The Little Yank
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The Little Yank is a 1917 silent American comedy-drama film starring Dorothy Gish and directed by George Siegmann.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Little Yank canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12969289 — 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 Little Yank Context triple: [Dorothy Gish, notableWork, The Little Yank]
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A.
The Little Regiment
The Little Regiment is a collection of short stories by Stephen Crane that, like his other works, vividly portrays the experiences and psychological turmoil of soldiers in the American Civil War.
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B.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
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C.
The Boys in Company C
The Boys in Company C is a 1978 war drama film that follows a group of U.S. Marine recruits from boot camp to the front lines of the Vietnam War, highlighting the psychological and moral challenges they face.
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D.
The Little Colonel
The Little Colonel is a 1935 American film best known for pairing Shirley Temple with Lionel Barrymore and featuring one of the earliest interracial dance scenes in Hollywood history.
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E.
The Smiling Lieutenant
The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its sophisticated humor, romantic entanglements, and early use of the “Lubitsch Touch.”
- 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 Little Yank Target entity description: The Little Yank is a 1917 silent American comedy-drama film starring Dorothy Gish and directed by George Siegmann.
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A.
The Little Regiment
The Little Regiment is a collection of short stories by Stephen Crane that, like his other works, vividly portrays the experiences and psychological turmoil of soldiers in the American Civil War.
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B.
The Sergeant
The Sergeant is a 1968 drama film starring Rod Steiger as a rigid Army noncommissioned officer grappling with repressed homosexuality and inner turmoil.
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C.
The Boys in Company C
The Boys in Company C is a 1978 war drama film that follows a group of U.S. Marine recruits from boot camp to the front lines of the Vietnam War, highlighting the psychological and moral challenges they face.
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D.
The Little Colonel
The Little Colonel is a 1935 American film best known for pairing Shirley Temple with Lionel Barrymore and featuring one of the earliest interracial dance scenes in Hollywood history.
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E.
The Smiling Lieutenant
The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, celebrated for its sophisticated humor, romantic entanglements, and early use of the “Lubitsch Touch.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy-drama film
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film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Adolph Lestina
NERFINISHED
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Carl Stockdale NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothy Gish NERFINISHED ⓘ F. A. Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ George C. Pearce NERFINISHED ⓘ George Siegmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Josephine Crowell NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Sul-Te-Wan NERFINISHED ⓘ Riley Hatch NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterNameOfLead | Nancy Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | George Siegmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Triangle Distributing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1910s American cinema ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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war film ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasDirectorRole | George Siegmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| hasGenreCategory |
American comedy-drama films
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American silent feature films ⓘ Silent American comedy-drama films ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American silent feature films ⓘ |
| languageOfIntertitles | English ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Dorothy Gish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| producer | D. W. Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Fine Arts Film Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | January 7, 1917 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 50 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | J. G. Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring | Dorothy Gish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Little Yank Description of subject: The Little Yank is a 1917 silent American comedy-drama film starring Dorothy Gish and directed by George Siegmann.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.