The Big Sky
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The Big Sky is a 1952 American Western adventure film directed by Howard Hawks, noted for its depiction of early 19th-century fur trappers and frontier exploration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Sky canonical | 3 |
| Big Sky | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392110 — 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 Big Sky Context triple: [Jim Davis, appearedIn, The Big Sky]
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A.
Big Sky
Big Sky is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference primarily comprising universities in the western United States.
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B.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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C.
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone is a historical work by Dale Van Every that chronicles the lives, conflicts, and frontier experiences of settlers and Native Americans in the Yellowstone region.
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D.
Star City of the Plains
Star City of the Plains is a nickname commonly used to refer to the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, highlighting its regional prominence on the Great Plains.
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E.
Riders of the Black Hills
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
- 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 Big Sky Target entity description: The Big Sky is a 1952 American Western adventure film directed by Howard Hawks, noted for its depiction of early 19th-century fur trappers and frontier exploration.
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A.
Big Sky
Big Sky is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference primarily comprising universities in the western United States.
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B.
The Prairie
The Prairie is an 1827 frontier novel by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Leatherstocking Tales, that follows Natty Bumppo in his old age on the Great Plains of the American West.
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C.
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone is a historical work by Dale Van Every that chronicles the lives, conflicts, and frontier experiences of settlers and Native Americans in the Yellowstone region.
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D.
Star City of the Plains
Star City of the Plains is a nickname commonly used to refer to the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, highlighting its regional prominence on the Great Plains.
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E.
Riders of the Black Hills
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western film featuring cowboy heroes, frontier action, and classic genre tropes of the era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomination | Best Supporting Actor ⓘ |
| academyAwardNominee | Arthur Hunnicutt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academyAwardsYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | A. B. Guthrie Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Big Sky (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Russell Harlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Howard Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Christian Nyby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenre |
Western
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adventure ⓘ |
| filmRatingSystem | Motion Picture Production Code era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
frontier exploration
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fur trapping ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
American frontier
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Missouri River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of early 19th-century fur trappers
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depiction of frontier exploration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American Western film canon ⓘ |
| producer | Howard Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Winchester Pictures Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSourceWork | novel ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1947 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1952-08-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runtime |
122 minutes
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140 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Dudley Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 19th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Arthur Hunnicutt
NERFINISHED
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Buddy Baer NERFINISHED ⓘ Dewey Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Threatt NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Letondal NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Eyes Cody NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirk Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Geray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Big Sky Description of subject: The Big Sky is a 1952 American Western adventure film directed by Howard Hawks, noted for its depiction of early 19th-century fur trappers and frontier exploration.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Big Sky
this entity surface form:
Big Sky