Of Mice and Men (1939 film)
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Of Mice and Men (1939 film) is a cinematic adaptation of John Steinbeck's novella, depicting the tragic story of two displaced ranch workers during the Great Depression.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Of Mice and Men (1939 film) canonical | 5 |
| Of Mice and Men (1939 film, role as Crooks) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9552811 — 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: Of Mice and Men (1939 film) Context triple: [Bob Steele, appearedIn, Of Mice and Men (1939 film)]
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Curley in Of Mice and Men (1939 film)
Curley in *Of Mice and Men* (1939 film) is the hot-tempered, aggressive son of the ranch owner whose jealousy and cruelty drive much of the story’s conflict.
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Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men is a classic American novella that follows two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression, exploring themes of friendship, dreams, and loneliness.
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C.
The Day of the Locust (film)
The Day of the Locust is a 1975 American drama film, based on Nathanael West’s novel, that offers a dark, satirical portrayal of Hollywood and the destructive dreams of those drawn to it in the 1930s.
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D.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
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The Women (1939 film)
The Women (1939 film) is a classic American comedy-drama directed by George Cukor, notable for its all-female cast and sharp, satirical portrayal of high-society relationships and gossip.
- 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: Of Mice and Men (1939 film) Target entity description: Of Mice and Men (1939 film) is a cinematic adaptation of John Steinbeck's novella, depicting the tragic story of two displaced ranch workers during the Great Depression.
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A.
Curley in Of Mice and Men (1939 film)
Curley in *Of Mice and Men* (1939 film) is the hot-tempered, aggressive son of the ranch owner whose jealousy and cruelty drive much of the story’s conflict.
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B.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men is a classic American novella that follows two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression, exploring themes of friendship, dreams, and loneliness.
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C.
The Day of the Locust (film)
The Day of the Locust is a 1975 American drama film, based on Nathanael West’s novel, that offers a dark, satirical portrayal of Hollywood and the destructive dreams of those drawn to it in the 1930s.
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D.
Cimarron (1931 film)
Cimarron (1931 film) is an early Hollywood Western epic and Best Picture Oscar winner that chronicles the settlement of Oklahoma and the impact of frontier expansion on one ambitious pioneer and his family.
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E.
The Women (1939 film)
The Women (1939 film) is a classic American comedy-drama directed by George Cukor, notable for its all-female cast and sharp, satirical portrayal of high-society relationships and gossip.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Of Mice and Men (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | John Steinbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Norbert Brodine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Aaron Copland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Lewis Milestone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Bert Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Candy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Curley NERFINISHED ⓘ Curley’s wife NERFINISHED ⓘ George Milton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lennie Small NERFINISHED ⓘ Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | ranch ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Original Score
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| oscarNominated | true ⓘ |
| producer | Lewis Milestone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1939-12-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 106 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Eugene Solow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Steinbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| setInPeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInState | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Betty Field
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Steele NERFINISHED ⓘ Burgess Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Bickford NERFINISHED ⓘ Lon Chaney Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Noah Beery Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
American Dream
ⓘ
disability ⓘ friendship ⓘ loneliness ⓘ powerlessness ⓘ |
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: Of Mice and Men (1939 film) Description of subject: Of Mice and Men (1939 film) is a cinematic adaptation of John Steinbeck's novella, depicting the tragic story of two displaced ranch workers during the Great Depression.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Of Mice and Men (1939 film, role as Crooks)