The Horse Soldiers
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The Horse Soldiers is a 1959 American Civil War adventure film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and William Holden.
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| The Horse Soldiers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Horse Soldiers Context triple: [Jack Pennick, appearedIn, The Horse Soldiers]
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A.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers is a 2002 British horror-action film about a squad of soldiers on a training mission in the Scottish Highlands who are besieged by werewolves.
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B.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers were an elite and fiercely respected Cheyenne warrior society known for their bravery, military skill, and influential role in Plains warfare and resistance.
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C.
Field of Honor
Field of Honor is a commemorative area within the Flight 93 National Memorial dedicated to honoring the passengers and crew who resisted the hijackers on September 11, 2001.
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D.
Two Soldiers
"Two Soldiers" is a traditional American folk ballad about brothers going off to war, notably popularized by Bob Dylan’s recording on his 1993 album *World Gone Wrong*.
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E.
Die Soldaten
Die Soldaten is a seminal 18th-century German play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz that portrays the moral decay and social consequences of militarism and class oppression.
- 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 Horse Soldiers Target entity description: The Horse Soldiers is a 1959 American Civil War adventure film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and William Holden.
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A.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers is a 2002 British horror-action film about a squad of soldiers on a training mission in the Scottish Highlands who are besieged by werewolves.
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B.
Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers were an elite and fiercely respected Cheyenne warrior society known for their bravery, military skill, and influential role in Plains warfare and resistance.
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C.
Field of Honor
Field of Honor is a commemorative area within the Flight 93 National Memorial dedicated to honoring the passengers and crew who resisted the hijackers on September 11, 2001.
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D.
Two Soldiers
"Two Soldiers" is a traditional American folk ballad about brothers going off to war, notably popularized by Bob Dylan’s recording on his 1993 album *World Gone Wrong*.
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E.
Die Soldaten
Die Soldaten is a seminal 18th-century German play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz that portrays the moral decay and social consequences of militarism and class oppression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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Western film ⓘ adventure film ⓘ film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| aspectOf | American Civil War in film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Horse Soldiers by Harold Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William H. Clothier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jack Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
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Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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adventure ⓘ war ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between duty and conscience
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military strategy ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Colonel John Marlowe
NERFINISHED
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Major Henry Kendall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Buttolph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of a Union cavalry raid in the Deep South ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotInspiredBy | Grierson's Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Constance Towers as Hannah Hunter
NERFINISHED
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John Wayne as Colonel John Marlowe ⓘ William Holden as Major Henry Kendall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
John Lee Mahin
NERFINISHED
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Martin Rackin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Mirisch Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1959-06-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 120 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Lee Mahin
NERFINISHED
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Martin Rackin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1863 ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
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Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Constance Towers
NERFINISHED
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Hoot Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Judson Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ William Holden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Horse Soldiers Description of subject: The Horse Soldiers is a 1959 American Civil War adventure film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and William Holden.
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