Epoch Producing Corporation
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Epoch Producing Corporation was an early 20th-century American film production company best known for financing and producing D. W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial silent film "The Birth of a Nation."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epoch Producing Corporation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1140670 — 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)
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Target entity: Epoch Producing Corporation Context triple: [The Birth of a Nation, productionCompany, Epoch Producing Corporation]
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A.
Ostar Productions
Ostar Productions is a television production company best known for producing the crime drama series "Rizzoli & Isles."
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B.
Pyramid Productions
Pyramid Productions is a television production company best known for producing the game show "The $100,000 Pyramid."
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C.
Burroughs Corporation
Burroughs Corporation was a major American business equipment and computer company, best known as one of the early mainframe manufacturers and a predecessor of Unisys.
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D.
20th Century Limited
The 20th Century Limited was a famous luxury New York Central Railroad passenger train that operated between New York City and Chicago and became an icon of streamlined, first-class rail travel in the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Indelible Productions
Indelible Productions is a film production company best known for its work on the thriller movie "Panic Room."
- 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: Epoch Producing Corporation Target entity description: Epoch Producing Corporation was an early 20th-century American film production company best known for financing and producing D. W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial silent film "The Birth of a Nation."
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A.
Ostar Productions
Ostar Productions is a television production company best known for producing the crime drama series "Rizzoli & Isles."
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B.
Pyramid Productions
Pyramid Productions is a television production company best known for producing the game show "The $100,000 Pyramid."
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C.
Burroughs Corporation
Burroughs Corporation was a major American business equipment and computer company, best known as one of the early mainframe manufacturers and a predecessor of Unisys.
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D.
20th Century Limited
The 20th Century Limited was a famous luxury New York Central Railroad passenger train that operated between New York City and Chicago and became an icon of streamlined, first-class rail travel in the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
Indelible Productions
Indelible Productions is a film production company best known for its work on the thriller movie "Panic Room."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
ⓘ
film production company ⓘ |
| activityStartTime | 1910s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
D. W. Griffith
ⓘ
surface form:
David Wark Griffith
The Birth of a Nation ⓘ
surface form:
The Birth of a Nation (1915 film)
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| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| businessModel | independent production company ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | D. W. Griffith ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionPartner |
David W. Griffith Corp.
ⓘ
surface form:
David W. Griffith Corp. (for some releases)
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| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| genreFocus | silent films ⓘ |
| hasWorkWithControversialThemes |
Ku Klux Klan glorification
ⓘ
racism in the United States ⓘ |
| hasWorkWithSubject |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
surface form:
Reconstruction era in the United States
|
| historicalSignificance |
involvement in one of the earliest feature-length blockbusters
ⓘ
role in development of feature-length narrative cinema ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
ⓘ
motion picture production ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | silent (intertitles in English) ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| notableEvent | release of The Birth of a Nation in 1915 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
financing The Birth of a Nation
ⓘ
producing The Birth of a Nation ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Birth of a Nation ⓘ |
| product | motion pictures ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Epoch Producing Corporation Description of subject: Epoch Producing Corporation was an early 20th-century American film production company best known for financing and producing D. W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial silent film "The Birth of a Nation."
Referenced by (1)
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