the early 20th century during the formative years of American cinema.
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D.
A Very Short Story
"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
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E.
The All-Story
The All-Story was an early 20th-century American pulp magazine best known for publishing popular adventure and speculative fiction, including some of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ earliest works.
- 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Target entity: unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana" Target entity description: "The Gentleman from Montana" is an unpublished story that served as the narrative basis for the classic 1939 political drama film *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington*.
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A.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Outcasts of Poker Flat is an 1869 short story by American author Bret Harte that portrays a group of exiles in a California mining town facing moral judgment and harsh frontier conditions.
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B.
"A Lady Comes to Burkburnett"
"A Lady Comes to Burkburnett" is a story by James Edward Grant that inspired the 1940 Clark Gable–Spencer Tracy oil-boom film "Boom Town."
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C.
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill is a silent Western film centered on the legendary frontiersman Buffalo Bill, produced in the early 20th century during the formative years of American cinema.
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D.
A Very Short Story
"A Very Short Story" is a brief World War I–themed narrative by Ernest Hemingway, known for its concise style and emotional understatement, later collected in his book *In Our Time*.
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E.
The All-Story
The All-Story was an early 20th-century American pulp magazine best known for publishing popular adventure and speculative fiction, including some of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ earliest works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
unpublished story ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Columbia Pictures
ⓘ
Frank Capra ⓘ James Stewart ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Cummings
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | political drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeBasisFor | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | unpublished ⓘ |
| title | The Gentleman from Montana ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceMaterialFor |
1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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| yearOfFilmAdaptation | 1939 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: unpublished story "The Gentleman from Montana" Description of subject: "The Gentleman from Montana" is an unpublished story that served as the narrative basis for the classic 1939 political drama film *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.