A Corner in Wheat
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A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith that critiques capitalist greed through parallel stories of a ruthless wheat speculator and impoverished farmers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Corner in Wheat canonical | 3 |
| A Deal in Wheat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5246669 — 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: A Corner in Wheat Context triple: [Linda Arvidson, notableWork, A Corner in Wheat]
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A.
The Harvest
The Harvest is an Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro depicting rural agricultural laborers working in the fields.
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B.
House of Bread
House of Bread is the literal meaning of the name Bethlehem, a historic town in the Levant revered in Jewish and Christian traditions.
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C.
The Sower
The Sower is a prominent bronze statue symbolizing agriculture and human labor that crowns the tower of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.
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D.
The Sower
The Sower is a famous mid-19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet that powerfully depicts a peasant farmer sowing seeds, symbolizing rural labor and social realism.
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E.
La Conquête du pain
La Conquête du pain is a seminal 1892 work of anarchist political philosophy by Peter Kropotkin that advocates for a decentralized, cooperative, and egalitarian society.
- 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: A Corner in Wheat Target entity description: A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith that critiques capitalist greed through parallel stories of a ruthless wheat speculator and impoverished farmers.
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A.
The Harvest
The Harvest is an Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro depicting rural agricultural laborers working in the fields.
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B.
House of Bread
House of Bread is the literal meaning of the name Bethlehem, a historic town in the Levant revered in Jewish and Christian traditions.
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C.
The Sower
The Sower is a prominent bronze statue symbolizing agriculture and human labor that crowns the tower of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.
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D.
The Sower
The Sower is a famous mid-19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet that powerfully depicts a peasant farmer sowing seeds, symbolizing rural labor and social realism.
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E.
La Conquête du pain
La Conquête du pain is a seminal 1892 work of anarchist political philosophy by Peter Kropotkin that advocates for a decentralized, cooperative, and egalitarian society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent short film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
A Deal in Wheat
ⓘ
linked to:
A Corner in Wheat
The Pit ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Frank Norris ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | G. W. Bitzer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts |
bread price increase
ⓘ
death of the speculator in grain elevator ⓘ poverty among farmers ⓘ wheat speculation ⓘ |
| director | D. W. Griffith ⓘ |
| distributor | Biograph Company ⓘ |
| editingStyle |
cross-cutting
ⓘ
parallel editing ⓘ |
| filmEra | silent era ⓘ |
| filmLengthFeet | 558 ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
farmer's family
ⓘ
poor farmer ⓘ wheat king ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
drama
ⓘ
political film ⓘ social problem film ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of capitalist greed
ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ speculation in commodities ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | parallel editing between rich speculator and poor farmers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of consequences of market manipulation
ⓘ
early use of parallel editing for social commentary ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Biograph Company ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1909-12-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 14 ⓘ |
| setting |
rural America
ⓘ
urban grain exchange ⓘ |
| stars |
Frank Powell
ⓘ
Grace Henderson ⓘ Henry B. Walthall ⓘ James Kirkwood ⓘ
linked to:
James Kirkwood Sr.
Kate Bruce ⓘ Linda Arvidson ⓘ Mack Sennett ⓘ Robert Harron ⓘ W. Chrystie Miller ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Corner in Wheat Description of subject: A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith that critiques capitalist greed through parallel stories of a ruthless wheat speculator and impoverished farmers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Corner in Wheat