The Cricket on the Hearth
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The Cricket on the Hearth is a 1909 silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas novella, directed by D. W. Griffith and featuring actress Linda Arvidson.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Cricket on the Hearth canonical | 6 |
| The Cricket on the Hearth (novella) | 2 |
| Cricket on the Hearth | 1 |
| The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5246675 — 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 Cricket on the Hearth Context triple: [Linda Arvidson, notableWork, The Cricket on the Hearth]
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A.
The Chimney-Corner
"The Chimney-Corner" is a collection of domestic essays and sketches by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflect on family life, morality, and social issues in 19th-century America.
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B.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of literary fairy stories by Oscar Wilde, noted for their blend of fantasy, social criticism, and poignant moral themes.
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C.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for success through hard work and perseverance.
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D.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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E.
Tales of a Wayside Inn
Tales of a Wayside Inn is a narrative poetry collection structured as a series of stories told by different characters gathered at a New England inn.
- 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 Cricket on the Hearth Target entity description: The Cricket on the Hearth is a 1909 silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas novella, directed by D. W. Griffith and featuring actress Linda Arvidson.
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A.
The Chimney-Corner
"The Chimney-Corner" is a collection of domestic essays and sketches by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflect on family life, morality, and social issues in 19th-century America.
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B.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of literary fairy stories by Oscar Wilde, noted for their blend of fantasy, social criticism, and poignant moral themes.
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C.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 1961 American comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, in which he plays a bumbling studio gofer causing chaos behind the scenes in Hollywood.
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D.
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy is a 19th-century rags-to-riches novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for success through hard work and perseverance.
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E.
Tales of a Wayside Inn
Tales of a Wayside Inn is a narrative poetry collection structured as a series of stories told by different characters gathered at a New England inn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
The Cricket on the Hearth (novella)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cricket on the Hearth
|
| basedOn | The Cricket on the Hearth ⓘ |
| basedOnGenre | Christmas novella ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Charles Dickens ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| director | D. W. Griffith ⓘ |
| directorOfPhotography | G. W. Bitzer ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterFrom |
The Cricket on the Hearth (novella)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cricket on the Hearth
|
| filmEra | early cinema ⓘ |
| filmType | narrative film ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
Christmas film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christmas
ⓘ
family ⓘ |
| language | Silent ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | D. W. Griffith ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Biograph Company ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1900s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1845 ⓘ |
| sourceWorkTitle |
The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cricket on the Hearth
|
| starring | Linda Arvidson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Cricket on the Hearth Description of subject: The Cricket on the Hearth is a 1909 silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas novella, directed by D. W. Griffith and featuring actress Linda Arvidson.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Cricket on the Hearth
subject linked to:
The Cricket on the Hearth
linked to: The Cricket on the Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth (1909 film)
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sourceWorkTitle
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The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home
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subject linked to:
The Cricket on the Hearth
linked to: The Cricket on the Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth (1909 film)
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featuresCharacterFrom
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The Cricket on the Hearth (novella)
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subject linked to:
The Cricket on the Hearth
linked to: The Cricket on the Hearth
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