The Virginian (1946 film)
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The Virginian (1946 film) is a 1946 American Western movie adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, starring Joel McCrea as the iconic cowboy hero.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Virginian | 5 |
| The Virginian (1946 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6904502 — 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 Virginian (1946 film) Context triple: [Joel McCrea, notableWork, The Virginian (1946 film)]
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A.
The Virginian (1929 film)
The Virginian (1929 film) is an early sound Western drama starring Gary Cooper that helped establish him as a major Hollywood leading man.
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B.
The Virginian (1923 film)
The Virginian (1923 film) is a silent Western movie adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, notable for its early cinematic portrayal of the American frontier and its influence on the Western genre.
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C.
The Virginian (television series)
The Virginian is a 1960s American Western television series set on the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming, notable for its 90-minute episodes and ensemble cast.
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D.
The Big Country
The Big Country is a 1958 American Western epic film, directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, known for its sweeping Cinemascope landscapes and exploration of pride, honor, and frontier justice.
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E.
The Man from Painted Post
The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American silent Western film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a cowboy who becomes entangled in romance and adventure.
- 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 Virginian (1946 film) Target entity description: The Virginian (1946 film) is a 1946 American Western movie adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, starring Joel McCrea as the iconic cowboy hero.
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A.
The Virginian (1929 film)
The Virginian (1929 film) is an early sound Western drama starring Gary Cooper that helped establish him as a major Hollywood leading man.
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B.
The Virginian (1923 film)
The Virginian (1923 film) is a silent Western movie adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, notable for its early cinematic portrayal of the American frontier and its influence on the Western genre.
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C.
The Virginian (television series)
The Virginian is a 1960s American Western television series set on the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming, notable for its 90-minute episodes and ensemble cast.
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D.
The Big Country
The Big Country is a 1958 American Western epic film, directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, known for its sweeping Cinemascope landscapes and exploration of pride, honor, and frontier justice.
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E.
The Man from Painted Post
The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American silent Western film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a cowboy who becomes entangled in romance and adventure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Owen Wister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Virginian (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Molly Wood
NERFINISHED
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Steve NERFINISHED ⓘ The Virginian NERFINISHED ⓘ Trampas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lionel Lindon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Stuart Gilmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Doane Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1940s American cinema ⓘ |
| follows | earlier film adaptations of The Virginian ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| leadActor | Joel McCrea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Daniele Amfitheatrof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
friendship
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frontier justice ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | adaptations of The Virginian ⓘ |
| portrays | Joel McCrea as The Virginian ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Virginian (1929 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Paul Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1902 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 87 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Albert Hackett
NERFINISHED
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Frances Goodrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Barbara Britton
NERFINISHED
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Brian Donlevy NERFINISHED ⓘ Fay Bainter NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel McCrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Tufts NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Tully NERFINISHED ⓘ William Frawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Virginian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Virginian (1946 film) Description of subject: The Virginian (1946 film) is a 1946 American Western movie adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic novel, starring Joel McCrea as the iconic cowboy hero.
Referenced by (7)
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