The Children of Huang Shi
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The Children of Huang Shi is a historical drama film depicting a British journalist’s efforts to protect a group of Chinese orphans during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Children of Huang Shi canonical | 2 |
| The Children of Huang Shi (film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6505331 — 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 Children of Huang Shi Context triple: [Roger Spottiswoode, directed, The Children of Huang Shi]
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A.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Prince of Anxi
Prince of Anxi was a Yuan dynasty princely title associated with the Mongol imperial family, notably held by Manggala, a son of Kublai Khan.
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D.
The Leaping Horse
The Leaping Horse is a celebrated 1825 landscape painting by English Romantic artist John Constable, depicting a horse jumping a barrier along the River Stour in rural Suffolk.
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E.
Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower is a lavish 2006 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its opulent visuals, intricate palace intrigue, and tragic royal family power struggle during the Tang Dynasty.
- 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 Children of Huang Shi Target entity description: The Children of Huang Shi is a historical drama film depicting a British journalist’s efforts to protect a group of Chinese orphans during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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A.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Prince of Anxi
Prince of Anxi was a Yuan dynasty princely title associated with the Mongol imperial family, notably held by Manggala, a son of Kublai Khan.
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D.
The Leaping Horse
The Leaping Horse is a celebrated 1825 landscape painting by English Romantic artist John Constable, depicting a horse jumping a barrier along the River Stour in rural Suffolk.
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E.
Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower is a lavish 2006 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its opulent visuals, intricate palace intrigue, and tragic royal family power struggle during the Tang Dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | the life of George Hogg ⓘ |
| castMember |
Chow Yun-fat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Wenham NERFINISHED ⓘ Guang Li NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Rhys Meyers NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelle Yeoh NERFINISHED ⓘ Radha Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Xiaoding Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Australia
ⓘ
China ⓘ Germany ⓘ |
| director | Roger Spottiswoode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Sony Pictures Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Geoffrey Lamb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
war drama film ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Children of the Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Chen Hansheng
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Hogg NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Hirschfelder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Huangshi, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A British journalist protects and leads a group of Chinese war orphans to safety during the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| portrays |
Chinese orphans
ⓘ
George Hogg NERFINISHED ⓘ events of the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| producer | Arthur Cohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 125 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
James MacManus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jane Hawksley NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Spottiswoode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
protection of children in wartime
ⓘ
sacrifice and courage ⓘ war and humanitarianism ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Children of Huang Shi Description of subject: The Children of Huang Shi is a historical drama film depicting a British journalist’s efforts to protect a group of Chinese orphans during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Children of Huang Shi (film)
this entity surface form:
The Children of Huang Shi (film)