The Very Idea (1920 film)
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The Very Idea (1920 film) is a silent American comedy feature from the early 20th century, now considered a lost film, that explored contemporary social themes with a light, humorous touch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Very Idea (1920 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287860 — 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 Very Idea (1920 film) Context triple: [Belle Bennett, performedIn, The Very Idea (1920 film)]
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A.
1919 (Jean Acker)
1919 (Jean Acker) refers to the year silent film actress Jean Acker entered into a brief and famously troubled marriage with future Hollywood star Rudolph Valentino.
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B.
A Damsel in Distress
"A Damsel in Distress" is a 1937 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, known for its elaborate dance sequences and Gershwin songs.
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C.
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film that confronts antisemitism in postwar America, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Celeste Holm.
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D.
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary is a 1941 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, starring Mickey Rooney as the small-town teenager navigating romantic and family mishaps.
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E.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a 1939 biographical musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that dramatizes the lives and careers of the famous early 20th-century ballroom dancing duo Vernon and Irene Castle.
- 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 Very Idea (1920 film) Target entity description: The Very Idea (1920 film) is a silent American comedy feature from the early 20th century, now considered a lost film, that explored contemporary social themes with a light, humorous touch.
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A.
1919 (Jean Acker)
1919 (Jean Acker) refers to the year silent film actress Jean Acker entered into a brief and famously troubled marriage with future Hollywood star Rudolph Valentino.
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B.
A Damsel in Distress
"A Damsel in Distress" is a 1937 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, known for its elaborate dance sequences and Gershwin songs.
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C.
Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film that confronts antisemitism in postwar America, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Celeste Holm.
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D.
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary
Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary is a 1941 American comedy film in the long-running Andy Hardy series, starring Mickey Rooney as the small-town teenager navigating romantic and family mishaps.
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E.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a 1939 biographical musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that dramatizes the lives and careers of the famous early 20th-century ballroom dancing duo Vernon and Irene Castle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy film ⓘ feature film ⓘ lost film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| filmForm | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| filmStatus | lost ⓘ |
| format | silent ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| language | Silent (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| medium | feature-length motion picture ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
humorous
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light ⓘ |
| productionType | American silent feature ⓘ |
| releasePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | contemporary social themes ⓘ |
| title | The Very Idea ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: The Very Idea (1920 film) Description of subject: The Very Idea (1920 film) is a silent American comedy feature from the early 20th century, now considered a lost film, that explored contemporary social themes with a light, humorous touch.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.