The Covered Wagon
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The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent Western epic film that dramatizes the hardships and romance of pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Covered Wagon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7480149 — 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 Covered Wagon Context triple: [Ernest Torrence, notableWork, The Covered Wagon]
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A.
Wagons East
Wagons East is a 1994 Western comedy film best known as one of John Candy’s final screen appearances.
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B.
The Wells Fargo Wagon
"The Wells Fargo Wagon" is a lively, nostalgic show tune from the Broadway musical *The Music Man* that celebrates the excitement of a small town awaiting deliveries from the Wells Fargo company.
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C.
On the Wagon
"On the Wagon" is a song by the alternative rock band Shenanigans.
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D.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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E.
The Big Trail
The Big Trail is a 1930 American epic Western film, notable for its early use of widescreen technology and for featuring one of John Wayne’s first leading roles.
- 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 Covered Wagon Target entity description: The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent Western epic film that dramatizes the hardships and romance of pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail.
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A.
Wagons East
Wagons East is a 1994 Western comedy film best known as one of John Candy’s final screen appearances.
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B.
The Wells Fargo Wagon
"The Wells Fargo Wagon" is a lively, nostalgic show tune from the Broadway musical *The Music Man* that celebrates the excitement of a small town awaiting deliveries from the Wells Fargo company.
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C.
On the Wagon
"On the Wagon" is a song by the alternative rock band Shenanigans.
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D.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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E.
The Big Trail
The Big Trail is a 1930 American epic Western film, notable for its early use of widescreen technology and for featuring one of John Wayne’s first leading roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Emerson Hough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Covered Wagon (novel)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Covered Wagon (serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Karl Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | James Cruze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedAs | feature film ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
epic ⓘ historical drama ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Covered Wagon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American westward expansion
ⓘ
pioneer life ⓘ romance ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| intertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hugo Riesenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first major Hollywood epic Westerns ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Dramatizes the hardships and romance of pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail in covered wagons ⓘ |
| producer | James Cruze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1923-03-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jack Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Oregon Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1840s ⓘ |
| sound | silent ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Hale Sr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Ogle NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Stanton Ogle NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Torrence NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Warren Kerrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ Lois Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrtle Stedman NERFINISHED ⓘ Tully Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Covered Wagon Description of subject: The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent Western epic film that dramatizes the hardships and romance of pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.