The Isle of Lost Ships
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The Isle of Lost Ships is a silent-era adventure film set on a mysterious, perilous island where derelict vessels and their stranded crews converge.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "The Isle of Lost Ships" | 1 |
| The Isle of Dead Ships | 1 |
| The Isle of Lost Ships canonical | 1 |
| The Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7767375 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Isle of Lost Ships Context triple: [Eugenie Besserer, performedIn, The Isle of Lost Ships]
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A.
The Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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B.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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C.
Isle of the Lost
Isle of the Lost is a grim, isolated island prison in Disney’s Descendants universe where the villains and their children are banished and cut off from magic.
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D.
The Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship is a 2002 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere, gruesome opening sequence, and Karl Urban’s supporting role in the doomed salvage crew.
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E.
The Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship is a 1943 American psychological thriller film about sinister events aboard a merchant vessel, produced by Val Lewton for RKO Pictures.
- 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 Isle of Lost Ships Target entity description: The Isle of Lost Ships is a silent-era adventure film set on a mysterious, perilous island where derelict vessels and their stranded crews converge.
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A.
The Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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B.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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C.
Isle of the Lost
Isle of the Lost is a grim, isolated island prison in Disney’s Descendants universe where the villains and their children are banished and cut off from magic.
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D.
The Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship is a 2002 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere, gruesome opening sequence, and Karl Urban’s supporting role in the doomed salvage crew.
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E.
The Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship is a 1943 American psychological thriller film about sinister events aboard a merchant vessel, produced by Val Lewton for RKO Pictures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Isle of Dead Ships
ⓘ
linked to:
The Isle of Lost Ships
novel by Crittenden Marriott ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lucien Andriot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Maurice Tourneur ⓘ |
| disasterElement | shipwreck ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| distributor | Goldwyn Pictures ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| filmFormat |
black-and-white
ⓘ
silent ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRemake |
The Isle of Lost Ships (1929 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Isle of Lost Ships
|
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
greed
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ maritime peril ⓘ redemption ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| language | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| medium | feature-length motion picture ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | survival and conflict among shipwreck survivors ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | shipwreck leads to arrival on island of derelict ships ⓘ |
| period | 1920s American cinema ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Survivors of shipwrecks converge on a perilous island formed by derelict vessels. ⓘ |
| producer | Maurice Tourneur ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Maurice Tourneur Productions ⓘ |
| releaseType | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 70 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Gilbert ⓘ |
| setting | mysterious island of derelict ships ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | nautical adventure novel ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1909 ⓘ |
| starred |
Anna Q. Nilsson
ⓘ
Frank Campeau ⓘ Milton Sills ⓘ Noah Beery Sr. ⓘ
linked to:
Noah Beery
Walter Long ⓘ |
| titleCharacterString |
"The Isle of Lost Ships"
ⓘ
linked to:
The Isle of Lost Ships
|
| visualStyle | expressionistic lighting and atmospheric sets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Isle of Lost Ships Description of subject: The Isle of Lost Ships is a silent-era adventure film set on a mysterious, perilous island where derelict vessels and their stranded crews converge.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Isle of Lost Ships
linked to: The Isle of Lost Ships
linked to: The Isle of Lost Ships